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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: 1640
DATED: JANUARY 16, 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 16, 1998
SETTLEMENT DATE: January 23, 1998
MATURITY DATE: January 23, 2001
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: 0.260%
(Plus twenty six bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
COMMISSION: 0.250%
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The 23rd day of each January, April, July and October, commencing on
April 23, 1998 through and including the Maturity Date; subject to the
modified following business day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD
FORM: Book-entry
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