1 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE H.3 (502) Table 1 For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time September 2, 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- required excess Monetary total primary secondary seasonal borrowed(3) NSA(4) base(5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(6) 2003-Aug. 45581 45252 41814 3767 710239 329 168 15 146 Sep. 44289 44109 42779 1510 712123 181 23 0 158 Oct. 43394 43287 41921 1473 715834 107 13 0 94 Nov. 43034 42966 41545 1489 718968 68 25 0 43 Dec. 42843 42797 41804 1039 720978 46 17 0 29 2004-Jan. 43204 43098 42314 891 722605 106 93 0 13 Feb. 42994 42952 41805 1189 724169 42 28 0 14 Mar. 44713 44662 42951 1762 725761 51 23 0 28 Apr. 45677 45591 43935 1742 728824 86 29 0 57 May 45387 45275 43798 1588 732302 112 9 0 103 June 45933 45753 44098 1836 737803 180 40 0 140 July 45740 45496 44057 1684 745609 245 42 0 203 Aug. p 44759 44508 43208 1551 752664 251 19 0 233 2 weeks ending(7) 2004-July 7 45610 45387 43663 1946 742929 223 59 0 165 21 45038 44797 43669 1369 745061 242 40 0 203 Aug. 4 46815 46551 44876 1939 748254 264 34 0 230 18 42423 42181 41077 1346 746096 243 14 0 229 Sep. 1p 46642 46385 44990 1652 761095 257 19 0 238 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 carryover Date total(2) nonborrowed required Monetary balances total satisfy surplus(7) of reserve base(3) with F.R. required balances(8) Banks(4) reserves(6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(9) 2003-Aug. 46105 45776 42338 720544 14142 43019 31963 11056 Sep. 44437 44257 42927 720721 12491 43075 31946 11129 Oct. 43127 43019 41653 724368 11606 43377 31520 11857 Nov. 42651 42583 41162 729473 11525 42590 31126 11464 Dec. 42941 42895 41902 737614 10858 44069 32083 11986 2004-Jan. 45461 45355 44570 736279 11581 46578 33880 12698 Feb. 43859 43817 42670 734908 10892 46440 32967 13473 Mar. 44149 44097 42387 736412 12020 44424 32129 12295 Apr. 46049 45963 44307 740299 14078 42852 31971 10880 May 46334 46222 44745 743746 14078 43052 32255 10797 June 45565 45384 43729 749327 13056 43620 32509 11111 July 46200 45956 44517 756484 12795 44487 33406 11082 Aug. p 45502 45251 43952 761119 12111 45056 33391 11664 2 weeks ending(10) 2004-July 7 45109 44886 43162 754648 12173 45371 32936 12435 93 21 45351 45110 43982 757116 12361 44026 32990 11036 228 Aug. 4 48153 47889 46214 756883 13837 44515 34317 10198 138 18 42183 41940 40837 755804 9861 45863 32322 13541 365 Sep. 1p 48262 48005 46610 768147 14004 44353 34259 10095 128 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. p preliminary 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(2) nonborrowed required(3) Monetary base(4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(5) 2003-Aug. 45711 45382 41945 709012 Sep. 43982 43802 42472 708982 Oct. 42613 42505 41139 712583 Nov. 42083 42015 40594 717147 Dec. 42447 42401 41408 725201 2004-Jan. 45396 45290 44505 725152 Feb. 43794 43752 42605 723942 Mar. 44042 43990 42280 725610 Apr. 45881 45795 44139 729913 May 46107 45995 44518 733465 June 45296 45116 43461 738787 July 45866 45621 44182 745960 Aug. p 45110 44859 43560 750555 2 weeks ending(6) 2004-July 7 44816 44593 42869 743612 21 45025 44784 43656 746501 Aug. 4 47777 47513 45837 746847 18 41813 41571 40467 745042 Sep. 1p 47841 47584 46189 757634 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. p preliminary Note: Current and historical H.3 data are available each week on the Federal Reserve Board's web site (http://www.federalreserve.gov/). Monthly data are available back to January 1959, and weekly data are available back to January 1975 for most series. For information about individual copies or subscriptions, contact Publications Services at the Federal Reserve Board (phone 202-452-3245, fax 202-728-5886). 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