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H.3 (502)
Table 1      For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
March 11, 2004
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
Month(6)                            
 2003-Feb.               40821        40796        38852        1970        690548           25          21             0           5  
      Mar.               40971        40949        39337        1634        693904           22          14             0           8  
                                                                                                                                       
      Apr.               40811        40782        39269        1542        696991           29           8             0          21  
      May                40972        40917        39351        1622        699972           55           3             0          53  
      June               42787        42626        40925        1862        702916          161          87             0          74  
                                                                                                                                       
      July               43926        43796        41991        1935        705338          130          21             0         110  
      Aug.               46304        45975        42537        3767        710849          329         168            15         146  
      Sep.               44984        44804        43469        1515        712505          181          23             0         158  
                                                                                                                                       
      Oct.               44007        43900        42459        1549        716024          107          13             0          94  
      Nov.               43438        43370        41875        1563        719205           68          25             0          43  
      Dec.               43022        42976        41364        1658        721120           46          17             0          29  
                                                                                                                                       
 2004-Jan.               43095        42989        41570        1525        722378          106          93             0          13  
      Feb. p             42654        42612        40846        1808        724096           42          28             0          14  
          
2 weeks ending(7)          
 2004-Jan.  7            42416        42371        40805        1610        721903           45          22             0          22  
           21            43164        43030        41695        1468        723022          134         126             0           9  
                                                                                                                                       
      Feb.  4            43475        43365        41930        1545        721808          110          97             0          14  
           18            41566        41541        39568        1998        724798           26          15             0          10  
                                                                                                                                       
      Mar.  3p           43740        43702        42077        1662        724034           38          20             0          19  
 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
base(3)
Reserve
balances
with F.R.
Banks(4)
total used to
satisfy
required
reserves(6
surplus(7) Net carryover
of reserve
balances(8)
Month(9)                                                                                                    
 2003-Feb.                 41940         41914         39970        701037         9858         45881         32081         13800   
      Mar.                 40595         40573         38961        705031         9836         42997         30759         12238   
                                                                                                                                    
      Apr.                 41177         41147         39634        709103        10600         41894         30577         11317   
      May                  41786         41731         40165        712768        11414         41548         30372         11176   
      June                 41864         41703         40002        714370        11307         41917         30557         11360   
                                                                                                                                    
      July                 43594         43464         41659        717039        12180         42642         31414         11228   
      Aug.                 46105         45777         42338        720544        14142         43008         31963         11045   
      Sep.                 44431         44250         42915        720729        12485         43063         31946         11117   
                                                                                                                                    
      Oct.                 43207         43100         41658        724472        11672         43318         31535         11783   
      Nov.                 42667         42599         41105        729499        11531         42608         31137         11472   
      Dec.                 42944         42898         41286        737623        10860         44077         32084         11993   
                                                                                                                                    
 2004-Jan.                 45433         45327         43908        736233        11560         46572         33874         12698   
      Feb. p               43828         43786         42019        734846        10861         46426         32966         13460   
          
2 weeks ending(10)         
 2004-Jan.  7              43130         43086         41520        742886        10254         45803         32877         12926           302 
           21              44696         44562         43227        734858        12297         44555         32399         12156            99 
                                                                                                                                                
      Feb.  4              48079         47969         46534        733500        11443         49936         36637         13299            17 
           18              41862         41837         39864        735712         9621         47096         32242         14854           -98 
                                                                                                                                                
      Mar.  3p             44784         44746         43121        734234        12229         44298         32555         11744           252 
 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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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(2) nonborrowed required(3) Monetary base(4)
Month(5)                  
 2003-Feb.                41938         41913         39968          690251 
      Mar.                40593         40571         38959          693903 
                                                                            
      Apr.                41169         41140         39627          697832 
      May                 41773         41718         40152          701587 
      June                41850         41689         39988          703337 
                                                                            
      July                43574         43444         41640          705824 
      Aug.                46080         45751         42313          709235 
      Sep.                44402         44221         42886          709250 
                                                                            
      Oct.                43167         43059         41618          712980 
      Nov.                42619         42551         41057          717492 
      Dec.                42897         42851         41239          725485 
                                                                            
 2004-Jan.                45415         45309         43889          725142 
      Feb. p              43826         43784         42018          723915 
         
2 weeks ending(6)         
 2004-Jan.  7             43090         43046         41480          730783 
           21             44675         44541         43207          724205 
                                                                            
      Feb.  4             48078         47968         46532          722504 
           18             41860         41835         39862          724430 
                                                                            
      Mar.  3p            44781         44743         43119          723771 
 
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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