1 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE H.3 (502) Table 1 For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time December 30, 2004 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) Seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise Millions of dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reserves of depository institutions Borrowings of depository institutions from the Federal Reserve, NSA -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Date total(2) non- required excess Monetary total primary secondary seasonal borrowed(3) NSA(4) base(5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(6) 2003-Nov. 43034 42966 41545 1489 718968 68 25 0 43 Dec. 42843 42797 41804 1039 720978 46 17 0 29 2004-Jan. 43204 43098 42314 891 722605 106 93 0 13 Feb. 42999 42957 41805 1194 724173 42 28 0 14 Mar. 44739 44688 42933 1806 725786 51 23 0 28 Apr. 45688 45602 43881 1807 728836 86 29 0 57 May 45390 45279 43747 1643 732306 112 9 0 103 June 45935 45755 44047 1888 737809 180 40 0 140 July 45733 45488 44022 1711 745607 245 42 0 203 Aug. 44754 44502 43203 1551 748196 251 18 0 233 Sep. 46252 45917 44686 1566 753381 335 97 0 238 Oct. 46035 45856 44318 1717 755881 179 15 0 164 Nov. 45946 45763 44174 1772 760580 183 105 0 78 2 weeks ending(7) 2004-Oct. 27 46518 46332 44802 1715 755945 186 28 0 158 Nov. 10 47428 47328 45522 1906 759719 100 7 0 93 24 44961 44667 43290 1670 760372 294 218 0 76 Dec. 8 45773 45709 43988 1785 762500 64 5 0 59 22p 45951 45883 44086 1865 759152 68 12 0 56 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.) 6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 7. Averages of daily figures. p preliminary 1 H.3 (502) Table 2 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) Not seasonally adjusted Millions of dollars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reserves of depository institutions Vault cash(5) -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Reserve used to Net carryover Date total(2) nonborrowed required Monetary balances total satisfy surplus(7) of reserve base(3) with F.R. required balances(8) Banks(4) reserves(6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(9) 2003-Nov. 42651 42583 41162 729473 11525 42590 31126 11464 Dec. 42941 42895 41902 737614 10858 44069 32083 11986 2004-Jan. 45461 45355 44570 736279 11581 46578 33880 12698 Feb. 43863 43821 42670 734913 10896 46439 32967 13473 Mar. 44173 44122 42368 736436 12044 44424 32129 12295 Apr. 46060 45974 44253 740311 14090 42852 31971 10881 May 46336 46224 44693 743748 14080 43053 32255 10797 June 45566 45386 43678 749333 13058 43619 32507 11112 July 46192 45947 44481 756482 12793 44483 33399 11084 Aug. 45497 45246 43946 756869 12111 45056 33386 11670 Sep. 46453 46118 44887 760992 13037 44840 33416 11424 Oct. 45678 45499 43961 763672 12019 46654 33660 12994 Nov. 45580 45397 43808 768795 12113 45564 33467 12097 2 weeks ending(10) 2004-Oct. 27 48343 48158 46628 764721 12953 46364 35391 10974 104 Nov. 10 44974 44874 43068 765911 12265 45217 32709 12508 75 24 46055 45762 44385 768880 11974 46093 34081 12012 213 Dec. 8 45485 45421 43699 773406 12186 44909 33299 11610 152 22p 45956 45888 44091 773168 11694 47565 34262 13303 125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 9. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 10. Averages of daily figures. p preliminary 1 H.3 (502) Table 3 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) Not seasonally adjusted Millions of dollars --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reserves of depository institutions --------------------------------------- Date total(2) nonborrowed required(3) Monetary base(4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(5) 2003-Nov. 42083 42015 40594 717147 Dec. 42447 42401 41408 725201 2004-Jan. 45396 45290 44505 725152 Feb. 43798 43756 42605 723947 Mar. 44067 44015 42261 725635 Apr. 45893 45807 44086 729925 May 46110 45998 44466 733468 June 45298 45118 43411 738794 July 45858 45614 44148 745959 Aug. 45105 44854 43554 746326 Sep. 46018 45683 44453 750522 Oct. 45200 45021 43483 752790 Nov. 45037 44854 43265 758293 2 weeks ending(6) 2004-Oct. 27 47844 47658 46128 753939 Nov. 10 44449 44349 42543 755014 24 45511 45218 43841 758601 Dec. 8 44909 44845 43123 763039 22p 45371 45303 43506 763053 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. 5. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 6. Averages of daily figures. p preliminary Note: Current and historical H.3 data are available each week on the Federal Reserve Board's web site (http://www.federalreserve.gov/). Monthly data are available back to January 1959, and weekly data are available back to January 1975 for most series. For information about individual copies or subscriptions, contact Publications Services at the Federal Reserve Board (phone 202-452-3245, fax 202-728-5886). 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