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H.4.1
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
March 6, 2008
1. Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions
Millions of dollars
Reserve Bank credit, related items, and
reserve balances of depository institutions at
Federal Reserve Banks
Averages of daily figures Wednesday
Mar 5, 2008
Week ended
Mar 5, 2008
Change from week ended
Feb 27, 2008 Mar 7, 2007
                                                              
Reserve Bank Credit                                         873,313     +   6,713     +  21,602       865,980 
 Securities held outright                                   713,365     +       7     -  67,444       713,388 
    U.S. Treasury (1)                                       713,365     +       7     -  67,444       713,388 
       Bills (2)                                            200,360             0     -  76,659       200,360 
       Notes and bonds, nominal (2)                         470,010             0     +   1,457       470,010 
       Notes and bonds, inflation-indexed (2)                38,437             0     +   6,661        38,437 
       Inflation compensation (3)                             4,559     +       8     +   1,098         4,581 
    Federal agency (2)                                            0             0             0             0 
 Repurchase agreements(4)                                    59,357     +  16,500     +  26,000        52,250 
 Term auction credit                                         60,000             0     +  60,000        60,000 
 Other loans                                                    358     +     185     +     326            37 
    Primary credit                                              355     +     186     +     347            34 
    Secondary credit                                              0             0             0             0 
    Seasonal credit                                               3     -       2     -      21             3 
 Float                                                      -1,374    -     262    -     655       -1,545 
 Other Federal Reserve assets                                41,607     -   9,716     +   3,374        41,850 
Gold stock                                                   11,041             0             0        11,041 
Special drawing rights certificate account                    2,200             0             0         2,200 
Treasury currency outstanding (5)                            38,736     +      14     +     418        38,736 
                                                              
Total factors supplying reserve funds                       925,290     +   6,727     +  22,020       917,957 
                                                                          
Currency in circulation(5)                                  815,956     +     550     +   9,077       817,899 
Reverse repurchase agreements (6)                            43,138     +   3,605     +   4,509        40,812 
   Foreign official and international accounts               43,138     +   3,605     +   4,509        40,812 
   Dealers                                                        0             0             0             0 
Treasury cash holdings                                          260     -       1     +      55           260 
Deposits with F.R.Banks, other than reserve balances         11,985     +     115     +     206        11,917 
  U.S. Treasury, general account                              4,867     +     127     +     142         4,794 
  Foreign official                                               97     -       1     +       5            98 
  Service-related                                             6,750             0     +      60         6,750 
     Required clearing balances                               6,750             0     +      60         6,750 
     Adjustments to compensate for float                          0             0             0             0 
  Other                                                         271     -      12             0           275 
Other liabilities and capital                                44,396     +     662     +   5,741        43,965 
                                                              
Total factors, other than reserve balances,                                                       
   absorbing reserve funds                                  915,735     +   4,931     +  19,588       914,852 
                                                              
Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks                   9,556     +   1,797     +   2,433         3,104 
                                                                          
                                                              
Memo (off-balance-sheet items):                               
  Marketable securities held in custody for foreign           
         official and international accounts(2,7)         2,150,012     +   8,556     + 301,608     2,144,806 
     U.S. Treasury                                        1,280,627     +  10,344     +  70,757     1,276,650 
     Federal agency                                         869,385     -   1,788     + 230,851       868,156 
  Securities lent to dealers                                 19,020     +   4,561     +  16,815        16,300 
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
 

 

1 Includes securities lent to dealers, which are fully collateralized by other U.S. Treasury securities.
2 Face value of the securities.
3 Compensation that adjusts for the effect of inflation on the original face value of inflation-indexed securities.
4 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury and federal agency securities.
5 Estimated.
6 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
7 Includes U.S. Treasury STRIPS and other zero coupon bonds at face value.
 

 

Sources: Federal Reserve Banks and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
 

 

2. Consolidated Statement of Condition of All Federal Reserve Banks
Millions of Dollars
Assets, liabilities, and capital Eliminations
from
consolidation
  Change Since
Wednesday
Mar 5, 2008
Wednesday
Feb 27, 2008
Wednesday
Mar 7, 2007
Assets                                                    
Gold certificate account                                         11,037                 0                 0 
Special drawing rights certificate account                        2,200                 0                 0 
Coin                                                              1,351         -       1         +     374 
Securities, repurchase agreements, term auction           
      credit, and other loans                                   825,675         -   2,867         +  13,564 
   Securities held outright                                     713,388         +      33         -  67,430 
      U.S. Treasury (1)                                         713,388         +      33         -  67,430 
         Bills (2)                                              200,360                 0         -  76,659 
         Notes and bonds, nominal (2)                           470,010                 0         +   1,457 
         Notes and bonds, inflation-indexed (2)                  38,437                 0         +   6,661 
         Inflation compensation (3)                               4,581         +      32         +   1,111 
      Federal agency (2)                                              0                 0                 0 
   Repurchase agreements (4)                                     52,250         -   2,250         +  21,000 
   Term auction credit                                           60,000                 0         +  60,000 
   Other loans                                                       37         -     650         -       6 
Items in process of collection                      (615)         1,715         +     150         -   1,867 
Bank premises                                                     2,140         +       2         +     171 
Other assets (5)                                                 39,584         -  10,182         +   3,083 
      Total assets                                  (615)       883,702         -  12,897         +  15,326 
                                                          
Liabilities                                               
Federal Reserve notes, net of FR Bank holdings                  780,769         +   1,317         +   9,914 
Reverse repurchase agreements (6)                                40,812         -   1,836         +   3,024 
Deposits                                              (0)        14,895         -  12,700         -   1,910 
  Depository institutions                                         9,729         -  12,394         -   2,281 
  U.S. Treasury, general account                                  4,794         -     309         +     345 
  Foreign official                                                   98         -       1         +       2 
  Other                                               (0)           275         +       5         +      25 
Deferred availability cash items                    (615)         3,260         +     486         -   1,362 
Other liabilities and accrued dividends (7)                       4,415         -     301         -   1,386 
      Total liabilities                             (615)       844,151         -  13,034         +   8,281 
                                                          
Capital Accounts                                          
Capital paid in                                                  19,461         +      66         +   3,501 
Surplus                                                          18,458         +       1         +   3,142 
Other capital accounts                                            1,632         +      70         +     402 
      Total capital                                              39,551         +     137         +   7,045 
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
 

1 Includes securities lent to dealers, which are fully collateralized by other U.S. Treasury securities.
2 Face value of the securities.
3 Compensation that adjusts for the effect of inflation on the original face value of inflation-indexed securities.
4 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury and federal agency securites.
5 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, which are revalued daily at market exchange rates.
6 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
7 Includes exchange-translation account reflecting the daily revaluation at market exchange rates of
foreign exchange commitments.
 

 

 

3. Maturity Distribution of Term Auction Credit, Other Loans and Securities, March 5, 2008
Millions of dollars
  U.S. Treasury
securities (1)
 

Remaining maturity
Term auction
credit
Other
loans

Holdings
Weekly
changes

Repurchase
agreements(2)
Reverse
repurchase
agreements(2)
Within 15 days           30,000            34        38,873     -   9,048        52,250        40,812  
16 days to 90 days       30,000             3       126,745     +   9,926             0             0  
91 days to 1 year      ------               0       133,639     -     524      ------       ------     
Over 1 to 5 years      ------        ------         231,000     -     341      ------       ------     
Over 5 to 10 years     ------        ------          88,945     +       7      ------       ------     
Over 10 years          ------        ------          94,187     +      13      ------       ------     
          
All                      60,000            37       713,388     +      33        52,250        40,812  
 
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
--- Not applicable.
 

1 Includes the original face value of inflation-indexed securities and compensation that adjusts for the effect of inflation on the original face
value of such securities.
2 Cash value of agreements.
 

 

 

4. Statement of Condition of Each Federal Reserve Bank on March 5, 2008
Millions of dollars
Assets, liabilities, and capital Total Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas
City
Dallas San
Francisco
Assets                                                             
Gold certificate account                      11,037         449       4,053         455         428         869       1,117         903         326         203         335         613       1,286 
Special drawing rights certificate acct.       2,200         115         874          83         104         147         166         212          71          30          66          98         234 
Coin                                           1,351          44          63         110         128         155         163         155          58          56          83         142         194 
Securities, repurchase agreements, term                            
      auction credit, and other loans        825,675      36,295     318,912      33,872      31,838      67,055      74,221      66,940      25,552      18,334      24,784      34,890      92,981 
   Securities held outright                  713,388      32,877     258,316      31,561      29,194      61,809      66,165      59,837      22,801      14,234      23,093      31,344      82,158 
      U.S. Treasury (1)                      713,388      32,877     258,316      31,561      29,194      61,809      66,165      59,837      22,801      14,234      23,093      31,344      82,158 
         Bills (2)                           200,360       9,234      72,550       8,864       8,199      17,360      18,583      16,806       6,404       3,998       6,486       8,803      23,075 
         Notes and bonds(3)                  513,028      23,643     185,766      22,697      20,995      44,450      47,582      43,031      16,397      10,236      16,607      22,541      59,083 
         Federal agency (2)                        0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0 
      Repurchase agreements(4)                52,250       2,408      18,920       2,312       2,138       4,527       4,846       4,383       1,670       1,043       1,691       2,296       6,017 
      Term auction credit                     60,000       1,010      41,677           0         500         708       3,210       2,720       1,080      3,057           0       1,250       4,788  
      Other loans                                 37           0           0           0           6          10           0           1           2           1           0           0          18 
Items in process of collection                 2,330          75          31         156         434         174         146         198          91         150         215         164         495 
Bank premises                                  2,140         119         214          65         152         186         229         207         118         112         276         255         208 
Other assets(5)                               39,584       2,027      12,235       3,016       2,321       7,915       3,191       2,209         721         766         729       1,105       3,348 
Interdistrict settlement account                   0     - 1,492     -21,032     + 2,234     + 1,383     + 4,487     + 7,018     + 7,120     + 3,525     - 1,520     + 5,584     - 1,505     - 5,803 
          Total Assets                       884,316      37,631     315,351      39,990      36,788      80,988      86,252      77,944      30,462      18,131      32,074      35,762      92,944 
 
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
 

1 Includes securities lent to dealers, which are fully collateralized by other U.S. Treasury securities.
2 Face value of the securities.
3 Includes the original face value of inflation-indexed securities and compensation that adjusts for the effect of inflation on the original face
value of such securities.
4 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury and federal agency securities.
5 Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies, which are revalued daily at market exchange rates.
 

 

 

 

4. Statement of Condition of Each Federal Reserve Bank on March 5, 2008
Millions of dollars
Assets, liabilities, and capital Total Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas
City
Dallas San
Francisco
Liabilities                                                         
Federal Reserve notes outstanding             994,268      39,145     345,408      41,856      39,557      79,446     112,902      85,433      32,468      18,885      32,660      56,441     110,068 
  Less: notes held by F.R. Banks              213,499       6,352      63,439       8,556       8,512      14,710      35,212      14,633       4,293       2,978       3,184      24,441      27,189 
    Federal Reserve notes, net                780,769      32,793     281,969      33,300      31,045      64,735      77,691      70,800      28,175      15,907      29,476      32,000      82,879 
Reverse repurchase agreements (1)              40,812       1,881      14,778       1,806       1,670       3,536       3,785       3,423       1,304         814       1,321       1,793       4,700 
Deposits                                       14,895         366       7,079         380         642       1,414       1,031         736         330         249         419         788       1,463 
  Depository institutions                       9,729         353       2,055         375         639       1,316       1,028         734         316         248         417         787       1,460 
  U.S. Treasury, general account                4,794           0       4,794           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0 
  Foreign official                                 98           2          68           4           3          11           3           2           0           1           0           1           3 
  Other                                           275          11         162           0           0          87           0           0          13           0           1           0           0 
Deferred availability cash items                3,875         186          68         605         550         309         297         347          76         307         282         213         635 
Other liabilities and accrued                                                 
  dividends (2)                                 4,415         206       1,344         212         221         514         447         372         188         120         159         213         418 
                                                                    
    Total liabilities                         844,765      35,432     305,238      36,303      34,127      70,508      83,251      75,678      30,073      17,397      31,657      35,006      90,095 
                                                                    
Capital                                                             
Capital paid in                                19,461       1,077       4,897       1,817       1,310       5,175       1,455       1,256         182         357         195         361       1,379 
Surplus                                        18,458       1,049       4,624       1,813       1,291       4,997       1,426         815         180         355         194         364       1,350 
Other capital                                   1,632          73         591          57          60         308         121         195          27          22          28          31         120 
     Total liabilities and capital            884,316      37,631     315,351      39,990      36,788      80,988      86,252      77,944      30,462      18,131      32,074      35,762      92,944 
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
 

1 Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
2 Includes exchange-translation account reflecting the daily revaluation at market exchange rates of foreign exchange commitments.
 

 

5. Collateral Held against Federal Reserve Notes: Federal Reserve Agents' Accounts
Millions of dollars
Federal Reserve notes and collateral Wednesday
Mar 5, 2008
Federal Reserve notes outstanding          994,268  
   Less: Notes held by F.R. Banks         
         not subject to collateralization   213,499  
      Federal Reserve notes to be         
         collateralized                    780,769  
Collateral held against Federal Reserve             
   notes                                   780,769  
   Gold certificate account                 11,037  
   Special drawing rights                 
     certificate account                     2,200  
   U.S. Treasury and agency securities    
     pledged (1)                           724,785  
   Other assets pledged                     42,747  
                                          
Memo:                                     
Total U.S. Treasury and agency            
       securities (1)                      765,638  
   Less:face value of securities under    
         reverse repurchase agreements      40,853  
      U.S. Treasury and agency securities  
             eligible to be pledged        724,785  
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
 

1 Includes face value of U.S. Treasury and agency securities held outright, compensation to adjust for the effect of inflation on the original face
value of inflation-indexed securities, and cash value of repurchase agreements.

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