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Table 1
Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise
Millions of dollars
Date Reserves of depository institutions Monetary base5  Total borrowings  from the Federal Reserve, NSA
Total2  Nonborrowed Required Excess, NSA4
Month6 
  Aug 2009     828420    496970    62644    765776    1703410    331450 
  Sep 2009     922442    615616    62446    859996    1801039    306827 
             
  Oct 2009     1056301    791243    61703    994598    1936560    265058 
  Nov 2009     1140570    923263    63427    1077143    2018931    217307 
  Dec 2009     1138588    968661    63253    1075335    2017668    169927 
             
  Jan 2010     1108875    966733    62941    1045935    1986802    142142 
  Feb 2010     1224521    1113294    62523    1161998    2109312    111227 
  Mar 2010     1186315    1094670    65797    1120517    2075411    91644 
             
  Apr 2010     1116840    1036615    66501    1050339    2010526    80225 
  May 2010     1109490    1033864    64582    1044908    2007398    75626 
  Jun 2010     1099215    1029318    64185    1035031    1999074    69897 
             
  Jul 2010     1087099    1021252    65384    1021715    1990198    65847 
  Aug 2010 p     1085580    1025496    65994    1019586    1994407    60083 
Two weeks ending7  
  Jul 14, 2010     1094376    1027472    63893    1030482    1996973    66904 
  Jul 28, 2010     1079020    1013648    66953    1012067    1981922    65372 
             
  Aug 11, 2010     1090840    1027709    65023    1025817    1997199    63131 
  Aug 25, 2010     1085833    1025939    65694    1020139    1995425    59894 
             
  Sep 8, 2010 p     1075345    1020407    68475    1006871    1986912    54939 

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.

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Table 1a
Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
Date Total borrowings from the Federal Reserve Term auction credit Other borrowings from the Federal Reserve1
Primary Secondary Seasonal Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility Credit extended to American International Group, Inc., net 2 Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility 3 Other credit extensions
Month4
  Aug 2009     331450    224490    32147    600    110    184    40021    33898    0 
  Sep 2009     306827    196731    29243    554    111    79    39074    41036    0 
                   
  Oct 2009     265058    155396    25163    402    82    28    41222    42765    0 
  Nov 2009     217307    110049    20434    38    67    0    43222    43497    0 
  Dec 2009     169927    82014    19025    518    37    0    22023    46310    0 
                   
  Jan 2010     142142    54209    16407    965    5    0    23213    47342    0 
  Feb 2010     111227    23677    14258    873    1    0    25544    46874    0 
  Mar 2010     91644    7286    11136    658    7    0    25252    47306    0 
                   
  Apr 2010     80225    796    6468    583    22    0    25739    46617    0 
  May 2010     75626    0    4198    423    42    0    26397    44565    0 
  Jun 2010     69897    0    288    212    59    0    25937    43401    0 
                   
  Jul 2010     65847    0    39    1    75    0    24185    41548    0 
  Aug 2010 p     60083    0    22    0    85    0    22064    37913    0 
Two weeks ending5
  Jul 14, 2010     66904    0    64    1    71    0    24541    42229    0 
  Jul 28, 2010     65372    0    18    1    78    0    23965    41311    0 
                   
  Aug 11, 2010     63131    0    25    1    81    0    23549    39476    0 
  Aug 25, 2010     59894    0    20    1    88    0    21801    37986    0 
                   
  Sep 8, 2010 p     54939    0    21    0    84    0    19959    34875    0 

1. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has extended credit to Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane II LLC, and Maiden Lane III 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 the 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 outstanding principal and capitalized interest net of unamortized deferred commitment fees and allowance for loan restructuring. Excludes credit extended to consolidated LLCs as described in footnote 1 above.

3. Includes credit extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to eligible borrowers through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility.

4. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.

5. Averages of daily figures.

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Table 2
Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
Date Reserves of depository institutions Monetary base3 Reserve balances with F.R. Banks4 Vault cash5 Net carryover of reserve balances8
Total2 Nonborrowed Required Total Used to satisfy required reserves6 Surplus7
Month9
  Aug 2009     828760    497310    62984    1706224    790778    51951    37982    13969   
  Sep 2009     922607    615781    62611    1800234    884220    52037    38388    13649   
                     
  Oct 2009     1056728    791670    62130    1935901    1017784    52974    38944    14030   
  Nov 2009     1141608    924301    64466    2022323    1102468    52750    39141    13610   
  Dec 2009     1140463    970536    65129    2026233    1099855    55198    40609    14589   
                     
  Jan 2010     1112379    970236    66444    1994859    1070726    55828    41653    14174   
  Feb 2010     1225472    1114245    63474    2114536    1183771    56656    41701    14955   
  Mar 2010     1184489    1092845    63972    2079784    1143656    55644    40833    14811   
                     
  Apr 2010     1117439    1037215    67101    2014653    1076482    53782    40957    12825   
  May 2010     1111363    1035738    66456    2011298    1070841    52726    40522    12204   
  Jun 2010     1099200    1029302    64169    2001543    1058787    53044    40412    12632   
                     
  Jul 2010     1087697    1021850    65982    1994088    1046940    53946    40756    13189   
  Aug 2010 p     1085026    1024942    65440    1993677    1044124    53973    40902    13072   
Two weeks ending10
  Jul 14, 2010     1092137    1025234    61655    2001296    1052772    54466    39366    15101    2264 
  Jul 28, 2010     1082857    1017485    70789    1986116    1040714    53107    42143    10964    2066 
                     
  Aug 11, 2010     1089565    1026434    63747    1997659    1048788    55430    40777    14653    2373 
  Aug 25, 2010     1086251    1026357    66111    1994571    1045262    53441    40989    12452    2100 
                     
  Sep 8, 2010 p     1073848    1018909    66977    1984291    1032920    52546    40928    11618    2202 

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.

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Table 3
Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
Date Reserves of depository institutions Monetary base4
Total2 Nonborrowed Required3
Month5
  Aug 2009     827679    496229    61903    1700725 
  Sep 2009     921373    614547    61377    1795538 
         
  Oct 2009     1055319    790261    60721    1931546 
  Nov 2009     1139997    922690    62855    2018071 
  Dec 2009     1138720    968793    63386    2021897 
         
  Jan 2010     1112268    970125    66333    1991882 
  Feb 2010     1225450    1114223    63452    2111773 
  Mar 2010     1184449    1092805    63932    2077047 
         
  Apr 2010     1117376    1037151    67037    2011909 
  May 2010     1111283    1035658    66376    2008586 
  Jun 2010     1099106    1029209    64075    1998959 
         
  Jul 2010     1087580    1021733    65865    1991538 
  Aug 2010 p     1084889    1024806    65303    1991128 
Two weeks ending6
  Jul 28, 2010     1082726    1017354    70658    1983554 
         
  Aug 11, 2010     1089436    1026305    63619    1995110 
  Aug 25, 2010     1086112    1026218    65973    1992016 
         
  Sep 8, 2010 p     1073699    1018761    66829    1981754 

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.

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