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Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base - H.3

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Release Date: August 8, 2013
Table 1
Not seasonally adjusted. Millions of dollars unless otherwise noted.
Date Reserve balances required Reserve balances maintained Interest rates paid (in percent)
Reserve balance
requirements 1		 Top of penalty-
free band 2		 Bottom of penalty-
free band 3		 Total Balances
maintained to
satisfy reserve
balance
requirements 4		 Balances
maintained that
exceed the top of
the penalty-
free band 5		 Balances
maintained to
satisfy reserve
balance
requirements		 Balances
maintained that
exceed the top of
the penalty-
free band
Month 6
July 2012 52,002     1,535,052        
Aug. 2012 55,226     1,532,976        
Sept. 2012 59,240     1,468,681        
Oct. 2012 58,455     1,476,730        
Nov. 2012 62,202     1,497,506        
Dec. 2012 58,674     1,517,425        
Jan. 2013 63,065     1,582,524        
Feb. 2013 63,298     1,680,086        
Mar. 2013 62,205     1,760,359        
Apr. 2013 64,118     1,832,952        
May 2013 67,377     1,930,723        
June 2013 63,668     2,010,604        
July 2013 63,296 69,643 56,953 2,094,225 69,338 2,024,886    
             
Two weeks ending 7
June 12, 2013 61,538     2,024,815        
June 26, 2013 65,487     1,988,035        
July 10, 2013 63,691 70,077 57,309 2,046,964 69,819 1,977,145 0.25 0.25
July 24, 2013 62,533 68,804 56,266 2,093,605 68,468 2,025,137 0.25 0.25
Aug 7, 2013 64,257 70,699 57,818 2,162,982 70,393 2,092,589 0.25 0.25

Footnotes

  1. Equals required reserves (table 2, column 2) less vault cash used to satisfy required reserves (table 2, column 4).
  2. Equals the sum of each institution's top of the penalty-free band. For each institution, the top of the penalty-free band is equal to the institution's reserve balance requirement plus an amount that is the greater of 10 percent of the institution's reserve balance requirement or $50,000.
  3. Equals the sum of each institution's bottom of the penalty-free band. For each institution, the bottom of the penalty-free band is equal to the institution's reserve balance requirement less an amount that is the greater of 10 percent of the institution's reserve balance requirement or $50,000.
  4. Equals the sum of balances maintained up to the top of each institution's penalty-free band.
  5. Equals the sum of balances maintained that exceed the top of each institution's penalty-free band.
  6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
  7. Averages of daily figures.

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Table 2
Not seasonally adjusted. Millions of dollars.
Date Reserves Vault cash 2 Monetary base
Total 1 Required Total Used to satisfy
required
reserves 3		 Surplus 4 Total 5 Total balances
maintained		 Currency in
circulation
Month 6
July 2012 1,583,770 100,721 58,292 48,718 9,574 2,647,752 1,534,190 1,113,561
Aug. 2012 1,582,193 104,443 58,396 49,217 9,179 2,650,750 1,532,976 1,117,773
Sept. 2012 1,517,507 108,066 58,102 48,826 9,276 2,594,909 1,468,681 1,126,228
Oct. 2012 1,525,583 107,309 59,280 48,854 10,426 2,611,775 1,476,730 1,135,045
Nov. 2012 1,546,110 110,806 59,187 48,604 10,583 2,646,809 1,497,506 1,149,303
Dec. 2012 1,570,383 111,632 63,893 52,958 10,936 2,675,945 1,517,425 1,158,520
Jan. 2013 1,636,934 117,475 64,220 54,410 9,810 2,741,743 1,582,524 1,159,218
Feb. 2013 1,733,393 116,605 63,995 53,308 10,687 2,845,244 1,680,086 1,165,158
Mar. 2013 1,811,300 113,146 61,223 50,941 10,282 2,935,024 1,760,359 1,174,666
Apr. 2013 1,884,689 115,855 61,811 51,737 10,074 3,011,731 1,832,952 1,178,779
May 2013 1,981,983 118,638 61,286 51,261 10,025 3,116,937 1,930,723 1,186,214
June 2013 2,062,905 115,969 62,085 52,302 9,783 3,201,483 2,010,604 1,190,879
July 2013 2,147,705 116,776 62,854 53,480 9,374 3,290,899 2,094,225 1,196,674
                 
Two weeks ending 7
June 12, 2013 2,074,592 111,315 60,579 49,777 10,802 3,214,698 2,024,815 1,189,884
June 26, 2013 2,041,848 119,300 62,856 53,813 9,043 3,177,561 1,988,035 1,189,526
July 10, 2013 2,101,550 118,277 63,904 54,586 9,318 3,245,566 2,046,964 1,198,602
July 24, 2013 2,145,745 114,673 61,627 52,140 9,487 3,288,934 2,093,605 1,195,330
Aug 7, 2013 2,217,564 118,839 63,809 54,582 9,227 3,359,591 2,162,982 1,196,609

Footnotes

  1. Equals total reserve balances maintained (table 1, column 4) plus vault cash used to satisfy required reserves.
  2. Vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements. It includes only vault cash held by institutions not exempt from reserve requirements. Dates refer to the maintenance periods for which the vault cash can be used to satisfy reserve requirements.
  3. All vault cash held during the lagged computation period by "bound" institutions (that is, those whose required reserves exceed their vault cash) plus the amount of vault cash applied during the maintenance period by "nonbound" institutions (that is, those whose vault cash exceeds their required reserves) to satisfy current reserve requirements.
  4. Total vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements, held by institutions not exempt from reserve requirements, minus the amount used to satisfy reserve requirements.
  5. Equals total balances maintained plus currency in circulation.
  6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
  7. Averages of daily figures.

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Table 3
Not seasonally adjusted. Millions of dollars.
Date Borrowings from the Federal Reserve Nonborrowed
reserves 2
Total Primary Secondary Seasonal Term Asset-Backed
Securities Loan
Facility 1		 Other credit
extensions
Month 3
July 2012 4,258 26 0 97 4,135 0 1,579,512
Aug. 2012 3,271 39 0 138 3,094 0 1,578,923
Sept. 2012 1,965 62 0 123 1,781 0 1,515,542
Oct. 2012 1,466 17 0 66 1,383 0 1,524,118
Nov. 2012 1,051 9 0 37 1,006 0 1,545,059
Dec. 2012 795 12 0 23 760 0 1,569,587
Jan. 2013 565 11 0 7 548 0 1,636,369
Feb. 2013 465 10 0 1 454 0 1,732,928
Mar. 2013 394 8 0 0 386 0 1,810,906
Apr. 2013 401 9 0 11 380 0 1,884,288
May 2013 410 12 0 42 356 0 1,981,573
June 2013 351 19 0 65 267 0 2,062,554
July 2013 360 15 0 109 235 0 2,147,346
               
Two weeks ending 4
June 12, 2013 331 12 0 49 271 0 2,074,261
June 26, 2013 363 25 0 72 267 0 2,041,485
July 10, 2013 373 25 0 91 257 0 2,101,177
July 24, 2013 363 12 0 113 239 0 2,145,382
Aug 7, 2013 334 9 0 127 198 0 2,217,230

Footnotes

  1. Includes credit extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to eligible borrowers through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility.
  2. Equals total reserves (table 2, column 1) less total borrowings from the Federal Reserve.
  3. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
  4. Averages of daily figures.
Last update: August 8, 2013