The Board's H.4.1 statistical release, "Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks," has been modified to include information related to Municipal Liquidity Facility LLC (MLF). The MLF LLC was introduced on the H.4.1 cover note on May 28, 2020 https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/20200528/. On June 2, 2020, the MLF LLC began purchasing eligible municipal notes and on June 5, 2020 settlement of the first purchase transactions occurred. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York extended credit to the MLF LLC under the authority of section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, with approval of the Treasury Secretary, at settlement of the investment activity. Information on the lending was added to the note on consolidation. Municipal notes held by MLF LLC were added in the Maturity Distribution of Securities, Loans, and Selected Other Assets and Liabilities (table 2).
Additionally, the asset basis in table 2 for the "Commercial paper held by Commercial Paper Funding Facility II LLC" and "Loan participations held by MS Facilities LLC (Main Street Lending Programs)" was updated to reflect "Book value" for consistency with the presentation in tables 1, 4, and 5.
Pursuant to the MS Facilities LLC (Main Street Lending Program) agreements, 85% of the Treasury's equity contributions were invested in nonmarketable Treasury securities and reported in "Net portfolio holdings of MS Facilities LLC (Main Street Lending Program)" in tables 1, 4, and 5.
