FILE NO. 333-25255
                                                                  RULE 424(B)(3)
 
                             PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                       (TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 16, 1997)
                 (TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 16, 1997)
 
                                     PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1531
                                     DATED: JUNE 23, 1997
 
 
                           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:                Prime (Prior Day H.15)
 
 
INDEX MATURITY:           One Day
 
 
TRADE DATE:               June 23, 1997
 
 
SETTLEMENT DATE:          June 26, 1997
 
 
MATURITY DATE:            June 26, 1998
 
 
REDEMPTION DATE:          N/A
 
 
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
 
 
SPREAD:                   -2.820%
                          (minus two hundred eighty two bps)
 
 
SPREAD MULTIPLIER:        N/A
 
 
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
INTEREST RESET DATES:     Daily
 
 
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   The 26th of March, June, September and December commencing September 1997
                          through Maturity, subject to Following Business Day Convention.
 
 
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    TBD, June 26, 1997
 
 
FORM:                     Book-entry
 
 
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