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FILE NO. 333-28537
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 7, 1997)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 7, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1638
DATED: JANUARY 13, 1998
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FLOATING RATE NOTES
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BASE RATE: Fed Funds (Prior Day H.15)
INDEX MATURITY: One Day
TRADE DATE: January 13, 1998
SETTLEMENT DATE: January 16, 1998
MATURITY DATE: January 18, 2000
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: 0.200% (Plus twenty bps)
COMMISSION: 0.175%
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily, commencing with the First Payment
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: 1/19/99, 4/18/99, 7/18/99, 10/18/99 and Maturity, subject to Following
Business Day Convention. (Note: first payment is fixed, subsequent
payments are floating.)
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: 5.63%
FORM: Book-entry
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