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H.4.1
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and
Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks
November 20, 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 Nov 19, 2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ended Nov 19, 2008 |
Change from week ended | |||
| Nov 12, 2008 | Nov 21, 2007 | |||
| Reserve Bank credit | 2,178,894 | - 19,310 | +1,310,671 | 2,171,063 |
| Securities held outright | 489,084 | - 517 | - 290,573 | 488,926 |
| U.S. Treasury (1) | 476,431 | - 15 | - 303,226 | 476,425 |
| Bills (2) | 18,423 | 0 | - 248,596 | 18,423 |
| Notes and bonds, nominal (2) | 410,491 | 0 | - 60,493 | 410,491 |
| Notes and bonds, inflation-indexed (2) | 41,071 | 0 | + 4,160 | 41,071 |
| Inflation compensation (3) | 6,445 | - 15 | + 1,702 | 6,440 |
| Federal agency (2) | 12,654 | - 501 | + 12,654 | 12,501 |
| Repurchase agreements (4) | 80,000 | 0 | + 31,714 | 80,000 |
| Term auction credit | 415,302 | 0 | + 415,302 | 415,302 |
| Other loans | 296,818 | - 26,114 | + 296,337 | 288,702 |
| Primary credit | 91,552 | - 3,828 | + 91,118 | 92,645 |
| Secondary credit | 112 | + 23 | + 112 | 118 |
| Seasonal credit | 9 | - 1 | - 37 | 8 |
| Primary dealer and other broker-dealer credit (5) | 50,170 | - 14,763 | + 50,170 | 46,611 |
| Asset-backed commercial paper money market | ||||
| mutual fund liquidity facility | 69,798 | - 10,446 | + 69,798 | 61,923 |
| Other credit extensions | 85,177 | + 2,902 | + 85,177 | 87,397 |
| Net portfolio holdings of Commercial Paper | ||||
| Funding Facility LLC (6) | 265,691 | + 15,781 | + 265,691 | 270,879 |
| Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC (7) | 26,945 | + 69 | + 26,945 | 26,919 |
| Float | -1,374 | + 83 | - 741 | -1,628 |
| Other Federal Reserve assets | 606,429 | - 8,612 | + 565,997 | 601,963 |
| Gold stock | 11,041 | 0 | 0 | 11,041 |
| Special drawing rights certificate account | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 2,200 |
| Treasury currency outstanding (8) | 38,773 | + 14 | + 36 | 38,773 |
| Total factors supplying reserve funds | 2,230,908 | - 19,296 | +1,310,707 | 2,223,077 |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding. Footnotes appear on the following page.
H.4.1
1. Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions, continued
Millions of dollars
| Reserve Bank credit, related items, and reserve balances of depository institutions at Federal Reserve Banks |
Averages of daily figures | Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ended Nov 19, 2008 |
Change from week ended | |||
| Nov 12, 2008 | Nov 21, 2007 | |||
| Currency in circulation (8) | 864,682 | + 485 | + 43,922 | 865,504 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements (9) | 100,423 | + 737 | + 65,331 | 102,909 |
| Foreign official and international accounts | 76,137 | - 1,406 | + 41,045 | 77,909 |
| Dealers | 24,286 | + 2,143 | + 24,286 | 25,000 |
| Treasury cash holdings | 250 | - 12 | - 25 | 242 |
| Deposits with F.R. Banks, other than reserve balances | 585,640 | - 62,712 | + 573,873 | 585,063 |
| U.S. Treasury, general account | 60,465 | - 1,311 | + 55,506 | 68,457 |
| U.S. Treasury, supplementary financing account | 508,956 | - 49,936 | + 508,956 | 508,956 |
| Foreign official | 394 | + 103 | + 296 | 183 |
| Service-related | 6,324 | + 17 | - 58 | 6,324 |
| Required clearing balances | 6,305 | - 2 | - 75 | 6,305 |
| Adjustments to compensate for float | 18 | + 18 | + 16 | 18 |
| Other | 9,501 | - 11,585 | + 9,173 | 1,143 |
| Other liabilities and capital (10) | 46,043 | + 480 | + 3,148 | 45,186 |
| Total factors, other than reserve balances, | ||||
| absorbing reserve funds | 1,597,037 | - 61,023 | + 686,248 | 1,598,905 |
| Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks | 633,870 | + 41,726 | + 624,458 | 624,172 |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1. Includes securities lent to dealers under the overnight and term securities lending facilities; refer
to table 1A.
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.
5. Includes credit extended through the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and credit extended to certain
other broker-dealers.
6. Refer to table 4 and the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
7. Fair value. Refer to table 3 and the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
8. Estimated.
9. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
10. Includes the liabilities of Maiden Lane LLC and Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC to entities
other than the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including liabilities that have recourse only to
the portfolio holdings of these entities. Refer to tables 3 and 4 and the notes on consolidation
accompanying table 6.
Sources: Federal Reserve Banks and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
1A. Memorandum Items
Millions of dollars
| Memorandum item | Averages of daily figures | Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ended Nov 19, 2008 |
Change from week ended | |||
| Nov 12, 2008 | Nov 21, 2007 | |||
| Marketable securities held in custody for foreign | ||||
| official and international accounts (1) | 2,501,128 | - 6,804 | + 475,356 | 2,499,533 |
| U.S. Treasury | 1,609,909 | + 1,870 | + 386,639 | 1,614,483 |
| Federal agency | 891,218 | - 8,675 | + 88,716 | 885,051 |
| Securities lent to dealers | 205,496 | - 12,856 | + 196,502 | 200,524 |
| Overnight facility (2) | 14,240 | - 4,113 | + 5,246 | 10,325 |
| Term facility (3,4) | 191,256 | - 8,743 | + 191,256 | 190,199 |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1. Face value of the securities. Includes U.S. Treasury STRIPS and other zero-coupon bonds at face value.
2. Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
3. Fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency securities, and other highly rated debt
securities.
4. On November 19, 2008, option contracts on draws on the Term Securities Lending Facility totaling
$ 49,998 million were outstanding. The exercise date for the options is November 24, 2008, and the
draws have a term of November 25, 2008 through December 2, 2008.
2. Maturity Distribution of Term Auction Credit, Other Loans, and Securities, November 19, 2008
Millions of dollars
| Remaining maturity |
Within 15 days |
16 days to 90 days |
91 days to 1 year |
Over 1 year to 5 years |
Over 5 years to 10 years |
Over 10 years |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term auction credit | 138,271 | 277,031 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 415,302 |
| Other loans (1) | 160,131 | 56,255 | 5,419 | 66,897 | --- | --- | 288,702 |
| U.S. Treasury securities (2) | |||||||
| Holdings | 20,343 | 19,471 | 66,692 | 170,928 | 96,956 | 102,035 | 476,425 |
| Weekly changes | + 2,212 | - 8,576 | + 5,464 | - 2,481 | + 2,647 | + 718 | - 15 |
| Federal agency securities | |||||||
| Holdings | 929 | 8,338 | 3,234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,501 |
| Weekly changes | + 181 | - 299 | - 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - 468 |
| Commercial paper held by | |||||||
| Commercial Paper Funding | |||||||
| Facility LLC (3) | 0 | 271,969 | 0 | --- | --- | --- | 271,969 |
| Repurchase agreements (4) | 40,000 | 40,000 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 80,000 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements (4) | 102,909 | 0 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 102,909 |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
--- Not applicable.
1. Excludes the loans from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Maiden Lane LLC and Commercial Paper Funding Facility
LLC that were eliminated when preparing that Bank's statement of condition consistent with consolidation under generally
accepted accounting principles. The loan to Maiden Lane LLC is designed to be repaid from the orderly liquidation of
Maiden Lane LLC's portfolio holdings and does not have a fixed amortization schedule.
2. 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.
3. Face value of commercial paper held by Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC.
4. Cash value of agreements.
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3. Information on Principal Accounts of Maiden Lane LLC
Millions of dollars
| Account name | Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC (1) | 26,919 |
| Outstanding principal amount of loan extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2) | 28,820 |
| Accrued interest payable to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2) | 235 |
| Outstanding principal amount and accrued interest on loan payable to JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3) | 1,180 |
1. Fair value. Fair value reflects an estimate of the price that would be received upon selling an asset if
the transaction were to be conducted in an orderly market on the measurement date. Revalued quarterly.
This table reflects valuations as of September 30, 2008.
2. Book value. This amount was eliminated when preparing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's statement
of condition consistent with consolidation under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to
the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
3. Book value. The fair value of these obligations is included in other liabilities and capital in table 1
and in other liabilities and accrued dividends in table 5 and table 6.
Note: On June 26, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) extended credit to Maiden Lane LLC
under the authority of section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. This limited liability company was formed
to acquire certain assets of Bear Stearns and to manage those assets through time to maximize repayment of
the credit extended and to minimize disruption to financial markets. Payments by Maiden Lane LLC from the
proceeds of the net portfolio holdings will be made in the following order: operating expenses of the LLC,
principal due to the FRBNY, interest due to the FRBNY, principal due to JPMorgan Chase & Co., and interest
due to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Any remaining funds will be paid to the FRBNY.
4. Information on Principal Accounts of Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC
| Account name | Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Commercial paper holdings, net (1) | 269,702 |
| Other investments, net | 1,177 |
| Net portfolio holdings of Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC | 270,879 |
| Memorandum: Commercial paper holdings, face value | 271,969 |
| Outstanding principal amount of loan extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2) | 270,347 |
| Accrued interest payable to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2) | 186 |
1. Book value, which includes amortized cost and related fees.
2. Book value. This amount was eliminated when preparing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's statement of
condition consistent with consolidation under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to the
notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
Note: On October 27, 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began extending loans under the authority of
section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act to Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC. This LLC is a limited
liability company that was formed to purchase three-month U.S.dollar-denominated commercial paper from
eligible issuers and thereby foster liquidity in short-term funding markets and increase the availability of
credit for businesses and households.
H.4.1
5. Consolidated Statement of Condition of All Federal Reserve Banks
Millions of dollars
| Assets, liabilities, and capital | Eliminations from consolidation |
Change since | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday Nov 19, 2008 |
Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 |
Wednesday Nov 21, 2007 |
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| Assets | ||||
| Gold certificate account | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| Special drawing rights certificate account | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coin | 1,648 | + 8 | + 470 | |
| Securities, repurchase agreements, term auction | ||||
| credit, and other loans | 1,272,929 | - 27,859 | + 438,201 | |
| Securities held outright | 488,926 | - 483 | - 290,744 | |
| U.S. Treasury (1) | 476,425 | - 15 | - 303,245 | |
| Bills (2) | 18,423 | 0 | - 248,596 | |
| Notes and bonds, nominal (2) | 410,491 | 0 | - 60,493 | |
| Notes and bonds, inflation-indexed (2) | 41,071 | 0 | + 4,160 | |
| Inflation compensation (3) | 6,440 | - 15 | + 1,684 | |
| Federal agency (2) | 12,501 | - 468 | + 12,501 | |
| Repurchase agreements (4) | 80,000 | 0 | + 25,000 | |
| Term auction credit | 415,302 | 0 | + 415,302 | |
| Other loans | 288,702 | - 27,375 | + 288,644 | |
| Net portfolio holdings of Commercial Paper | ||||
| Funding Facility LLC (5) | 270,879 | + 13,592 | + 270,879 | |
| Net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC (6) | 26,919 | - 30 | + 26,919 | |
| Items in process of collection | (459) | 1,115 | - 11 | - 3,250 |
| Bank premises | 2,178 | + 7 | + 64 | |
| Other assets (7) | 599,780 | - 11,478 | + 560,932 | |
| Total assets | (459) | 2,188,686 | - 25,769 | +1,294,215 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Federal Reserve notes, net of F.R. Bank holdings | 828,617 | + 169 | + 42,240 | |
| Reverse repurchase agreements (8) | 102,909 | + 591 | + 67,526 | |
| Deposits | (0) | 1,209,231 | - 25,700 | +1,182,538 |
| Depository institutions | 630,492 | + 36,139 | + 609,525 | |
| U.S. Treasury, general account | 68,457 | + 15,472 | + 63,133 | |
| U.S. Treasury, supplementary financing account | 508,956 | - 49,936 | + 508,956 | |
| Foreign official | 183 | - 251 | + 87 | |
| Other | (0) | 1,143 | - 27,124 | + 837 |
| Deferred availability cash items | (459) | 2,742 | - 173 | - 346 |
| Other liabilities and accrued dividends (9,10) | 4,194 | + 256 | - 1,702 | |
| Total liabilities | (459) | 2,147,694 | - 24,856 | +1,290,257 |
| Capital accounts | ||||
| Capital paid in | 20,373 | + 1 | + 2,284 | |
| Surplus | 17,166 | - 1,368 | + 1,709 | |
| Other capital accounts | 3,453 | + 455 | - 35 | |
| Total capital | 40,992 | - 913 | + 3,959 | |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1. Includes securities lent to dealers under the overnight and term securities lending facilities; refer
to table 1A.
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. Refer to table 4 and the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
6. Fair value. Refer to table 3 and the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
7. Includes assets denominated in foreign currencies and any exchange-translation assets, which are
revalued daily at market exchange rates.
8. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities.
9. Includes any exchange-translation liabilities, which are revalued daily at market exchange rates.
10. Includes the liabilities of Maiden Lane LLC and Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC to entities other
than the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including liabilities that have recourse only to the portfolio
holdings of these entities. Refer to the notes on consolidation accompanying table 6.
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6. Statement of Condition of Each Federal Reserve Bank, November 19, 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 | 424 | 3,935 | 453 | 423 | 891 | 1,221 | 913 | 344 | 199 | 349 | 636 | 1,249 |
| Special drawing rights certificate acct. | 2,200 | 115 | 874 | 83 | 104 | 147 | 166 | 212 | 71 | 30 | 66 | 98 | 234 |
| Coin | 1,648 | 56 | 77 | 128 | 130 | 228 | 213 | 189 | 41 | 55 | 109 | 185 | 236 |
| Securities, repurchase agreements, term | |||||||||||||
| auction credit, and other loans | 1,272,929 | 105,867 | 589,255 | 55,688 | 39,615 | 151,257 | 74,869 | 59,743 | 23,213 | 16,114 | 27,095 | 29,210 | 101,003 |
| Securities held outright | 488,926 | 20,507 | 173,957 | 21,347 | 18,540 | 44,335 | 48,647 | 43,152 | 16,896 | 9,230 | 17,952 | 20,281 | 54,081 |
| U.S. Treasury (1) | 476,425 | 19,983 | 169,509 | 20,801 | 18,066 | 43,201 | 47,403 | 42,049 | 16,464 | 8,994 | 17,493 | 19,763 | 52,698 |
| Bills (2) | 18,423 | 773 | 6,555 | 804 | 699 | 1,671 | 1,833 | 1,626 | 637 | 348 | 676 | 764 | 2,038 |
| Notes and bonds (3) | 458,002 | 19,210 | 162,954 | 19,997 | 17,367 | 41,531 | 45,570 | 40,423 | 15,827 | 8,647 | 16,817 | 18,998 | 50,660 |
| Federal agency (2) | 12,501 | 524 | 4,448 | 546 | 474 | 1,134 | 1,244 | 1,103 | 432 | 236 | 459 | 519 | 1,383 |
| Repurchase agreements (4) | 80,000 | 3,356 | 28,464 | 3,493 | 3,034 | 7,254 | 7,960 | 7,061 | 2,765 | 1,510 | 2,937 | 3,318 | 8,849 |
| Term auction credit | 415,302 | 20,050 | 172,267 | 30,755 | 18,020 | 99,222 | 17,845 | 8,227 | 3,098 | 5,068 | 1,085 | 4,606 | 35,060 |
| Other loans | 288,702 | 61,954 | 214,568 | 93 | 21 | 445 | 416 | 1,303 | 455 | 306 | 5,121 | 1,005 | 3,014 |
| Net portfolio holdings of Commercial |