1 For Release at 4:30 P.M. EST November 4, 1999 H.3 N O T I C E Because of the Veterans' Day holiday on Thursday, November 11, 1999 and the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, November 25, 1999, the H.3 statistical release will be published on Friday, November 12, 1999 and Friday, November 26, 1999, respectively. 1 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE H.3 (502) Table 1 For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time November 4, 1999 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 --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Special Date total2 nonborrowed3 required excess NSA4 Monetary total6 adjustment seasonal Liquidity base5 Facility7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998-Oct. 44405 44231 42831 1574 505843 174 67 107 Nov. 44497 44414 42873 1624 509144 83 47 37 Dec. 44902 44785 43319 1583 512321 117 101 15 1999-Jan. 45125 44920 43591 1534 516807 206 199 7 Feb. 44551 44435 43336 1215 520843 116 106 9 Mar. 43717 43652 42412 1305 524233 65 47 18 Apr. 43979 43812 42820 1159 528741 166 128 39 May 44360 44233 43105 1256 534860 127 39 89 June 42867 42722 41606 1261 537625 145 18 127 July 41978 41669 40902 1076 541202 309 83 226 Aug. 42067 41723 40938 1129 544414 344 72 271 Sep. 42113 41774 40916 1197 549517 338 56 282 Oct. p 40938 40657 39799 1139 556741 281 52 221 8 Two weeks ending 1999-Sep. 8 42756 42438 41548 1207 546824 318 35 284 22 42132 41809 41110 1022 548982 323 48 276 Oct. 6 41435 41050 39943 1491 553145 385 91 294 1 20 40695 40431 39582 1113 555749 265 21 244 1 Nov. 3p 40977 40731 39996 980 559966 246 72 153 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Total borrowing includes borrowing under the extended credit program. 7. Borrowing at the discount window under the terms and conditions established for Century Date Change Special Liquidity Facility in effect from October 1, 1999 through April 7, 2000. p--preliminary 1 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 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Reserve used to Net carryover Date total2 nonborrowed required Monetary base3 balances total satisfy surplus7 of reserve with F.R. required balances8 Banks4 reserves6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998-Oct. 44117 43943 42543 511359 9027 43268 35089 8179 Nov. 44152 44069 42528 516958 8855 43104 35297 7807 Dec. 45018 44902 43435 525062 9021 44305 35997 8308 1999-Jan. 46345 46139 44811 527587 9658 45499 36687 8812 Feb. 45237 45122 44022 526850 8578 46468 36660 9809 Mar. 43121 43056 41816 530303 8851 42898 34270 8628 Apr. 43645 43478 42486 533491 9238 42164 34407 7757 May 44875 44747 43619 539984 10070 42459 34805 7654 June 42394 42249 41133 542818 8539 42632 33856 8776 July 41802 41493 40726 548065 7797 44059 34005 10054 Aug. 41871 41527 40742 550858 7802 44664 34069 10595 Sep. 41787 41449 40590 555141 7698 44519 34089 10430 Oct. p 40697 40416 39558 562233 6766 47013 33932 13082 Two weeks ending 1999-Sep. 8 42596 42278 41388 553109 8470 43774 34126 9648 82 22 41766 41443 40744 555231 7440 44556 34327 10229 199 Oct. 6 41016 40631 39524 557018 7380 45199 33636 11563 -60 20 40527 40263 39414 562263 6531 47350 33997 13353 205 Nov. 3p 40741 40495 39761 565041 6730 47576 34011 13565 119 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. p--preliminary 1 H.3 (502) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998-Oct. 44201 44027 42627 504465 Nov. 44243 44160 42619 510137 Dec. 45118 45002 43535 518278 1999-Jan. 46340 46135 44806 520009 Feb. 45249 45133 44034 519699 Mar. 43141 43076 41836 523353 Apr. 43671 43504 42512 526774 May 44908 44781 43652 533116 June 42434 42290 41173 535881 July 41848 41539 40772 540979 Aug. 41923 41579 40794 543867 Sep. 41848 41510 40651 548083 Oct. p 40764 40483 39625 555106 Two weeks ending 1999-Sep. 8 42653 42335 41446 546177 22 41827 41504 40804 548247 Oct. 6 41081 40696 39589 549702 20 40596 40331 39483 555219 Nov. 3p 40806 40560 39826 557910 p--preliminary pe--preliminary estimate 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. 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). For paid electronic access to current and historical data, call STAT-USA at 1-800-782-8872 or 202-482-1986.