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: 1605
                                     DATED: OCTOBER 24, 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:                T-BILL
 
 
INDEX MATURITY:           Three Months
 
 
TRADE DATE:               October 24, 1997
 
 
SETTLEMENT DATE:          October 29, 1997
 
 
MATURITY DATE:            October 30, 1998
 
 
REDEMPTION DATE:          N/A
 
 
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
 
 
SPREAD:                   0.600%
 
 
SPREAD MULTIPLIER:        N/A
 
 
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE:    N/A
 
 
INTEREST RESET DATES:     Weekly
 
 
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:   January 29, 1998, April 29, 1998, July 29, 1998 and Maturity, subject to
                          Following Business Day Convention.
 
 
INITIAL INTEREST RATE:    TBD
 
 
FORM:                     Book-entry
 
 
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