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 H.4.1

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

                                                                                              December 12, 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    Dec 11, 1996   Dec 4, 1996  Dec 13, 1995  Dec 11, 1996
 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Reserve Bank credit 1 2                                      434,661    -    2,882    +   19,368       434,106
   U.S. government securities
     Bought outright--system account                          393,145    +      985    +   13,797       393,307
     Held under repurchase agreements                           6,506    -    2,774    +    5,931         5,919
   Federal agency obligations
     Bought outright                                            2,233    -        3    -      435         2,225
     Held under repurchase agreements                           1,394    -      329    +    1,394         1,523
   Acceptances                                                      0             0             0             0
   Loans to depository institutions
     Adjustment credit                                              4    -      295    +        3             0
     Seasonal credit                                               66    -        9    +       28            70
     Extended credit                                                0             0             0             0
   Float                                                          719    -       31    -       88           193
   Other F.R. assets                                           30,593    -      425    -    1,262        30,869
 Gold stock                                                    11,048    -        1    -        2        11,048
 Special drawing rights certificate account                     9,718             0    -      450         9,718
 Treasury currency outstanding                                 24,906    +       14    +      954        24,906
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors supplying reserve funds                480,334    -    2,868    +   19,870       479,778

 Currency in circulation*                                     441,867    +      323    +   24,408       442,703
 Treasury cash holdings*                                          264    -        8    -        7           259
 Deposits, other than reserve balances, with F.R. Banks
   Treasury                                                     4,926    +      417    -      634         4,896
   Foreign                                                        169             0    -        8           168
   Service-related balances and adjustments 3                   6,884    -      229    +    1,085         6,884
   Other                                                          339    +       29    +       16           351
 Other F.R. liabilities and capital                            14,149    -       27    +    1,523        14,235
                                                         --------------------------------------------------------
         Total factors, other than reserve balances,
         absorbing reserve funds                              468,597    +      506    +   26,383       469,496

 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks 4                            11,737    -    3,374    -    6,512        10,282
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 On   December 11, 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 $     613,715 million, a change of - $     3,234 million for the week.  The total includes the face
 value of U.S. Treasury strips and other zero coupon bonds.
 1 Net of $    12,468 million, daily average, matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding during the latest statement week, of which
   a net of $    12,468 million was with foreign official and international accounts.  Includes securities loaned--fully secured by U.S.
   government securities.
 2 Net of $    12,306 million matched sale-purchase transactions outstanding at the end of the latest statement week, of which a net of
   $    12,306 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 $     6,641 million and adjustments of $       242 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.
1


 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
                                                                   Dec 11, 1996     Dec 4, 1996    Dec 13, 1995
                                                 ----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ASSETS
 Gold certificate account                                               11,048      -        1      -        3
 Special drawing rights certificate account                              9,718               0      -      450
 Coin                                                                      618      +       20      +      171

 Loans                                                                      71      -    1,717      +       30
 Acceptances                                                                 0               0               0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                                                       2,225      -       12      -      412
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    1,523      +      905      +    1,523
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                                              193,047      +    2,505      +    9,271
                    Notes                                              150,922               0      -       91
                    Bonds                                               49,339               0      +    5,270
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total bought outright 2                                           393,307      +    2,505      +   14,450
   Held under repurchase agreements 1                                    5,919      -    7,482      +    3,907
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
       Total U.S. government securities                                399,226      -    4,977      +   18,357
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
         Total loans and securities                                    403,044      -    5,802      +   19,497

 Items in process of collection                          (430)           7,158      +      100      +      762
 Bank premises                                                           1,231      +        9      +       79
 Other assets 3                                                         29,789      -      233      -    1,333
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL ASSETS                                  (430)         462,606      -    5,907      +   18,723

                   LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                                                 418,673      +      100      +   23,072
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                                              18,027      -    6,364      -    6,212
   U.S. Treasury--general account                                        4,896      +      107      -      660
   Foreign--official accounts                                              168      +        2      -       11
   Other                                                  (-1)             351      +       28      +       33
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
     Total deposits                                       (-1)          23,442      -    6,227      -    6,850
 Deferred availability cash items                        (432)           6,256      -      131      +      915
 Other liabilities and accrued dividends 4                               4,720      +      107      +      403
                                                                    ----------      ----------      ----------
           TOTAL LIABILITIES                             (430)         453,091      -    6,150      +   17,539

                CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                                                         4,584      -        2      +      625
 Surplus                                                                 3,860               0      +      177
 Other capital accounts                                                  1,070      +      245      +      382
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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 $         0 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,306 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 $       156 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, DECEMBER 11, 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
                                                                     --------------------------------------------
                       Loans    Acceptances                                        Weekly               Weekly
                                                                       Holdings    changes   Holdings   changes
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 Within 15 days               6          0  Within 15 days                20,621 -    5,151      1,523 +      893
 16 days to 90 days          64          0  16 days to 90 days            91,835 +    4,967        964          0
 Over 90 days                 0          0  91 days to 1 year            115,649 -    4,793        249          0
                                            Over 1 year to 5 years        95,513          0        520          0
                                            Over 5 years to 10 years      33,782          0        467          0
                                            Over 10 years                 41,826          0         25          0
                     ---------- ----------                            ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
   Total                     71          0    Total                      399,226 -    4,977      3,748 +      893
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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 DECEMBER 11, 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                 11,048      661     4,049       423     624     919     769     1,140     474       168     321     433     1,067
 Special drawing rights certif. acct.      9,718      636     3,385       396     543     835     745       979     419       144     280     399       957
 Coin                                        618       18        21        46      27     113      88        69      30        20      59      51        76

 Loans                                        71        1         0         0       0       0       0         8       7        42      11       1         0
 Acceptances                                   0        0         0         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 Federal agency obligations
   Bought outright                         2,225      131       827        86     131     184     148       241     104        34      70      80       188
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      1,523        0     1,523         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
 U.S. government securities
   Bought outright--Bills                193,047   11,359    71,793     7,472  11,346  16,008  12,883    20,921   9,043     2,911   6,047   6,913    16,350
                    Notes                150,922    8,880    56,127     5,841   8,870  12,515  10,072    16,356   7,070     2,276   4,727   5,404    12,783
                    Bonds                 49,339    2,903    18,349     1,910   2,900   4,091   3,293     5,347   2,311       744   1,545   1,767     4,179
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Total bought outright 2             393,307   23,142   146,269    15,222  23,117  32,615  26,248    42,624  18,425     5,932  12,320  14,084    33,312
   Held under repurchase agreements 1      5,919        0     5,919         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Total U.S. govt. securities       399,226   23,142   152,188    15,222  23,117  32,615  26,248    42,624  18,425     5,932  12,320  14,084    33,312
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         Total loans and securities      403,044   23,274   154,538    15,309  23,248  32,799  26,396    42,872  18,536     6,007  12,400  14,164    33,500

 Items in process of collection            7,589      453       984       271     318     555     889       627     335       487     403     590     1,677
 Bank premises                             1,231       94       149        49     106     128      82       110      30       111      56     155       161
 Other assets 3                           29,789    1,345     9,701     1,273   1,775   2,297   2,513     3,387     876       632   1,034   1,556     3,400
 Interdistrict settlement account              0     +919   -24,139    -2,537  +5,061  +4,255    -515       -58  -2,710      -971    -614    +201   +21,109
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           TOTAL ASSETS                  463,037   27,400   148,690    15,229  31,702  41,901  30,967    49,127  17,991     6,598  13,938  17,549    61,946
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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 $         0 million was outstanding at the end of the latest statement week.
 2 Net of $    12,306 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
   $       156 million in Treasury bills maturing within 90 days.

 Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
1

 H.4.1 (c)

 STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON DECEMBER 11, 1996
 Millions of dollars
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                                    |   Total   | Boston | New York|  Phila. | Cleve.| Rich. |Atlanta| Chicago |S.Louis| Minneap.|KansasC| Dallas|San Fran.
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        LIABILITIES
 Federal Reserve notes                   418,673   25,099   135,383    13,613  29,936  38,719  27,038    44,391  16,749     5,433  12,378  14,820    55,115
 Deposits
   Depository institutions                18,027    1,245     3,560       678     648   1,493   1,891     2,405     550       353     651   1,566     2,986
   U.S. Treasury--general account          4,896        0     4,896         0       0       0       0         0       0         0       0       0         0
   Foreign--official accounts                168        6        63         7       9      11      14        17       4         4       5       9        20
   Other                                     350        1       115         1       6      57       7       159       1         1       2       1         2
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Total deposits                       23,441    1,252     8,634       686     663   1,560   1,912     2,581     555       357     659   1,575     3,007
 Deferred credit items                     6,688      424       782       219     237     586     824       556     225       490     363     346     1,636
 Other liabilities and accrued
   dividends 1                             4,720      265     1,627       197     263     371     323       484     215       102     175     292       405
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TOTAL LIABILITIES                   453,522   27,040   146,426    14,715  31,099  41,237  30,097    48,011  17,743     6,382  13,576  17,033    60,163

        CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
 Capital paid in                           4,584      170     1,056       257     292     318     426       537     114       106     176     254       879
 Surplus                                   3,860      166     1,028       185     252     284     379       460      95        96     148     240       527
 Other capital accounts                    1,070       24       180        72      59      63      66       119      38        13      38      22       377
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ACCOUNTS                          463,037   27,400   148,690    15,229  31,702  41,901  30,967    49,127  17,991     6,598  13,938  17,549    61,946

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 FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

 F.R. notes outstanding                  530,133   30,580   183,769    16,174  33,301  45,925  34,765    52,278  19,850     7,108  14,336  21,023    71,025
   Less--Held by F.R. Banks              111,460    5,481    48,386     2,561   3,365   7,206   7,727     7,887   3,101     1,675   1,957   6,203    15,910
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   F.R. notes, net                       418,673   25,099   135,383    13,613  29,936  38,719  27,038    44,391  16,749     5,433  12,378  14,820    55,115
 Collateral held against F.R. notes
   Gold certificate account               11,048
   Special drawing rights
     certificate account                   9,718
   Other eligible assets                       0
   U.S. govt. and agency securities      397,908
                                     ------------
     Total collateral                    418,673
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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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