UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 FORM 10-Q


[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended                    Sept 25, 1998
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Commission File Number                               0-16312

                       ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                 13-3433607
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(State  or other jurisdiction                    (IRS  Employer
of incorporation or organization               Identification No.)

World Financial Center
North Tower
250 Vesey Street - 23rd Flr
New York, New York                                10281-1323
(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(212) 449-0336

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     Number of Shares Outstanding
     Title of Each Class             as of Sept 25, 1998
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  Common Stock, Par Value                         100
  $10 per Share



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      Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed
all  reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding  12  months
(or  for such shorter period that the Registrant was required  to
file  such  reports),  and (2) has been subject  to  such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days:  [x] Yes   [ ] No.

      The  Registrant had 100 shares of common stock  outstanding
(all  owned by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital Inc.) as of
Sept. 25, 1998.

      The  Registrant meets the conditions set forth  in  General
Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore  filing
this form with the reduced disclosure format.



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                   ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION

                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                          Page No.
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PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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  Item 1  Financial Statements

          Balance Sheets as of Sept 25, 1998
          and December 26, 1997                               3

          Statements of Operations and Retained
          Earnings for the three month periods 
          ended Sept 25, 1998 and Sept 26, 1997               4

          Statements of Cash Flows for the three 
          month periods ended Sept 25, 1998 and
          Sept 26, 1997                                       5
            
          Notes to Financial Statements                       6-7

  Item 2  Management's Discussion and Analysis of 

          Financial Condition and Results of Operations       8


PART II OTHER INFORMATION
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  Item 1  Legal Proceedings                                   8

  Item 2  Changes in Securities                               8

  Item 3  Defaults upon Senior Securities                     8

  Item 4  Submission of Matters to a Vote of 
          Security Holders                                    8

  Item 5  Other Information                                   8

  Item 6  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                    8
      
Signatures                                                    9
  
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                    ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION
                           BALANCE SHEETS
             AS OF SEPT 25, 1998 AND DECEMBER 26, 1997


                                        1998          1997
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<S>                                   <C>           <C>
ASSET

Cash                                   $1,000        $1,000
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STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY

 Common Stock, $10 par value;
 1,000 shares authorized
 100 shares issued and outstanding     $1,000        $1,000
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.

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                    ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION
          STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND RETAINED EARNINGS
                 FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED
                   SEPT 25, 1998 AND SEPT 26, 1997


                                        1998          1997
                                       ------        ------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>   

Revenues - Interest Income              $ -           $ -  

Expenses - Interest Expense               -             -  

Earnings Before Taxes                     -             -  

Provision For Income Taxes                -             -  

Net Earnings                              -             -  

Retained earnings, beginning of year      -             -  

Retained earnings, end of year          $ -           $ -  






The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.

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                    ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION
                      STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                 FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED
                   SEPT 25, 1998 AND SEPT 26, 1997



                                             1998      1997 
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<S>                                        <C>       <C>    

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net earnings                                $  -      $  -   

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES           -         -   
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES           -         -   
                                            ------    ------ 
CHANGE IN CASH                                 -         -   

CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR                      1,000     1,000 
                                            ------    ------ 

CASH, END OF YEAR                           $1,000    $1,000 
                                            ------    ------ 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Cash payments for interest and taxes        $  -      $  -   
                                            ------    ------ 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.

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                     ML ASSET BACKED CORPORATION
                    NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.  Description of Business


     ML Asset Backed Corporation (the "Company"), incorporated in
the State of Delaware on September 22, 1987, is a wholly-owned,
limited purpose subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital Inc.,
which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch &
Co., Inc. ("ML&Co").

     The Company was established for the sole purpose of engaging
in the following activities: (a) issuing, selling, authorizing and
delivering bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness (the
"Notes"), (b) acting as settlor or depositor of trusts formed to
issue Notes or to issue participation certificates (the
"Certificates") that are secured or collateralized by (1)
receivables (the "Receivables") including, without limitation,
automobile installment sale contracts, automobile leases,
equipment leases, revolving credit card accounts, truck
receivables, recreational vehicle loans, manufactured housing
loans, student loans and other receivables, (2) pass-through
certificates (the "Pass-Through Certificates") evidencing a
fractional undivided ownership interest in the assets of one or
more trusts or in one or more pools of Receivables, (3) bonds,
notes and other evidences of indebtedness (the "Bonds") secured or
collateralized by one or more pools of Receivables, or (4) any
combination of Receivables, Bonds and Pass-Through Certificates,
(c) acquiring, owning, holding, selling, assigning, pledging and
otherwise dealing with the Receivables and related insurance
policies and agreements, including agreements with automobile
dealers and other originators or servicers of Receivables, (d)
authorizing, issuing, selling and delivering subordinated
indebtedness, and (e) engaging in any activity and exercising any
powers permitted to corporations under the laws of the State of
Delaware that are incidental to the foregoing and necessary or
convenient to accomplish the foregoing.

     Each series of the Company's Notes or Certificates will be
secured by, or represent ownership of, a separate and identifiable
pool of Receivables purchased in connection with the issuance of
such Notes or Certificates. Additional security for each series
will be provided by collections and/or distributions on the
Receivables which will be remitted to an account or accounts to be
established with the trustee (the "Trustee") under the indenture,
sale and servicing agreement or other similar agreement pursuant to
which such Notes or Certificates will be issued, and may also


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include cash and other investments deposited with the Trustee at
the time of issuance of such Notes or Certificates, as well as
other credit enhancements that may be used to secure or support the
Notes or Certificates. The Receivables for each series of Notes or
Certificates will be pledged with or sold to the Trustee on behalf
of the holders of the Notes or Certificates of that series, and will
not be available for the Notes or Certificates of any other series.
The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes or
Certificates to simultaneously purchase the Receivables to be pledged
as security for, or sold in connection with, the issuance of such
Notes or Certificates.

     During 1996, $694 million of 5.5% Total Rate of Return Asset
Backed Notes, due May 15, 1998, and $925 million of 5.125% Total
Rate Asset Backed Notes, due July 15, 1998, were retired. As of
Sept 25, 1998, there were no notes outstanding.

     At Sept 25, 1998, the Company had two registration statements on
Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the issuance
of approximately $191 million of securities.

Note 2.  Accounting Policies

     The Company may borrow funds from an affiliate, as needed.
Interest expense is allocated to the Company based on the rate of
the asset financed.  All other operating expenses are charged
directly to the Parent.

 Note 3.  Income Taxes

     The results of operations of the Company are included in the
consolidated Federal income tax return of ML&Co.  ML&Co. allocates
the income taxes to its subsidiaries in a manner that approximates
the separate company method.

     The Company uses the asset and liability method in providing
income taxes on all transactions that have been recognized in the
financial statements.  The asset and liability method requires that
deferred taxes be adjusted to reflect the tax rates at which future
taxable amounts will be settled or realized. The effects of tax rate
changes on future deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets,
as well as other changes in income tax laws, are recognized in net
earnings in the period such changes are enacted.

 Note 4.    Year 2000

      The Company does not believe that it has a material problem
resulting from the inability of computer programs to properly 
recognize a year that begins with "20" instead of "19". The Company's
operations do not relay on information technology, but, to the
extent that information technology becomes a significant element of
Company's operations, the Company would relay on its parent, ML&Co.,
with respect to its information technology. Therefore, the Company 
would rely on the initiatives of its ML&Co. with respect to Year
2000 compliance.

       ML&Co. believes that it has identified and evaluated its 
internal Year 2000 problem and that it is devoting sufficient 
resources to renovating technology systems that are not already Year
2000 compliant. ML&Co. has allotted nearly 10% of the current year's
technology budget to its Year 2000 compliance efforts. By the end 
of the third quarter of 1998, the total amount spent by ML&Co. on its
Year 2000 compliance initiatives is expected to be approximately
$400 million. There can be no assurances that the cost of Year 2000
compliance will not exceed those allocated by ML&Co., nor can there
be any assurances that these compliance efforts will succeed.

        The Company maintains relationships certain third-parties, 
and is undertaking to assess the Year 2000 readiness of these
third-parties. To the extent that these third-parties are adversely
impacted by the Year 2000 issues, there can be no assurance that the
Company will not also be materially adversely affected.    

 



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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
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     Item 1. Legal Proceedings
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             The Company is not a party to any pending legal
             proceedings, nor is the Company aware of any
             proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities.

     Item 2. Changes in Securities
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             Omitted pursuant to general instruction H(1) (a) and 
             (b) of the Form 10-Q.

     Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
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             Omitted pursuant to general instruction H(1) (a) and 
             (b) of the Form 10-Q.

     Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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             Omitted pursuant to general instruction H(1) (a) and 
             (b) of the Form 10-Q.

     Item 5. Other Information
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              None

     Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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             (a) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

                 There are no exhibits required to be filed 
                 with this report.

             (b) Reports for the Trust prepared by the 
                 Master Servicer are filed on Form 8-K.


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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.





       By:\s\ Thomas Layton                 
       Name:  Thomas Layton              
       Title:  Treasurer
       Dated:  November 16, 1998
        
               
       By:\s\ Michael M. McGovern              
       Name:  Michael M. McGovern            
       Title:  Secretary
       Dated:  November 16, 1998





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