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Statistical Supplement | March 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2008
1.12  Reserves and Borrowings, Depository Institutions1
Millions of dollars
Reserve classification Prorated monthly averages of biweekly averages
2005 2006 2007 2007
Dec Dec Dec June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
1 Reserve balances with Reserve Banks2 10,047 8,479 8,193 8,739 8,420 10,983 8,606 8,264 8,526 8,193
2 Total vault cash3 51,314 50,897 52,153 49,432 50,206 51,040 49,628 49,747 48,985 52,153
3 Applied vault cash4 35,337 34,803 34,523 34,913 34,311 33,637 33,473 33,212 33,337 34,523
4 Surplus vault cash5 15,977 16,094 17,630 14,519 15,896 17,402 16,155 16,535 15,649 17,630
5 Total reserves6 45,384 43,282 42,715 43,652 42,731 44,621 42,079 41,476 41,863 42,715
6 Required reserves 43,483 41,474 40,970 41,951 41,067 39,799 40,338 40,026 40,187 40,970
7 Excess reserve balances at Reserve Banks7 1,900 1,808 1,746 1,702 1,664 4,822 1,742 1,450 1,676 1,746
8 Total borrowing at Reserve Banks 169 191 15,430 187 262 975 1,567 254 366 15,430
9 Primary 97 111 3,787 43 45 701 1,345 126 315 3,787
10 Secondary 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 13 0 1
11 Seasonal 72 80 30 145 217 255 221 115 50 30
12 Term auction credit ... ... 11,613 ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,613
 Biweekly averages of daily figures for two-week periods ending on dates indicated
2007 2008
Aug 29 Sept 12 Sept 26 Oct 10 Oct 24 Nov 7 Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 19 Jan 2
1 Reserve balances with Reserve Banks2 7,953 7,326 9,388 9,713 6,994 8,737 7,810 9,478 6,610 9,504
2 Total vault cash3 50,020 49,032 49,643 51,366 49,294 48,341 49,711 48,359 52,080 53,819
3 Applied vault cash4 35,358 31,022 35,394 34,104 32,889 32,584 32,721 34,881 32,067 37,239
4 Surplus vault cash5 14,662 18,010 14,249 17,262 16,405 15,758 16,990 13,478 20,013 16,580
5 Total reserves6 43,311 38,348 44,782 43,817 39,883 41,320 40,531 44,359 38,677 46,743
6 Required reserves 42,257 36,981 42,816 41,736 39,091 39,453 39,044 42,536 37,508 44,356
7 Excess reserve balances at Reserve Banks7 1,053 1,367 1,965 2,081 791 1,867 1,487 1,822 1,168 2,387
8 Total borrowing at Reserve Banks 1,559 2,250 1,364 230 267 264 524 199 3,833 35,308
9 Primary 1,258 2,018 1,134 70 134 191 479 158 3,798 5,286
10 Secondary 43 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 2 0
11 Seasonal 259 232 230 160 105 74 45 41 34 21
12 Term auction credit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30,000

1. Data in this table also appear in the Board's H.3 (502) weekly statistical release. Data are not break-adjusted or seasonally adjusted.   Return to table

2. Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float and includes other off-balance-sheet "as-of" adjustments.   Return to table

3. Vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements. It includes only vault cash held by those banks and thrift institutions 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.   Return to table

4. 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.   Return to table

5. Total vault cash (line 2) less applied vault cash (line 3).   Return to table

6. Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks (line 1) plus applied vault cash (line 3).   Return to table

7. Total reserves (line 5) less required reserves (line 6).   Return to table

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