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Table 1      For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
September 18, 2003
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-
borrowed(3)
required excess
NSA(4)
Monetary
base(5)
total primary secondary seasonal adjustment
Month(6)                              
 2002-Aug.               39961        39628        38353         1608       669833          333                                    185           148
      Sep.               39209        38980        37722         1486       671399          229                                    169            60
                                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.               39171        39028        37636         1535       674250          143                                    120            23
      Nov.               39760        39489        38122         1638       677612          272                                     60           211
      Dec.               40217        40138        38208         2009       681900           80                                     45            35
                                                                                                                                                    
 2003-Jan.               40731        40704        39024         1707       685722           27           12            0           13             2
      Feb.               40820        40795        38855         1965       691306           25           21            0            5              
      Mar.               40973        40951        39337         1636       695142           22           14            0            8              
                                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.               40806        40777        39274         1532       698228           29            8            0           21              
      May                40986        40931        39367         1619       701181           55            3            0           53              
      June               42795        42634        40942         1854       703172          161           87            0           74              
                                                                                                                                                    
      July               43927        43796        42003         1924       703529          130           21            0          110              
      Aug.               46291        45962        42520         3771       709207          329          168           15          146              
           
2 weeks ending(7)           
 2003-July 23            43521        43405        41933         1588       702582          117            5            1          111              
                                                                                                                                                    
      Aug.  6            44438        44298        42286         2152       705485          140           11            0          129              
           20            47371        46830        41681         5689       710215          541          363           33          145              
                                                                                                                                                    
      Sep.  3            45927        45765        43714         2213       709954          162            5            0          157              
           17p           44780        44620        43829          950       707040          160            4            0          157              
 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.
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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)  
Date total(2) nonborrowed
base(3)
required Monetary Reserve
balances
with F.R.
Banks(4)
total used to
satisfy
required
reserves(6
surplus(7) Net carryover
of reserve
balances(8)
Month(9)                                                                                                    
 2002-Aug.                 39838         39505         38230        679480         8463         42992         31375         11617   
      Sep.                 38864         38635         37378        679889         8665         42328         30200         12128   
                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.                 38672         38529         37137        681780         8780         43028         29892         13137   
      Nov.                 39214         38943         37576        687291         9758         42236         29457         12780   
      Dec.                 40274         40194         38264        697149         9926         43368         30347         13021   
                                                                                                                                    
 2003-Jan.                 42869         42842         41162        699247        10075         46209         32794         13415   
      Feb.                 41939         41913         39973        701039         9860         45942         32079         13863   
      Mar.                 40597         40575         38961        705037         9840         43088         30757         12331   
                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.                 41172         41142         39640        709095        10598         41991         30574         11417   
      May                  41801         41745         40182        712758        11405         41636         30395         11241   
      June                 41872         41710         40018        714361        11297         41961         30574         11386   
                                                                                                                                    
      July                 43594         43464         41671        717014        12157         42657         31437         11220   
      Aug.                 46093         45764         42322        720483        14104         43034         31989         11046   
          
2 weeks ending(10)         
 2003-July 23              43189         43073         41601        716894        12644         41789         30545         11244           159 
                                                                                                                                                
      Aug.  6              44988         44848         42836        717656        12099         43758         32890         10869            -1 
           20              46494         45953         40805        721464        14941         43490         31553         11937           317 
                                                                                                                                                
      Sep.  3              46185         46023         43972        720778        14133         42060         32052         10007           -82 
           17p             42496         42336         41545        717316        11516         42327         30980         11346           417 
 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 requirements(1)
Not seasonally adjusted
Millions of dollars
  Reserves of depository institutions  
Date total(2) nonborrowed required(3) Monetary base(4)
Month(5)                  
 2002-Aug.                39725         39392         38117          669245 
      Sep.                38740         38511         37254          669647 
                                                                            
      Oct.                38530         38388         36995          671432 
      Nov.                39054         38783         37416          676721 
      Dec.                40128         40048         38118          686226 
                                                                            
 2003-Jan.                42854         42827         41147          688334 
      Feb.                41937         41912         39972          690253 
      Mar.                40595         40573         38959          693909 
                                                                            
      Apr.                41164         41135         39632          697825 
      May                 41788         41732         40169          701578 
      June                41858         41697         40004          703329 
                                                                            
      July                43575         43444         41651          705799 
      Aug.                46067         45738         42296          709174 
         
2 weeks ending(6)         
 2003-July 23             43169         43053         41581          705648 
                                                                            
      Aug.  6             44963         44823         42810          706348 
           20             46469         45928         40779          710201 
                                                                            
      Sep.  3             46158         45997         43945          709408 
           17p            42469         42309         41519          705861 
 
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.
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