1 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 May 10, 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-Apr. 1526480 1508637 74514 1451966 2489298 17842 May 1587576 1572431 75072 1512505 2559321 15146 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 2610831 9526 2012-Jan. 1614015 1605401 94458 1519557 2637184 8614 Feb. 1658308 1650375 98083 1560226 2691733 7933 Mar. 1607993 1600663 98290 1509703 2650397 7330 Apr. p 1584748 1577884 98442 1486306 2633358 6865 Two weeks ending(7) 2012-Mar. 7 1645100 1637546 98169 1546931 2683765 7554 21 1604726 1597325 98830 1505896 2646537 7401 Apr. 4 1586592 1579519 97619 1488973 2632443 7074 18 1608327 1601318 98316 1510011 2656069 7009 May 2p 1556626 1549999 98864 1457763 2607167 6627 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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-Apr. 17842 14 0 8 17820 0 May 15146 10 1 20 15115 0 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. p 6865 21 0 9 6834 0 Two weeks ending(4) 2012-Mar. 7 7554 12 0 2 7541 0 21 7401 16 0 5 7381 0 Apr. 4 7074 7 0 5 7062 0 18 7009 5 0 8 6997 0 May 2p 6627 46 0 13 6570 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-Apr. 1527990 1510148 76025 2496493 1484148 55376 43842 11534 May 1589835 1574689 77330 2566392 1546511 54769 43324 11445 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 1599153 96779 2654612 1558004 59244 48478 10766 Apr. p 1586898 1580033 100591 2640311 1538004 58993 48894 10099 Two weeks ending(10) 2012-Mar. 7 1647449 1639895 100518 2689584 1600037 57341 47412 9929 3468 21 1599293 1591892 93397 2648676 1551496 59644 47797 11847 3562 Apr. 4 1587872 1580799 98899 2638442 1537693 60018 50179 9838 3303 18 1604757 1597748 94746 2660105 1556965 59111 47792 11319 3485 May 2p 1565737 1559110 107974 2617841 1515986 58514 49751 8763 3415 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Nonborrowed Required Monetary (2) (3) base (4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month(5) 2011-Apr. 1527606 1509763 75640 2493684 May 1589302 1574156 76798 2563466 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. 1606216 1598886 96513 2652491 Apr. p 1586461 1579596 100155 2638077 Two weeks ending(6) 2012-Mar. 7 1647240 1639686 100309 2687496 21 1599038 1591638 93142 2646560 Apr. 4 1587548 1580475 98575 2636291 18 1604394 1597385 94383 2657937 May 2p 1565177 1558550 107414 2615502 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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