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 H.3 (502)
Table 1      For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
November 29, 2002
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 adjustment seasonal
extended
credit
 2001-Oct.                45224         45097            43899          1326        629954           127            60            67             0 
      Nov.                40867         40783            39415          1452        629373            84            51            33             0 
      Dec.                41221         41154            39576          1645        634412            67            34            33             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
 2002-Jan.                41747         41698            40360          1387        640857            50            33            17             0 
      Feb.                41451         41421            40083          1367        646175            30            12            17             0 
      Mar.                41013         40935            39599          1414        649651            79            59            20             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
      Apr.                40760         40690            39552          1208        653945            71            21            50             0 
      May                 39116         39003            37843          1273        657913           112             7           105             0 
      June                39266         39124            38024          1242        664068           142             6           136             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
      July                39660         39468            38287          1373        668757           191            16           176             0 
      Aug.                40059         39725            38420          1638        671148           333           148           185             0 
      Sep.                39284         39055            37808          1476        671568           229            60           169             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
      Oct.                38918         38775            37370          1548        673627           143            23           120             0 
          
Two weeks ending           
 2002-Oct.  2             41041         40871            39245          1795        673078           170             1           170             0 
           16             37803         37648            36266          1537        672157           155            25           130             0 
           30             39752         39642            38233          1519        675054           111             4           107             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
      Nov. 13             38592         38226            36976          1615        675321           366           299            67             0 
           27p            40234         40020            38724          1510        676540           214           157            57             0 
                                                                                                                                                   
 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
 2001-Oct.                 44632         44505         43306        635896        12073         45058         32559         12499   
      Nov.                 40124         40040         38672        637643         8833         43104         31291         11813   
      Dec.                 41077         41011         39433        648738         9054         43935         32024         11911   
                                                                                                                                    
 2002-Jan.                 43725         43676         42339        653284         9995         45729         33730         11998   
      Feb.                 42491         42461         41124        654928         9273         45694         33218         12476   
      Mar.                 40297         40218         38883        658775         9146         42631         31151         11480   
                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.                 40896         40825         39688        663373         9740         42013         31156         10857   
      May                  40242         40130         38969        668139         9209         41819         31033         10786   
      June                 38571         38429         37329        672980         7929         41662         30642         11021   
                                                                                                                                    
      July                 39392         39201         38020        678979         8096         42723         31296         11427   
      Aug.                 39859         39525         38220        679551         8520         42886         31338         11547   
      Sep.                 38916         38687         37440        679959         8732         42227         30184         12043   
                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.                 38684         38541         37136        681833         8836         42931         29848         13083   
          
Two weeks ending           
 2002-Oct.  2              41476         41306         39680        680035         9545         43186         31931         11255           -44 
           16              36874         36719         35337        681391         7935         43449         28939         14510           135 
           30              40208         40098         38689        682359         9633         42463         30575         11888           202 
                                                                                                                                                
      Nov. 13              37107         36741         35491        684271         8870         41719         28237         13482           185 
           27p             40951         40737         39441        689103        10512         42604         30440         12164           228 
                                                                                                                                                
 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 base
 2001-Oct.                44759         44632         43434          627786 
      Nov.                40253         40169         38801          629675 
      Dec.                41196         41129         39551          639907 
                                                                            
 2002-Jan.                43712         43662         42325          644269 
      Feb.                42473         42443         41106          645705 
      Mar.                40266         40188         38852          649226 
                                                                            
      Apr.                40847         40777         39640          653287 
      May                 40176         40064         38903          657998 
      June                38494         38352         37252          662836 
                                                                            
      July                39297         39106         37925          668759 
      Aug.                39746         39413         38108          669320 
      Sep.                38791         38562         37315          669721 
                                                                            
      Oct.                38542         38399         36994          671489 
         
Two weeks ending          
 2002-Oct.  2             41341         41171         39546          669758 
           16             36741         36586         35204          671024 
           30             40056         39945         38537          672036 
                                                                            
      Nov. 13             36955         36589         35339          673810 
           27p            40786         40572         39276          678471 
                                                                            
 
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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