1 FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release H.3 (502) Table 1 For release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE December 11, 2008 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) Seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise Millions of dollars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reserves of depository institutions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total borrowings Date Total Nonborrowed Required Excess, Monetary from the (2) (3) NSA base Federal Reserve, (4) (5) NSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month(6) 2007-Nov. 42623 42258 40927 1696 825422 366 Dec. 42675 27244 40905 1770 823348 15430 2008-Jan. 42149 -3510 40509 1640 821406 45660 Feb. 42804 -17353 41080 1724 822560 60157 Mar. 44292 -50232 41313 2978 826994 94523 Apr. 43563 -91847 41719 1844 824408 135410 May 44133 -111648 42122 2011 826461 155780 June 43373 -127905 41100 2272 832528 171278 July 43348 -122316 41371 1977 838142 165664 Aug. 44586 -123492 42599 1988 841709 168078 Sep. 102800 -187306 42749 60051 903524 290105 Oct. 315523 -332797 47618 267905 1128479 648319 Nov. p 609944 -88841 50894 559050 1433555 698786 Two weeks ending(7) 2008-Oct. 8 179935 -363114 43885 136050 984689 543050 22 328574 -362573 46867 281707 1141680 691147 Nov. 5 415744 -259528 52104 363640 1235756 675272 19 652806 -72371 48057 604749 1476355 725177 Dec. 3p 643666 -32219 53955 589711 1468993 675885 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Reserves and monetary base figures incorporate adjustments for discontinuities, or "breaks," associated with regulatory changes in reserve requirements. (For more information, refer to table 3.) 2. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted required reserves plus unadjusted excess reserves. (Also, refer to footnote 2 in table 2 and footnote 2 in table 3.) 3. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted nonborrowed reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves less unadjusted total borrowings from the Federal Reserve. 4. Excess reserves NSA equals unadjusted total reserves (table 2, column 1) less unadjusted 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, refer to footnote 3 in table 2 and footnote 4 in table 3.) 6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 7. Averages of daily figures. p preliminary 1 H.3 (502) Table 1a AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE Not seasonally adjusted Millions of dollars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other borrowings from the Federal Reserve(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date Total Primary dealer Asset-backed Credit borrowings Term and other commercial paper extended to Other from the auction Primary Secondary Seasonal broker-dealer money market American credit Federal credit credit mutual fund International extensions Reserve (2) liquidity Group, Inc. facility (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month(4) 2007-Nov. 366 315 0 50 Dec. 15430 11613 3787 1 30 2008-Jan. 45660 44516 1137 0 6 Feb. 60157 60000 155 0 3 Mar. 94523 75484 1617 0 6 16168 1249 Apr. 135410 100000 9624 0 21 25764 0 May 155780 127419 14076 0 47 14238 0 June 171278 150000 14225 70 75 6908 0 July 165664 150000 15204 107 98 255 0 Aug. 168078 150000 17980 1 97 0 0 Sep. 290105 149814 32632 35 87 53473 31877 22187 0 Oct. 648319 244778 94017 38 28 114953 117457 77047 0 Nov. p 698786 393088 95839 117 8 60655 71009 78070 0 Two weeks ending(5) 2008-Oct. 8 543050 149072 59737 145 57 140879 133997 59164 0 22 691147 263092 102707 2 22 121190 121918 82217 0 Nov. 5 675272 301363 110970 1 14 82207 95816 84903 0 19 725177 415302 93466 101 10 57552 75021 83726 0 Dec. 3p 675885 406508 91981 192 5 54808 54627 67765 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has extended credit to Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane III LLC, and Commercial Paper Funding Facility LLC, as discussed in the notes to the Board's H.4.1 statistical release, "Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks." Consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, the assets and liabilities of these LLCs have been consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the FRBNY because the FRBNY is either the sole or primary beneficiary of the LLCs. As a consequence of this consolidation, the extensions of credit from the FRBNY to these LLCs are eliminated from the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, and, thus, the loans are not included in borrowed reserves. 2. Includes credit extended through the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and credit extended to certain other broker-dealers. 3. Excludes credit extended to consolidated LLCs as described in footnote 1 above. 4. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 5. 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 Date Total Nonborrowed Required Monetary balances Total satisfy Surplus carryover (2) base with F.R. required (7) of reserve (3) Banks reserves balances (4) (6) (8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(9) 2007-Nov. 41847 41481 40150 833052 8503 48996 33343 15652 Dec. 42701 27271 40932 836432 8179 52161 34522 17639 2008-Jan. 44065 -1595 42424 831104 8715 53163 35349 17813 Feb. 42778 -17379 41053 828692 8147 53651 34631 19021 Mar. 42706 -51817 39728 832358 9754 50446 32952 17494 Apr. 43506 -91904 41661 830494 9254 49315 34252 15063 May 45111 -110669 43100 833974 9688 48576 35423 13153 June 43933 -127345 41660 839085 9181 49333 34752 14581 July 44124 -121539 42147 846462 9343 49225 34781 14444 Aug. 44134 -123944 42146 847302 9430 50142 34704 15438 Sep. 102584 -187521 42533 908025 67173 50443 35411 15032 Oct. 314916 -333403 47011 1132549 278031 51720 36885 14834 Nov. p 609514 -89271 50464 1441141 571066 53013 38448 14565 Two weeks ending(10) 2008-Oct. 8 179529 -363521 43479 988598 143396 52973 36133 16840 614 22 327595 -363553 45888 1146348 291159 51721 36436 15285 852 Nov. 5 415539 -259733 51899 1239040 377285 50605 38254 12351 1151 19 650421 -74756 45672 1483369 613009 54300 37412 16888 1270 Dec. 3p 645622 -30262 55911 1479261 605766 52470 39856 12613 1249 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Nonborrowed Required Monetary (2) (3) base (4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(5) 2007-Nov. 41901 41535 40204 826597 Dec. 42716 27286 40947 829843 2008-Jan. 44038 -1622 42398 824416 Feb. 42775 -17382 41050 821916 Mar. 42702 -51822 39724 825559 Apr. 43489 -91921 41645 823378 May 45080 -110701 43069 826882 June 43900 -127378 41627 831976 July 44078 -121586 42101 839222 Aug. 44074 -124005 42086 840160 Sep. 102523 -187582 42472 900644 Oct. 314841 -333479 46936 1125995 Nov. p 609424 -89361 50374 1435309 Two weeks ending(6) 2008-Oct. 8 179467 -363583 43417 980859 22 327520 -363627 45813 1140157 Nov. 5 415450 -259822 51810 1232974 19 650333 -74844 45584 1476988 Dec. 3p 645529 -30355 55818 1474235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Current and historical H.3 data are available each week on the Federal Reserve Board's website (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). For paid electronic access to current and historical data, call STAT-USA at 1-800-782-8872 or 202-482-1986. 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 4). 3. To adjust required reserves for discontinuities due to regulatory changes 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