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H.3 (502)
Table 1      For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
February 20, 2003
AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Averages of daily figures, seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise
Millions of dollars
  Reserves of depository institutions   Borrowings of depository institutions from
the Federal Reserve, NSA
Date total2 nonborrowed3 required excess
NSA4
Monetary
base5
total primary secondary seasonal adjustment
 2002-Jan.               41735        41685        40340         1395       641839           50                                     17            33
      Feb.               41450        41420        40080         1371       646592           30                                     17            12
      Mar.               41050        40971        39629         1421       650155           79                                     20            59
                                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.               40806        40735        39594         1211       654332           71                                     50            21
      May                39164        39052        37902         1261       657636          112                                    105             7
      June               39313        39171        38075         1238       662015          142                                    136             6
                                                                                                                                                    
      July               39679        39488        38305         1374       666912          191                                    176            16
      Aug.               40054        39721        38417         1637       669661          333                                    185           148
      Sep.               39275        39045        37799         1476       671350          229                                    169            60
                                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.               38918        38776        37368         1550       674279          143                                    120            23
      Nov.               39561        39290        37945         1616       677634          272                                     60           211
      Dec.               40068        39988        38070         1997       682010           80                                     45            35
                                                                                                                                                    
 2003-Jan.               40756        40729        39093         1663       685871           27           12            0           13             2
           
Two weeks ending            
 2002-Dec. 25            39746        39689        37271         2475       682252           57                                     48             1
                                                                                                                                                    
 2003-Jan.  8            40774        40738        39134         1640       683096           36                                     29              
           22            40745        40728        38982         1764       685681           18            9            0            9              
                                                                                                                                                    
      Feb.  5            40757        40723        39230         1527       688632           34           28            0            6              
           19p           39788        39763        37468         2320       687603           25           21            0            4              
 1. Reserves and monetary base figures incorporate adjustments for discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with regulatory changes in reserve 
requirements. (For more information, see Table 3).
2. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted required reserves plus unadjusted excess
reserves. (Also, see footnote 2 on Table 2 and footnote 2 on Table 3.)
3. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted nonborrowed reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves less unadjusted total
borrowings of depository institutions from the Federal Reserve.
4. Excess reserves NSA equals unadjusted total reserves (Table 2, column 1) less adjusted required reserves (Table 2, column 3).
5. The seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted monetary base consists of (1) seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves plus (2)
the seasonally adjusted currency component of the money stock plus (3), for all quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction
Accounts, Other Deposits and Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose vault cash exceeds their required reserves, the
seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted difference between current vault cash and the amount applied to satisfy current reserve requirements.
(Also see footnote 3 on Table 2 and footnote 4 on Table 3.)
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H.3 (502)
Table 2
AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
  Reserves of depository institutions    Vault cash5  
Date total2 nonborrowed required Monetary base3 Reserve
balances
with F.R
Banks4
total used to
satisfy
required
reserves6
surplus7 Net carryover
of reserve
balances8
 2002-Jan.                 43712         43662         42317        653269         9981         45711         33731         11980   
      Feb.                 42491         42461         41120        654906         9252         45685         33239         12446   
      Mar.                 40333         40254         38912        658753         9124         42636         31209         11427   
                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.                 40941         40871         39730        663354         9719         42016         31222         10794   
      May                  40292         40180         39030        668123         9188         41819         31104         10716   
      June                 38617         38474         37378        673012         7923         41655         30694         10961   
                                                                                                                                    
      July                 39412         39220         38038        678976         8099         42718         31313         11406   
      Aug.                 39854         39521         38217        679548         8520         42892         31335         11557   
      Sep.                 38907         38678         37431        679956         8731         42231         30176         12055   
                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.                 38685         38542         37134        681833         8836         42933         29849         13084   
      Nov.                 39141         38870         37525        687226         9695         42144         29446         12698   
      Dec.                 40173         40093         38176        697089         9873         43334         30300         13033   
                                                                                                                                    
 2003-Jan.                 42729         42702         41066        699212        10008         46210         32721         13488   
          
Two weeks ending           
 2002-Dec. 25              40700         40643         38225        697930        10408         43740         30292         13448           -61 
                                                                                                                                                
 2003-Jan.  8              41135         41099         39495        702883         9200         45148         31935         13213           320 
           22              42395         42378         40632        698147        10894         44363         31501         12862            -6 
                                                                                                                                                
      Feb.  5              44665         44632         43138        697608         9347         50026         35318         14708           277 
           19p             40293         40268         37972        697850         9418         46005         30875         15130            58 
 1. Reflects actual required reserves, with no adjustments to eliminate the effects of discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with 
regulatory changes in reserve requirements.
2. Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks plus vault cash used to satisfy reserve requirements.
3. The monetary base, not break-adjusted and not seasonally adjusted, consists of (1) total reserves plus (2) required clearing balances
and adjustments to compensate for float at Federal Reserve Banks plus (3) the currency component of the money stock plus (4), for all
quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits and Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose
vault cash exceeds their required reserves, the difference between current vault cash and the amount applied to satisfy current reserve
requirements. Currency and vault cash figures are measured over computation periods ending on Mondays.
4. Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float and includes other off-balance sheet "as-of" adjustments.
5. Vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements. It includes only vault cash held by those banks and thrifts that are not exempt
from reserve requirements. Dates refer to the maintenance periods in which the vault cash can be used to satisfy reserve requirements.
6. All vault cash held during the lagged computation period by "bound" institutions (i.e., those whose required reserves exceed their vault
cash) plus the amount of vault cash applied during the maintenance period by "nonbound" institutions (i.e., those whose vault cash
exceeds their required reserves) to satisfy current reserve requirements.
7. Total vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements, held by depository institutions not exempt from reserve requirements, minus the
amount used to satisfy reserve requirements.
8. Consists of carryover only at depository institutions maintaining reserves on the basis of two-week maintenance periods. Reflects excess (+)
or deficit (-) reserves eligible to be carried forward into the two-week reserve maintenance period ending on the date shown.
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Table 3
AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
  Reserves of depository institutions  
Date total2 nonborrowed required3 Monetary base4
 2002-Jan.                43698         43649         42303          644254 
      Feb.                42472         42442         41101          645682 
      Mar.                40302         40223         38881          649205 
                                                                            
      Apr.                40893         40822         39682          653269 
      May                 40225         40113         38964          657982 
      June                38540         38397         37301          662868 
                                                                            
      July                39317         39125         37943          668756 
      Aug.                39741         39408         38104          669316 
      Sep.                38781         38552         37305          669718 
                                                                            
      Oct.                38542         38400         36992          671489 
      Nov.                38981         38710         37365          676662 
      Dec.                40028         39949         38031          686173 
                                                                            
 2003-Jan.                42711         42684         41048          688299 
         
Two weeks ending          
 2002-Dec. 25             40523         40466         38048          686795 
                                                                            
 2003-Jan.  8             41113         41077         39473          692095 
           22             42378         42360         40614          686985 
                                                                            
      Feb.  5             44651         44617         43124          686969 
           19p            40274         40249         37953          687017 
 
1. Figures reflect adjustments for discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with
regulatory changes in reserve requirements.
2. Break-adjusted total reserves equal break-adjusted required reserves (Table 3,
column 3) plus excess reserves NSA (Table 1, column 5).
3. To adjust required reserves for discontinuities due to regulatory changes in
in reserve requirements, a multiplicative procedure is used to estimate what
required reserves would have been in past periods had current reserve
requirements been in effect. Break-adjusted required reserves are equal to
break-adjusted required reserves against transactions deposits.
4. The break-adjusted monetary base equals (1) break-adjusted total reserves plus
(2) the (unadjusted) currency component of the money stock plus (3), for all
quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits and
Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose vault cash exceeds their
required reserves, the break-adjusted difference between current vault cash and
the amount applied to satisfy current reserve requirements.
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