Annual Report 2015

Table 6A. Reserves of depository institutions, Federal Reserve Bank credit, and related items,
year-end 1984-2015 and month-end 2015
Millions of dollars
Period Factors supplying reserve funds
Federal Reserve Bank credit outstanding Gold
stock		 Special
drawing rights
certificate
account		 Treasury
currency
outstanding 5
Securities
held
outright 1		 Repurchase
agreements 2		 Loans and
other credit
extensions 3		 Float Other Federal
Reserve
assets 4		 Total4
1984 167,612 2,015 3,577 833 12,347 186,384 11,096 4,618 16,418
1985 186,025 5,223 3,060 988 15,302 210,598 11,090 4,718 17,075
1986 205,454 16,005 1,565 1,261 17,475 241,760 11,084 5,018 17,567
1987 226,459 4,961 3,815 811 15,837 251,883 11,078 5,018 18,177
1988 240,628 6,861 2,170 1,286 18,803 269,748 11,060 5,018 18,799
1989 233,300 2,117 481 1,093 39,631 276,622 11,059 8,518 19,628
1990 241,431 18,354 190 2,222 39,897 302,091 11,058 10,018 20,402
1991 272,531 15,898 218 731 34,567 323,945 11,059 10,018 21,014
1992 300,423 8,094 675 3,253 30,020 342,464 11,056 8,018 21,447
1993 336,654 13,212 94 909 33,035 383,904 11,053 8,018 22,095
1994 368,156 10,590 223 -716 33,634 411,887 11,051 8,018 22,994
1995 380,831 13,862 135 107 33,303 428,239 11,050 10,168 24,003
1996 393,132 21,583 85 4,296 32,896 451,992 11,048 9,718 24,966
1997 431,420 23,840 2,035 719 31,452 489,466 11,047 9,200 25,543
1998 452,478 30,376 17 1,636 36,966 521,475 11,046 9,200 26,270
1999 478,144 140,640 233 -237 35,321 654,100 11,048 6,200 28,013
2000 511,833 43,375 110 901 36,467 592,686 11,046 2,200 31,643
2001 551,685 50,250 34 -23 37,658 639,604 11,045 2,200 33,017
2002 629,416 39,500 40 418 39,083 708,457 11,043 2,200 34,597
2003 666,665 43,750 62 -319 40,847 751,005 11,043 2,200 35,468
2004 717,819 33,000 43 925 42,219 794,007 11,045 2,200 36,434
2005 744,215 46,750 72 885 39,611 831,532 11,043 2,200 36,540
2006 778,915 40,750 67 -333 39,895 859,294 11,041 2,200 38,206
2007 740,611 46,500 72,636 -19 41,799 901,528 11,041 2,200 38,681
2008 495,629 80,000 1,605,848 -1,494 43,553 2,223,537 11,041 2,200 38,674
2009 1,844,838 0 281,095 -2,097 92,811 2,216,647 11,041 5,200 42,691
2010 2,161,094 0 138,311 -1,421 110,255 2,408,240 11,041 5,200 43,542
2011 2,605,124 0 144,098 -631 152,568 2,901,159 11,041 5,200 44,198
2012 2,669,589 0 11,867 -486 218,296 2,899,266 11,041 5,200 44,751
2013 3,756,158 0 2,177 -962 246,947 4,004,320 11,041 5,200 45,493
2014r 4,236,873 0 3,351 -555 239,238 4,478,908 11,041 5,200 46,301
2015 4,241,958 0 2,830 -36 221,448 4,466,199 11,041 5,200 47,581
2015, month-end
Jan 4,237,009 0 1,778 -314 243,701 4,482,174 11,041 5,200 46,475
Feb 4,237,198 0 1,702 -357 230,517 4,469,060 11,041 5,200 46,568
Mar 4,228,366 0 2,550 -748 232,292 4,462,460 11,041 5,200 46,671
Apr 4,214,806 0 1,753 -448 235,702 4,451,813 11,041 5,200 46,785
May 4,219,055 0 1,797 -312 226,332 4,446,872 11,041 5,200 46,883
Jun 4,228,907 0 2,497 -412 229,234 4,460,226 11,041 5,200 47,000
Jul 4,231,475 0 2,201 -23 232,838 4,466,492 11,041 5,200 47,128
Aug 4,233,683 0 2,087 354 220,770 4,456,895 11,041 5,200 47,222
Sep 4,238,274 0 2,635 -87 224,659 4,465,482 11,041 5,200 47,327
Oct 4,240,023 0 2,008 332 229,458 4,471,821 11,041 5,200 47,455
Nov 4,239,338 0 1,946 668 217,013 4,458,964 11,041 5,200 47,511
Dec 4,241,958 0 2,830 -36 221,448 4,466,199 11,041 5,200 47,581

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

1. Includes U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency debt securities, and mortgage-backed securities. U.S. Treasury securities and federal agency debt securities include securities lent to dealers, which are fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency securities, and other highly rated debt securities. Return to table

2. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency debt securities, and agency mortgage-backed securities. Return to table

3. As of 2015, includes only central bank liquidity swaps; primary, seasonal, and secondary credit; and net portfolio holdings of Maiden Lane LLC. For disaggregated loans and other credit extensions from 1984 to 2014, refer to "Table 6B. Loans and other credit extensions, by type, year-end 1984-2014 and month-end 2014" of the 2014 Annual Report.  Return to table

4. As of 2013, unamortized discounts on securities held outright are included as a component of Other Federal Reserve assets. Previously, they were included in Other Federal Reserve liabilities and capital. Return to table

5. Includes currency and coin (other than gold) issued directly by the U.S. Treasury. The largest components are fractional and dollar coins. For details, refer to "U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation," Treasury Bulletin.  Return to table

r Revised.  Return to table

Table 6A.-- continued
Period Factors absorbing reserve funds Reserve
balances
with Federal
Reserve
Banks
Currency in
circulation		 Reverse
repurchase
agreements 6		 Treasury
cash
holdings 7		 Deposits with Federal Reserve Banks, other than reserve balances Required
clearing
balances 9		 Other Federal
Reserve
liabilities
and capital4, 10
Term
deposits		 Treasury
general
account		 Treasury
supplementary
financing
account		 Foreign Other 8
1984 183,796 0 513 n/a 5,316 n/a 253 867 1,126 5,952 20,693
1985 197,488 0 550 n/a 9,351 n/a 480 1,041 1,490 5,940 27,141
1986 211,995 0 447 n/a 7,588 n/a 287 917 1,812 6,088 46,295
1987 230,205 0 454 n/a 5,313 n/a 244 1,027 1,687 7,129 40,097
1988 247,649 0 395 n/a 8,656 n/a 347 548 1,605 7,683 37,742
1989 260,456 0 450 n/a 6,217 n/a 589 1,298 1,618 8,486 36,713
1990 286,963 0 561 n/a 8,960 n/a 369 528 1,960 8,147 36,081
1991 307,756 0 636 n/a 17,697 n/a 968 1,869 3,946 8,113 25,051
1992 334,701 0 508 n/a 7,492 n/a 206 653 5,897 7,984 25,544
1993 365,271 0 377 n/a 14,809 n/a 386 636 6,332 9,292 27,967
1994 403,843 0 335 n/a 7,161 n/a 250 1,143 4,196 11,959 25,061
1995 424,244 0 270 n/a 5,979 n/a 386 2,113 5,167 12,342 22,960
1996 450,648 0 249 n/a 7,742 n/a 167 1,178 6,601 13,829 17,310
1997 482,327 0 225 n/a 5,444 n/a 457 1,171 6,684 15,500 23,447
1998 517,484 0 85 n/a 6,086 n/a 167 1,869 6,780 16,354 19,164
1999 628,359 0 109 n/a 28,402 n/a 71 1,644 7,481 17,256 16,039
2000 593,694 0 450 n/a 5,149 n/a 216 2,478 6,332 17,962 11,295
2001 643,301 0 425 n/a 6,645 n/a 61 1,356 8,525 17,083 8,469
2002 687,518 21,091 367 n/a 4,420 n/a 136 1,266 10,534 18,977 11,988
2003 724,187 25,652 321 n/a 5,723 n/a 162 995 11,829 19,793 11,054
2004 754,877 30,783 270 n/a 5,912 n/a 80 1,285 9,963 26,378 14,137
2005 794,014 30,505 202 n/a 4,573 n/a 83 2,144 8,651 30,466 10,678
2006 820,176 29,615 252 n/a 4,708 n/a 98 972 6,842 36,231 11,847
2007 828,938 43,985 259 n/a 16,120 n/a 96 1,830 6,614 41,622 13,986
2008 889,898 88,352 259 n/a 106,123 259,325 1,365 21,221 4,387 48,921 855,599
2009 928,249 77,732 239 n/a 186,632 5,001 2,411 35,262 3,020 63,219 973,814
2010 982,750 59,703 177 0 140,773 199,964 3,337 13,631 2,374 99,602 965,712
2011 1,075,820 99,900 128 0 85,737 0 125 64,909 2,480 72,766 1,559,731
2012 1,169,159 107,188 150 0 92,720 0 6,427 27,476 n/a 66,093 1,491,044
2013 1,241,228 315,924 234 0 162,399 0 7,970 26,181 n/a 63,049 2,249,070
2014r 1,342,957 509,837 201 0 223,452 0 5,242 20,320 n/a 61,447 2,377,995
2015 1,424,981 712,401 266 0 333,447 0 5,231 31,212 n/a 45,320 1,977,163
2015, month-end
Jan 1,329,471 315,705 202 0 156,815 0 5,467 8,967 n/a 62,677 2,665,586
Feb 1,351,278 340,015 216 216,067 34,929 0 5,234 6,675 n/a 64,437 2,513,018
Mar 1,359,069 536,859 196 0 100,084 0 5,230 21,061 n/a 65,592 2,437,282
Apr 1,360,698 290,847 229 0 273,869 0 5,231 10,530 n/a 65,153 2,508,284
May 1,367,912 316,574 160 145,702 198,947 0 5,233 8,442 n/a 66,166 2,400,861
Jun 1,368,678 558,167 102 0 254,340 0 5,247 28,399 n/a 66,070 2,242,466
Jul 1,372,471 299,275 107 0 209,982 0 5,244 13,727 n/a 65,410 2,563,643
Aug 1,379,282 323,021 155 0 131,787 0 5,269 17,937 n/a 66,362 2,596,545
Sep 1,387,621 641,081 191 0 198,716 0 6,231 32,267 n/a 65,285 2,197,657
Oct 1,395,040 425,866 238 0 22,892 0 5,259 24,501 n/a 65,284 2,596,435
Nov 1,411,448 339,768 237 0 253,274 0 5,249 21,140 n/a 66,468 2,425,133
Dec 1,424,981 712,401 266 0 333,447 0 5,231 31,212 n/a 45,320 1,977,163r

6. Cash value of agreements, which are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, federal agency debt securities, and agency mortgage-backed securities. Return to table

7. Coin and paper currency held by the Treasury. Return to table

8. As of 2014, includes desposits of designated financial market utilites. Return to table

9. Required clearing balances were discontinued in July 2012. Return to table

10. In 2010, includes funds from American International Group, Inc. asset dispositions, held as agent. Return to table

r Revised.

n/a Not applicable.  Return to table

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