FRB: H.3 Release--Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions--July 26, 2012

For release at
4:30 p.m. EDT
July 26, 2012

As stated in the April 5, 2012, press release, the Federal Reserve Board is in the process of simplifying the administration of reserve requirements. The first steps in this process include discontinuing "as of" adjustments related to deposit revisions, replacing all other as-of adjustments with direct compensation, and eliminating the contractual clearing balance program. As a result, required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float are zero beginning with the two weeks ending July 25, 2012. All other as-of adjustments are zero beginning with the two weeks ending August 8, 2012. These items are referenced in several footnotes in table 2 of the release. FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release H.3 (502) Table 1 For release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE July 26, 2012 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) Seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise Millions of dollars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reserves of depository institutions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total borrowings Date Total Nonborrowed Required Excess, Monetary from the (2) (3) NSA base Federal Reserve, (4) (5) NSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month(6) 2011-June 1666349 1653106 77615 1588734 2644620 13243 July 1696473 1684077 78344 1618129 2680642 12395 Aug. 1666949 1655115 83585 1583364 2657378 11834 Sep. 1642710 1631135 91718 1550992 2638581 11575 Oct. 1638605 1627395 93287 1545318 2639138 11210 Nov. 1591978 1581637 94060 1497919 2598948 10341 Dec. 1597183 1587657 94866 1502318 2610832 9526 2012-Jan. 1614015 1605401 94458 1519557 2637185 8614 Feb. 1658308 1650375 98083 1560226 2691730 7933 Mar. 1607992 1600663 98290 1509703 2650393 7330 Apr. 1584744 1577879 98482 1486262 2633314 6865 May 1556344 1550157 98873 1457471 2609120 6187 June 1556500 1551286 99025 1457476 2615020 5214 Two weeks ending(7) 2012-May 30 1560539 1554631 98719 1461820 2614246 5908 June 13 1589444 1583990 98721 1490722 2645684 5454 27 1525494 1520374 99015 1426479 2585325 5120 July 11 1558444 1553827 100387 1458057 2620722 4617 25p 1593744 1589517 99454 1494290 2657919 4227 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. p preliminary 1 H.3 (502) Table 1a AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE Not seasonally adjusted Millions of dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Borrowings from the Federal Reserve(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date Term Asset-Backed Other Total Primary Secondary Seasonal Securities credit Loan extensions Facility(2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(3) 2011-June 13243 24 0 42 13178 0 July 12395 7 0 73 12315 0 Aug. 11834 5 0 92 11737 0 Sep. 11575 19 0 81 11474 0 Oct. 11210 19 0 50 11140 0 Nov. 10341 20 0 20 10301 0 Dec. 9526 103 0 23 9400 0 2012-Jan. 8614 27 0 7 8580 0 Feb. 7933 13 0 1 7920 0 Mar. 7330 12 0 4 7314 0 Apr. 6865 21 0 9 6834 0 May 6187 16 0 27 6143 0 June 5214 19 0 56 5139 0 Two weeks ending(4) 2012-May 30 5908 16 0 29 5862 0 June 13 5454 12 0 41 5401 0 27 5120 27 0 67 5027 0 July 11 4617 12 0 75 4530 0 25p 4227 41 0 102 4085 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 credit extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to eligible borrowers through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility. 3. Prorated averages of biweekly averages. 4. Averages of daily figures. p preliminary 1 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) -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Reserve Used to Net Date Total Nonborrowed Required Monetary balances Total satisfy Surplus carryover (2) base with F.R. required (7) of reserve (3) Banks reserves balances (4) (6) (8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(9) 2011-June 1665944 1652700 77209 2647989 1622463 55273 43480 11793 July 1696685 1684289 78556 2683800 1652339 56029 44346 11683 Aug. 1666693 1654859 83329 2656915 1621202 56772 45492 11280 Sep. 1643584 1632009 92592 2637039 1597072 56907 46512 10395 Oct. 1639017 1627807 93699 2637427 1592546 57552 46471 11081 Nov. 1592522 1582181 94604 2602090 1546226 57416 46296 11120 Dec. 1598832 1589306 96514 2618061 1550155 60590 48677 11913 2012-Jan. 1619310 1610696 99752 2640859 1569024 61467 50286 11181 Feb. 1660035 1652102 99810 2694636 1609888 61361 50148 11213 Mar. 1606482 1599152 96779 2654611 1558004 59244 48478 10767 Apr. 1586897 1580032 100635 2640305 1538003 58992 48894 10099 May 1558684 1552498 101213 2616486 1510303 58388 48381 10006 June 1555381 1550167 97905 2618096 1507596 58063 47785 10277 Two weeks ending(10) 2012-May 30 1567586 1561679 105766 2625084 1518226 58188 49360 8828 3410 June 13 1584542 1579089 93820 2647693 1538651 57088 45892 11196 3701 27 1528213 1523093 101733 2589455 1478871 58632 49342 9290 3329 July 11 1555805 1551188 97748 2623499 1507079 59632 48727 10905 3631 25p 1595457 1591230 101167 2657650 1547406 57695 48052 9643 3465 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. See note on simplification of reserve requirements. 4. Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float and includes other off-balance-sheet "as-of" adjustments. See note on simplification of reserve requirements. 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. p preliminary Note on Simplification of Reserve Requirements On July 12, 2012, the contractual clearing balance program was eliminated and the issuance of as-of adjustments was discontinued. Required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float are zero beginning with the two weeks ending July 25, 2012. 1 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 Nonborrowed Required Monetary (2) (3) base (4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(5) 2011-June 1665318 1652075 76584 2645014 July 1695924 1683529 77795 2680745 Aug. 1665771 1653937 82407 2653782 Sep. 1642536 1630961 91544 2633802 Oct. 1637816 1626605 92498 2634065 Nov. 1591130 1580789 93211 2598604 Dec. 1597433 1587907 95115 2614580 2012-Jan. 1619106 1610492 99548 2638513 Feb. 1659884 1651951 99658 2692571 Mar. 1606215 1598886 96513 2652491 Apr. 1586460 1579595 100198 2638070 May 1558063 1551876 100592 2614129 June 1554656 1549442 97180 2615684 Two weeks ending(6) 2012-May 30 1566915 1561008 105095 2622696 June 13 1583874 1578420 93151 2645322 27 1527448 1522328 100969 2587013 July 11 1555012 1550395 96954 2621050 25p 1594544 1590317 100254 2657003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. p preliminary

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