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 FEDERAL RESERVE
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 These data are scheduled for release each Thursday. The exact time of each release will be announced, when
 the information is available, on (202) 452-3206.



 H.4.1

 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
 Condition Statement of F.R. Banks

                                                                                                  July 25, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                 Averages of daily figures
      Reserve balances of depository institutions at       Week ended     Change from week ended      Wednesday
    F.R. Banks, Reserve Bank credit, and related items    Jul 24, 1996  Jul 17, 1996  Jul 26, 1995  Jul 24, 1996
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 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      419,281    -    5,929    +   12,209       419,953
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          382,763    -      630    +   14,318       382,967
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,794    -    4,628    +    1,794         2,080
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,351             0    -      724         2,351
     Held under repurchase agreements                             414    -      596    +      414           700
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                             16    +       11    +       11            17
     Seasonal credit                                              299    +       16    +       58           310
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          455    +       60    -      142           202
   Other F.R. assets                                           31,189    -      162    -    3,521        31,325
 Gold stock                                                    11,050             0    -        3        11,050
 Special drawing rights certificate account                    10,168             0    -      350        10,168
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,540    +       14    +      989        24,540
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                465,039    -    5,915    +   12,844       465,710

 Currency in circulation*                                     427,409    -    1,536    +   17,746       427,679
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          267    -        1    -       46           257
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     5,260    -      203    -      355         5,211
   Foreign                                                        173    -        2    -       38           167
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,393    +      371    +    1,989         6,393
   Other                                                          313    -       29    +       24           291
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            13,242    -       10    +      501        13,194
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              453,057    -    1,410    +   19,821       453,193

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            11,981    -    4,505    -    6,976        12,517
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 On       July 24, 1996, the face amount of marketable U.S. government securities held in custody by the Federal Reserve Banks for foreign
 official and international accounts was $     553,814 million, a change of + $     4,586 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,633 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,633 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    12,429 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    12,429 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes $         0 million securities loaned--fully
   secured U.S. government securities.
 3 Consists of required clearing balances of $     5,971 million and adjustments of $       422 million to compensate for float.
 4 Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float.

 * Estimated (Treasury's figures).
 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 Worksheet for H.4.1 (a)


 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF ALL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                                           Change since
                                                        *            Wednesday       Wednesday       Wednesday
                                                                   Jul 24, 1996    Jul 17, 1996    Jul 26, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,050               0      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                             10,168               0      -      350
 Coin                                                                      508      +       14      +      148

 Loans                                                                     327      +       23      +       75
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,351               0      -      712
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                      700      -      990      +      700
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              186,422      -      397      +    8,278
                    Notes                                              150,102               0      +    3,404
                    Bonds                                               46,443               0      +    2,764
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           382,967      -      397      +   14,446
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    2,080      -   10,620      +    2,080
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                385,047      -   11,017      +   16,526
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    388,425      -   11,985      +   16,590

 Items in process of collection                          (521)           5,830      -      736      +      220
 Bank premises                                                           1,191      +        1      +       94
 Other assets 3                                                         30,179      -      597      -    3,556
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (521)         447,351      -   13,302      +   13,144

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 403,905      -    1,254      +   16,609
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              19,217      -   11,432      -    3,889
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        5,211      -      112      -    1,222
   Foreign--official accounts                                              167               0      -       48
   Other                                                                   291      -       71      +       13
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                                     24,886      -   11,615      -    5,147
 Deferred availability cash items                        (521)           5,366      -      562      +      968
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,182      -      142      -      131
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (521)         438,339      -   13,572      +   12,299

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,421      +      262      +      561
 Surplus                                                                 3,966               0      +      283
 Other capital accounts                                                    625      +        7      +        1
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 * Figures in parentheses are the eliminations made in the consolidation process.
 1 Does not include U.S. government and federal agency securities resold under matched sale-purchase transactions to foreign official
   and international accounts of which $       982 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,429 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes
   $         0 million securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account
   at Chicago of $        68 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.
 4 Includes exchange-translation account reflecting the monthly revaluation at market exchange rates of foreign exchange commitments.

 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.




 MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES, JULY 24, 1996
 Acceptances and securities held under repurchase agreements are classified as maturing within 15 days in
 accordance with maximum maturity of the agreements.
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                         U.S. government       Federal agency
                                                                           securities           obligations
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                       Loans    Acceptances                                        Weekly               Weekly
                                                                       Holdings    changes   Holdings   changes
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 Within 15 days             301          0  Within 15 days                17,531 -   10,241        871 -      990
 16 days to 90 days          26          0  16 days to 90 days            91,086 +    3,579        709 +       50
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            112,295 -    4,355        505 -       50
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        91,751          0        475          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,662          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 38,721          0         25          0
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   Total                    327          0    Total                      385,047 -   11,017      3,051 -      990
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 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 H.4.1 (b)

 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON JULY 24, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                    |   Total   | Boston | New York|  Phila. | Cleve.| Rich. |Atlanta| Chicago |S.Louis| Minneap.|KansasC| Dallas|San Fran.
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           ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                 11,050      661     4,051       423     624     919     769     1,140     474       168     321     433     1,067
 Special drawing rights certif. acct.     10,168      511     3,903       413     584     790     523     1,079     490       180     342     376       977
 Coin                                        508       18        20        32      23      86      67        46      31        19      46      44        77

 Loans                                       327        7         0         1       0       0      10        35      61       145      31       8        29
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,351      138       875        91     138     195     157       255     110        35      74      84       199
   Held under repurchase agreements 1        700        0       700         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                186,422   10,969    69,329     7,215  10,957  15,459  12,441    20,203   8,733     2,812   5,839   6,675    15,789
                    Notes                150,102    8,832    55,822     5,809   8,822  12,447  10,017    16,267   7,032     2,264   4,702   5,375    12,713
                    Bonds                 46,443    2,733    17,272     1,797   2,730   3,851   3,099     5,033   2,176       700   1,455   1,663     3,934
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     Total bought outright 2             382,967   22,533   142,424    14,822  22,509  31,757  25,558    41,503  17,940     5,776  11,996  13,713    32,436
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      2,080        0     2,080         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
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       Total U.S. govt. securities       385,047   22,533   144,504    14,822  22,509  31,757  25,558    41,503  17,940     5,776  11,996  13,713    32,436
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         Total loans and securities      388,425   22,678   146,078    14,914  22,647  31,952  25,724    41,793  18,112     5,956  12,101  13,806    32,664

 Items in process of collection            6,351      576       733       303     275     498     653       478     229       439     424     370     1,373
 Bank premises                             1,191       94       147        48      91     127      81       111      31        89      56     157       160
 Other assets 3                           30,179    1,403     9,519     1,315   1,836   2,396   2,586     3,417     922       648   1,063   1,579     3,496
 Interdistrict settlement account              0      +86   -18,174    -2,136  +3,195  +6,294    +758      -492  -3,532      +539  -1,257    -610   +15,329
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  447,872   26,027   146,277    15,312  29,276  43,061  31,161    47,571  16,756     8,038  13,094  16,156    55,142
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 1 Does not include U.S. government and federal agency securities resold under matched sale-purchase transactions to foreign official and
   international accounts, of which $       982 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,429 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week. Includes $         0 million
   securities loaned--fully secured by U.S. government securities.
 3 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, revalued monthly at market exchange rates. Includes special investment account at Chicago of
   $        68 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.

 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 H.4.1 (c)

 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON JULY 24, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                    |   Total   | Boston | New York|  Phila. | Cleve.| Rich. |Atlanta| Chicago |S.Louis| Minneap.|KansasC| Dallas|San Fran.
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        LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                   403,905   24,046   131,793    13,753  27,592  40,406  27,987    42,724  15,555     6,088  11,316  13,805    48,840
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                19,217      822     4,655       783     634   1,076   1,312     2,726     567     1,201     849   1,312     3,278
   U.S. Treasury--general account          5,211        0     5,211         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                167        6        62         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     291        1       111         1       2      93       7        69       0         1       1       0         3
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     Total deposits                       24,886      829    10,039       791     645   1,180   1,333     2,812     571     1,206     856   1,322     3,301
 Deferred credit items                     5,886      554       640       189     233     509     660       499     192       438     393     345     1,234
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,182      249     1,415       183     244     346     299       450     201        97     164     168       365
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     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   438,859   25,679   143,887    14,915  28,714  42,441  30,280    46,486  16,520     7,829  12,729  15,639    53,740

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,421      161     1,118       190     268     293     426       520     110       101     176     252       805
 Surplus                                   3,966      171     1,057       190     259     292     389       473      98        99     152     246       542
 Other capital accounts                      625       16       215        16      35      36      67        93      28         9      37      18        55
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       ACCOUNTS                          447,872   26,027   146,277    15,312  29,276  43,061  31,161    47,571  16,756     8,038  13,094  16,156    55,142

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  520,444   29,179   185,232    17,327  30,613  47,203  34,735    50,312  18,702     7,151  13,370  20,795    65,825
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              116,539    5,133    53,439     3,574   3,022   6,796   6,749     7,588   3,147     1,063   2,054   6,991    16,984
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   F.R. notes, net                       403,905   24,046   131,793    13,753  27,592  40,406  27,987    42,724  15,555     6,088  11,316  13,805    48,840
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,050
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                  10,168
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      382,687
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     Total collateral                    403,905
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 1 Includes exchange translation account reflecting the monthly revaluation at market exchange rates of foreign exchange commitments.

 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.`

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