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FILE NO. 333-44173
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 7, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1659
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FIXED RATE NOTES
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $20,000,000.00
CUSIP NUMBER: 59018SA87
INTEREST RATE: 5.83000%
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: March 3, 1998
STATED MATURITY DATE: March 3, 2000
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Each May 15th and November 15th, commencing on May 15, 1998 through and on
the Stated Maturity Date, subject to Following Business Day Convention.
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION
OF THE HOLDER: The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION
OF THE COMPANY: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
FORM: The Notes are being issued in fully registered book-entry form.
TRUSTEE: The Chase Manhattan Bank
DATED: February 26, 1998
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