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The Re-emergence of the Federal Reserve Funds Market in the 1950s Accessible Data

 

Figure 1: Treasuries Owned by the Federal Reserve and Total Reserves

Period Share of Treasuries on Fed Balance Sheet Reserves (billions)
January 1951 0.1365189 18.088
February 1951 0.1433343 18.907
March 1951 0.1472929 19.207
April 1951 0.1663952 19.324
May 1951 0.1625462 18.892
June 1951 0.1652952 19.309
July 1951 0.1655602 19.229
August 1951 0.1654708 19.174
September 1951 0.1659352 19.396
October 1951 0.1681370 19.868
November 1951 0.1636813 19.794
December 1951 0.1640604 20.310
January 1952 0.1626324 20.470
February 1952 0.1580372 19.995
March 1952 0.1600980 20.207
April 1952 0.1582848 19.777
May 1952 0.1564103 19.767
June 1952 0.1610814 20.140
July 1952 0.1579465 20.535
August 1952 0.1597455 20.306
September 1952 0.1631120 20.514
October 1952 0.1611787 20.611
November 1952 0.1588874 20.744
December 1952 0.1642202 21.180
January 1953 0.1628953 20.958
February 1953 0.1611236 20.520
March 1953 0.1636573 20.416
April 1953 0.1632828 20.007
May 1953 0.1616259 19.897
June 1953 0.1679710 20.287
July 1953 0.1623016 19.653
August 1953 0.1626609 19.526
September 1953 0.1647077 19.552
October 1953 0.1656720 19.536
November 1953 0.1626876 19.718
December 1953 0.1658076 19.920
January 1954 0.1633760 20.179
February 1954 0.1603236 19.557
March 1954 0.1641314 19.573
April 1954 0.1630334 19.392
May 1954 0.1610240 19.533
June 1954 0.1662610 19.670
July 1954 0.1647643 19.164
August 1954 0.1557525 18.478
September 1954 0.1554984 18.403
October 1954 0.1548233 18.893
November 1954 0.1559323 19.207
December 1954 0.1578704 19.279
January 1955 0.1533256 19.114
February 1955 0.1511106 18.819
March 1955 0.1540202 18.635
April 1955 0.1509280 18.800
May 1955 0.1494028 18.746
June 1955 0.1520431 18.715
July 1955 0.1511437 18.824
August 1955 0.1503588 18.728
September 1955 0.1486691 18.711
October 1955 0.1473509 18.870
November 1955 0.1476184 18.902
December 1955 0.1507004 19.240
January 1956 0.1463022 19.138
February 1956 0.1432568 18.709
March 1956 0.1474641 18.924
April 1956 0.1467169 18.847
May 1956 0.1461608 18.735
June 1956 0.1519945 18.933
July 1956 0.1521752 18.836
August 1956 0.1495564 18.783
September 1956 0.1517223 19.024
October 1956 0.1504974 18.939
November 1956 0.1503464 19.169
December 1956 0.1544193 19.535
January 1957 0.1500891 19.925
February 1957 0.1436367 18.816
March 1957 0.1441997 18.884
April 1957 0.1452719 19.087
May 1957 0.1437090 18.827
June 1957 0.1476446 18.982
July 1957 0.1470642 19.129
August 1957 0.1444738 18.834
September 1957 0.1441523 19.956
October 1957 0.1439129 19.040
November 1957 0.1432942 18.958
December 1957 0.1460607 19.420
January 1958 0.1434030 19.296
February 1958 0.1421302 19.000
March 1958 0.1441761 18.730
April 1958 0.1424862 18.394
May 1958 0.1442213 18.223
June 1958 0.1484866 18.600
July 1958 0.1515587 18.609
August 1958 0.1501480 18.580
September 1958 0.1493549 18.425
October 1958 0.1469391 18.476
November 1958 0.1462672 18.540
December 1958 0.1498525 18.899
January 1959 0.1433465 18.893
February 1959 0.1423919 18.577
March 1959 0.1443392 18.429
April 1959 0.1420018 18.664
May 1959 0.1432100 18.580
June 1959 0.1458374 18.451
July 1959 0.1443375 18.671
August 1959 0.1441373 18.613
September 1959 0.1457142 18.593
October 1959 0.1414746 18.610
November 1959 0.1429847 18.621
December 1959 0.1436030 18.932

Source: Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1941-1970.

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Figure 2: Selected Bank Balance Sheet Items as a Share of Total

Date Loans / Assets Treasuries / Assets Deposits / Assets
1/6/1951 0.309035 0.361987 0.602516
12/1/1951 0.323001 0.336427 0.604605
12/6/1952 0.342196 0.328075 0.601806
12/5/1953 0.352244 0.320783 0.588518
12/4/1954 0.349799 0.335627 0.583348
12/3/1955 0.395632 0.282570 0.572363
12/1/1956 0.422093 0.257337 0.563000
12/7/1957 0.428697 0.249322 0.545295
12/6/1958 0.416109 0.268784 0.531292
12/5/1959 0.460705 0.227550 0.521704

Source: Banking and Monetary Statistics, 1941-1970.

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Figure 3: Federal Funds Rate and Estimated Trading Volumes

Date Federal Funds Volume (billions) Federal Funds Rate
1/6/1951 0.8256 0.488
1/13/1951 0.8256 0.875
1/20/1951 0.8256 1.354
1/27/1951 0.8256 1.563
2/3/1951 0.7554 1.605
2/10/1951 0.7554 1.282
2/17/1951 0.7554 0.313
2/24/1951 0.7554 1.532
3/3/1951 0.6321 0.625
3/10/1951 0.6321 0.282
3/17/1951 0.6321 0.876
3/24/1951 0.6321 1.594
3/31/1951 0.6321 0.501
4/7/1951 0.4296 0.407
4/14/1951 0.4296 0.469
4/21/1951 0.4296 0.751
4/28/1951 0.4296 1.135
5/5/1951 0.9597 1.594
5/12/1951 0.9597 1.646
5/19/1951 0.9597 1.146
5/26/1951 0.9597 1.698
6/2/1951 0.4539 0.532
6/9/1951 0.4539 0.313
6/16/1951 0.4539 0.375
6/23/1951 0.4539 1.459
6/30/1951 0.4539 1.501
7/7/1951 0.6429 1.438
7/14/1951 0.6429 1.396
7/21/1951 0.6429 1.376
7/28/1951 0.6429 1.605
8/4/1951 0.8613 1.563
8/11/1951 0.8613 1.604
8/18/1951 0.8613 1.375
8/25/1951 0.8613 1.698
9/1/1951 0.7431 1.657
9/8/1951 0.7431 1.646
9/15/1951 0.7431 1.438
9/22/1951 0.7431 1.677
9/29/1951 0.7431 0.657
10/6/1951 0.6390 1.063
10/13/1951 0.6390 0.375
10/20/1951 0.6390 0.813
10/27/1951 0.6390 0.834
11/3/1951 0.9021 1.407
11/10/1951 0.9021 1.500
11/17/1951 0.9021 0.563
11/24/1951 0.9021 1.573
12/1/1951 1.2603 1.646
12/8/1951 1.2603 1.563
12/15/1951 1.2603 1.250
12/22/1951 1.2603 1.646
12/29/1951 1.2603 0.875
1/5/1952 0.9417 1.032
1/12/1952 0.9417 0.969
1/19/1952 0.9417 0.313
1/26/1952 0.9417 0.875
2/2/1952 1.0836 1.521
2/9/1952 1.0836 1.584
2/16/1952 1.0836 1.688
2/23/1952 1.0836 0.917
3/1/1952 0.8331 1.229
3/8/1952 0.8331 1.605
3/15/1952 0.8331 0.251
3/22/1952 0.8331 0.407
3/29/1952 0.8331 0.751
4/5/1952 1.1454 1.521
4/12/1952 1.1454 1.688
4/19/1952 1.1454 1.688
4/26/1952 1.1454 1.688
5/3/1952 1.1952 1.688
5/10/1952 1.1952 1.688
5/17/1952 1.1952 1.646
5/24/1952 1.1952 1.688
5/31/1952 1.1952 1.688
6/7/1952 1.1799 1.688
6/14/1952 1.1799 1.375
6/21/1952 1.1799 1.688
6/28/1952 1.1799 1.563
7/5/1952 1.8840 1.646
7/12/1952 1.8840 1.646
7/19/1952 1.8840 1.688
7/26/1952 1.8840 1.688
8/2/1952 1.1727 1.688
8/9/1952 1.1727 1.688
8/16/1952 1.1727 1.646
8/23/1952 1.1727 1.751
8/30/1952 1.1727 1.719
9/6/1952 1.2063 1.719
9/13/1952 1.2063 0.584
9/20/1952 1.2063 1.500
9/27/1952 1.2063 1.422
10/4/1952 1.9278 1.719
10/11/1952 1.9278 1.531
10/18/1952 1.9278 1.667
10/25/1952 1.9278 1.579
11/1/1952 1.9806 1.719
11/8/1952 1.9806 1.719
11/15/1952 1.9806 1.719
11/22/1952 1.9806 1.719
11/29/1952 1.9806 1.740
12/6/1952 1.9941 1.719
12/13/1952 1.9941 1.719
12/20/1952 1.9941 1.719
12/27/1952 1.9941 1.719
1/3/1953 1.6539  
1/10/1953 1.6539 1.719
1/17/1953 1.6539 1.719
1/24/1953 1.6539 1.844
1/31/1953 1.6539 1.927
2/7/1953 1.6206 2.115
2/14/1953 1.6206 1.969
2/21/1953 1.6206 1.969
2/28/1953 1.6206 1.854
3/7/1953 1.5624  
3/14/1953 1.5624  
3/21/1953 1.5624 1.969
3/28/1953 1.5624 1.969
4/4/1953 1.5987 1.860
4/11/1953 1.5987  
4/18/1953 1.5987  
4/25/1953 1.5987  
5/2/1953 1.3326 1.797
5/9/1953 1.3326  
5/16/1953 1.3326  
5/23/1953 1.3326 1.875
5/30/1953 1.3326 2.485
6/6/1953 0.9519 1.063
6/13/1953 0.9519 0.709
6/20/1953 0.9519 0.313
6/27/1953 0.9519 1.313
7/4/1953 1.2021 0.313
7/11/1953 1.2021 1.156
7/18/1953 1.2021 0.610
7/25/1953 1.2021 1.886
8/1/1953 1.2534 1.834
8/8/1953 1.2534 1.948
8/15/1953 1.2534 1.969
8/22/1953 1.2534 1.969
8/29/1953 1.2534 1.813
9/5/1953 1.1847 1.375
9/12/1953 1.1847 1.834
9/19/1953 1.1847 1.500
9/26/1953 1.1847 0.188
10/3/1953 0.9552 1.105
10/10/1953 0.9552 1.740
10/17/1953 0.9552 1.188
10/24/1953 0.9552 0.563
10/31/1953 0.9552 0.500
11/7/1953 1.2825 1.927
11/14/1953 1.2825 1.813
11/21/1953 1.2825 1.646
11/28/1953 1.2825 1.766
12/5/1953 1.3077 1.422
12/12/1953 1.3077 1.969
12/19/1953 1.3077 1.302
12/26/1953 1.3077 1.563
1/2/1954 0.6369 0.376
1/9/1954 0.6369  
1/16/1954 0.6369 1.125
1/23/1954 0.6369 0.542
1/30/1954 0.6369 0.157
2/6/1954 1.1148  
2/13/1954 1.1148 1.896
2/20/1954 1.1148 1.704
2/27/1954 1.1148 1.344
3/6/1954 0.9939 0.782
3/13/1954 0.9939 1.552
3/20/1954 0.9939 1.532
3/27/1954 0.9939 1.063
4/3/1954 0.6447 1.521
4/10/1954 0.6447 1.438
4/17/1954 0.6447 0.771
4/24/1954 0.6447 1.209
5/1/1954 0.9084 0.688
5/8/1954 0.9084 0.204
5/15/1954 0.9084 0.584
5/22/1954 0.9084 1.271
5/29/1954 0.9084 0.946
6/5/1954 0.8286 0.521
6/12/1954 0.8286 1.407
6/19/1954 0.8286 0.376
6/26/1954 0.8286 0.334
7/3/1954 0.5826 1.391
7/10/1954 0.5826 1.190
7/17/1954 0.5826 1.019
7/24/1954 0.5826 1.073
7/31/1954 0.5826 0.571
8/7/1954 0.8259 0.501
8/14/1954 0.8259 0.484
8/21/1954 0.8259 1.406
8/28/1954 0.8259 1.414
9/4/1954 0.8181 1.369
9/11/1954 0.8181 1.369
9/18/1954 0.8181 1.181
9/25/1954 0.8181 1.090
10/2/1954 0.7593 0.609
10/9/1954 0.7593 1.163
10/16/1954 0.7593 0.626
10/23/1954 0.7593 1.251
10/30/1954 0.7593 0.663
11/6/1954 0.7599 0.824
11/13/1954 0.7599 1.057
11/20/1954 0.7599 0.287
11/27/1954 0.7599 0.520
12/4/1954 1.4540 1.217
12/11/1954 1.4540 1.396
12/18/1954 1.4540 1.404
12/25/1954 1.4540 1.251
1/1/1955 0.9510 1.107
1/8/1955 0.9510 1.314
1/15/1955 0.9510 1.323
1/22/1955 0.9510 1.440
1/29/1955 0.9510 1.369
2/5/1955 1.1920 1.413
2/12/1955 1.1920 1.440
2/19/1955 1.1920 1.180
2/26/1955 1.1920 1.224
3/5/1955 1.5150 1.323
3/12/1955 1.5150 1.350
3/19/1955 1.5150 1.440
3/26/1955 1.5150 1.243
4/2/1955 1.3930 1.314
4/9/1955 1.3930 1.440
4/16/1955 1.3930 1.440
4/23/1955 1.3930 1.431
4/30/1955 1.3930 1.467
5/7/1955 1.2100 1.333
5/14/1955 1.2100 1.654
5/21/1955 1.2100 1.331
5/28/1955 1.2100 1.199
6/4/1955 2.0030 1.439
6/11/1955 2.0030 1.690
6/18/1955 2.0030 1.673
6/25/1955 2.0030 1.663
7/2/1955 1.6210 1.557
7/9/1955 1.6210 1.673
7/16/1955 1.6210 1.690
7/23/1955 1.6210 1.681
7/30/1955 1.6210 1.656
8/6/1955 2.2810 1.681
8/13/1955 2.2810 1.796
8/20/1955 2.2810 1.966
8/27/1955 2.2810 1.983
9/3/1955 2.1460 1.991
9/10/1955 2.1460 2.019
9/17/1955 2.1460 2.110
9/24/1955 2.1460 2.197
10/1/1955 2.9280 2.199
10/8/1955 2.9280 2.241
10/15/1955 2.9280 2.224
10/22/1955 2.9280 2.250
10/29/1955 2.9280 2.233
11/5/1955 3.8680 2.250
11/12/1955 3.8680 2.250
11/19/1955 3.8680 2.250
11/26/1955 3.8680 2.277
12/3/1955 2.1750 2.500
12/10/1955 2.1750 2.491
12/17/1955 2.1750 2.500
12/24/1955 2.1750 2.447
12/31/1955 2.1750 2.491
1/7/1956 2.5300 2.483
1/14/1956 2.5300 2.500
1/21/1956 2.5300 2.282
1/28/1956 2.5300 2.483
2/4/1956 3.4460 2.500
2/11/1956 3.4460 2.500
2/18/1956 3.4460 2.500
2/25/1956 3.4460 2.500
3/3/1956 2.6130 2.500
3/10/1956 2.6130 2.483
3/17/1956 2.6130 2.500
3/24/1956 2.6130 2.500
3/31/1956 2.6130 2.491
4/7/1956 2.8740 2.500
4/14/1956 2.8740 2.500
4/21/1956 2.8740 2.500
4/28/1956 2.8740 2.536
5/5/1956 3.1710 2.636
5/12/1956 3.1710 2.750
5/19/1956 3.1710 2.750
5/26/1956 3.1710 2.750
6/2/1956 1.8740 2.750
6/9/1956 1.8740 2.750
6/16/1956 1.8740 2.750
6/23/1956 1.8740 2.714
6/30/1956 1.8740 2.750
7/7/1956 1.7390 2.750
7/14/1956 1.7390 2.607
7/21/1956 1.7390 2.750
7/28/1956 1.7390 2.750
8/4/1956 2.5610 2.750
8/11/1956 2.5610 2.741
8/18/1956 2.5610 2.733
8/25/1956 2.5610 2.750
9/1/1956 1.8840 2.750
9/8/1956 1.8840 2.777
9/15/1956 1.8840 2.661
9/22/1956 1.8840 3.000
9/29/1956 1.8840 2.929
10/6/1956 3.0050 2.857
10/13/1956 3.0050 3.000
10/20/1956 3.0050 3.000
10/27/1956 3.0050 2.983
11/3/1956 2.0850 2.911
11/10/1956 2.0850 2.957
11/17/1956 2.0850 2.991
11/24/1956 2.0850 3.000
12/1/1956 2.0870 2.983
12/8/1956 2.0870 2.957
12/15/1956 2.0870 2.554
12/22/1956 2.0870 3.000
12/29/1956 2.0870 2.786
1/5/1957 1.4790 2.964
1/12/1957 1.4790 2.991
1/19/1957 1.4790 3.000
1/26/1957 1.4790 2.500
2/2/1957 2.1270 2.804
2/9/1957 2.1270 2.886
2/16/1957 2.1270 2.903
2/23/1957 2.1270 3.000
3/2/1957 2.3770 3.000
3/9/1957 2.3770 3.000
3/16/1957 2.3770 3.000
3/23/1957 2.3770 3.000
3/30/1957 2.3770 3.000
4/6/1957 3.3760 3.000
4/13/1957 3.3760 3.000
4/20/1957 3.3760 2.849
4/27/1957 3.3760 2.983
5/4/1957 3.3670 3.000
5/11/1957 3.3670 3.000
5/18/1957 3.3670 3.000
5/25/1957 3.3670 3.000
6/1/1957 2.9620 3.000
6/8/1957 2.9620 3.000
6/15/1957 2.9620 3.000
6/22/1957 2.9620 3.000
6/29/1957 2.9620 3.000
7/6/1957 2.8670 3.000
7/13/1957 2.8670 3.000
7/20/1957 2.8670 3.000
7/27/1957 2.8670 3.000
8/3/1957 2.2270 3.000
8/10/1957 2.2270 3.000
8/17/1957 2.2270 2.983
8/24/1957 2.2270 2.974
8/31/1957 2.2270 3.000
9/7/1957 2.6290 3.180
9/14/1957 2.6290 3.324
9/21/1957 2.6290 3.500
9/28/1957 2.6290 3.357
10/5/1957 2.8380 3.500
10/12/1957 2.8380 3.500
10/19/1957 2.8380 3.500
10/26/1957 2.8380 3.500
11/2/1957 2.1550 3.500
11/9/1957 2.1550 3.500
11/16/1957 2.1550 3.500
11/23/1957 2.1550 3.500
11/30/1957 2.1550 3.500
12/7/1957 2.5510 3.464
12/14/1957 2.5510 3.143
12/21/1957 2.5510 3.000
12/28/1957 2.5510 2.929
1/4/1958 1.1630 3.000
1/11/1958 1.1630 3.000
1/18/1958 1.1630 3.000
1/25/1958 1.1630 3.000
2/1/1958 0.3650 3.000
2/8/1958 0.3650 2.983
2/15/1958 0.3650 2.876
2/22/1958 0.3650 2.929
3/1/1958 0.4500 1.964
3/8/1958 0.4500 1.750
3/15/1958 0.4500 2.716
3/22/1958 0.4500 1.571
3/29/1958 0.4500 0.661
4/5/1958 0.6500 1.393
4/12/1958 0.6500 1.340
4/19/1958 0.6500 1.429
4/26/1958 0.6500 0.857
5/3/1958 0.2250 0.554
5/10/1958 0.2250 1.376
5/17/1958 0.2250 1.554
5/24/1958 0.2250 1.413
5/31/1958 0.2250 1.091
6/7/1958 0.3510 1.179
6/14/1958 0.3510 0.751
6/21/1958 0.3510 0.377
6/28/1958 0.3510 0.164
7/5/1958 0.3200 0.680
7/12/1958 0.3200 1.413
7/19/1958 0.3200 1.163
7/26/1958 0.3200 0.536
8/2/1958 0.6390 0.500
8/9/1958 0.6390 0.966
8/16/1958 0.6390 1.091
8/23/1958 0.6390 0.411
8/30/1958 0.6390 0.413
9/6/1958 0.9750 1.180
9/13/1958 0.9750 1.646
9/20/1958 0.9750 1.626
9/27/1958 0.9750 1.679
10/4/1958 1.5720 1.679
10/11/1958 1.5720 1.714
10/18/1958 1.5720 1.661
10/25/1958 1.5720 1.911
11/1/1958 2.0060 1.786
11/8/1958 2.0060 1.929
11/15/1958 2.0060 1.964
11/22/1958 2.0060 1.983
11/29/1958 2.0060 1.394
12/6/1958 1.7630 2.071
12/13/1958 1.7630 2.036
12/20/1958 1.7630 2.464
12/27/1958 1.7630 2.429
1/3/1959 1.6790 2.304
1/10/1959 1.6790 2.393
1/17/1959 1.6790 2.500
1/24/1959 1.6790 2.500
1/31/1959 1.6790 2.452
2/7/1959 1.1830 2.440
2/14/1959 1.1830 2.500
2/21/1959 1.1830 2.447
2/28/1959 1.1830 2.500
3/7/1959 2.1060 2.500
3/14/1959 2.1060 2.500
3/21/1959 2.1060 2.357
3/28/1959 2.1060 2.357
4/4/1959 2.8870 2.500
4/11/1959 2.8870 2.536
4/18/1959 2.8870 2.733
4/25/1959 2.8870 2.896
5/2/1959 1.8120 2.930
5/9/1959 1.8120 2.859
5/16/1959 1.8120 3.000
5/23/1959 1.8120 3.000
5/30/1959 1.8120 3.000
6/6/1959 3.0290 2.929
6/13/1959 3.0290 3.000
6/20/1959 3.0290 3.000
6/27/1959 3.0290 2.607
7/4/1959 2.9650 2.857
7/11/1959 2.9650 3.179
7/18/1959 2.9650 3.393
7/25/1959 2.9650 3.500
8/1/1959 1.5810 3.464
8/8/1959 1.5810 3.321
8/15/1959 1.5810 3.500
8/22/1959 1.5810 3.464
8/29/1959 1.5810 3.500
9/5/1959 1.8240 3.500
9/12/1959 1.8240 3.500
9/19/1959 1.8240 3.500
9/26/1959 1.8240 3.500
10/3/1959 2.1570 3.500
10/10/1959 2.1570 3.500
10/17/1959 2.1570 3.536
10/24/1959 2.1570 3.893
10/31/1959 2.1570 3.964
11/7/1959 1.8510 3.857
11/14/1959 1.8510 4.000
11/21/1959 1.8510 3.964
11/28/1959 1.8510 3.964
12/5/1959 1.7600 4.000
12/12/1959 1.7600 4.000
12/19/1959 1.7600 4.000
12/26/1959 1.7600 4.000

Source: Wall Street Journal; Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) from FRB St. Louis; and Banking and Monetary Statistics.

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Figure 4: Weekly Short-term Rates

Percent

Date Federal Funds Treasury Bills, 3 Months Discount Window Rate
1/6/1951 0.4878 1.32 1.75
1/13/1951 0.8750 1.36 1.75
1/20/1951 1.3543 1.32 1.75
1/27/1951 1.5630 1.35 1.75
2/3/1951 1.6047 1.38 1.75
2/10/1951 1.2815 1.36 1.75
2/17/1951 0.3130 1.36 1.75
2/24/1951 1.5315 1.36 1.75
3/3/1951 0.6250 1.37 1.75
3/10/1951 0.2815 1.37 1.75
3/17/1951 0.8755 1.35 1.75
3/24/1951 1.5940 1.38 1.75
3/31/1951 0.5005 1.50 1.75
4/7/1951 0.4065 1.48 1.75
4/14/1951 0.4690 1.50 1.75
4/21/1951 0.7505 1.46 1.75
4/28/1951 1.1353 1.44 1.75
5/5/1951 1.5940 1.48 1.75
5/12/1951 1.6463 1.56 1.75
5/19/1951 1.1460 1.59 1.75
5/26/1951 1.6983 1.55 1.75
6/2/1951 0.5315 1.54 1.75
6/9/1951 0.3130 1.47 1.75
6/16/1951 0.3750 1.36 1.75
6/23/1951 1.4587 1.41 1.75
6/30/1951 1.5005 1.53 1.75
7/7/1951 1.4380 1.58 1.75
7/14/1951 1.3963 1.55 1.75
7/21/1951 1.3755 1.53 1.75
7/28/1951 1.6047 1.57 1.75
8/4/1951 1.5630 1.60 1.75
8/11/1951 1.6043 1.62 1.75
8/18/1951 1.3750 1.63 1.75
8/25/1951 1.6980 1.61 1.75
9/1/1951 1.6567 1.62 1.75
9/8/1951 1.6463 1.63 1.75
9/15/1951 1.4377 1.63 1.75
9/22/1951 1.6773 1.62 1.75
9/29/1951 0.6565 1.63 1.75
10/6/1951 1.0630 1.59 1.75
10/13/1951 0.3753 1.50 1.75
10/20/1951 0.8125 1.53 1.75
10/27/1951 0.8337 1.54 1.75
11/3/1951 1.4065 1.55 1.75
11/10/1951 1.5003 1.57 1.75
11/17/1951 0.5630 1.58 1.75
11/24/1951 1.5730 1.52 1.75
12/1/1951 1.6463 1.58 1.75
12/8/1951 1.5630 1.63 1.75
12/15/1951 1.2503 1.69 1.75
12/22/1951 1.6463 1.75 1.75
12/29/1951 0.8750 1.88 1.75
1/5/1952 1.0315 1.70 1.75
1/12/1952 0.9690 1.63 1.75
1/19/1952 0.3130 1.58 1.75
1/26/1952 0.8750 1.49 1.75
2/2/1952 1.5213 1.51 1.75
2/9/1952 1.5837 1.55 1.75
2/16/1952 1.6880 1.57 1.75
2/23/1952 0.9170 1.51 1.75
3/1/1952 1.2293 1.55 1.75
3/8/1952 1.6047 1.67 1.75
3/15/1952 0.2505 1.67 1.75
3/22/1952 0.4065 1.53 1.75
3/29/1952 0.7505 1.50 1.75
4/5/1952 1.5213 1.49 1.75
4/12/1952 1.6880 1.57 1.75
4/19/1952 1.6880 1.58 1.75
4/26/1952 1.6880 1.59 1.75
5/3/1952 1.6880 1.65 1.75
5/10/1952 1.6880 1.68 1.75
5/17/1952 1.6463 1.67 1.75
5/24/1952 1.6880 1.65 1.75
5/31/1952 1.6880 1.70 1.75
6/7/1952 1.6880 1.73 1.75
6/14/1952 1.3753 1.71 1.75
6/21/1952 1.6880 1.58 1.75
6/28/1952 1.5630 1.74 1.75
7/5/1952 1.6463 1.75 1.75
7/12/1952 1.6463 1.77 1.75
7/19/1952 1.6880 1.81 1.75
7/26/1952 1.6880 1.84 1.75
8/2/1952 1.6880 1.86 1.75
8/9/1952 1.6880 1.85 1.75
8/16/1952 1.6463 1.81 1.75
8/23/1952 1.7505 1.79 1.75
8/30/1952 1.7190 1.87 1.75
9/6/1952 1.7190 1.84 1.75
9/13/1952 0.5837 1.81 1.75
9/20/1952 1.5000 1.62 1.75
9/27/1952 1.4220 1.60 1.75
10/4/1952 1.7190 1.71 1.75
10/11/1952 1.5310 1.79 1.75
10/18/1952 1.6670 1.75 1.75
10/25/1952 1.5785 1.67 1.75
11/1/1952 1.7190 1.75 1.75
11/8/1952 1.7190 1.78 1.75
11/15/1952 1.7190 1.83 1.75
11/22/1952 1.7190 1.87 1.75
11/29/1952 1.7397 1.93 1.75
12/6/1952 1.7190 2.01 1.75
12/13/1952 1.7190 2.07 1.75
12/20/1952 1.7190 2.13 1.75
12/27/1952 1.7190 2.22 1.75
1/3/1953   2.22 1.75
1/10/1953 1.7190 2.03 1.75
1/17/1953 1.7190 1.99 1.83
1/24/1953 1.8440 2.05 2.00
1/31/1953 1.9270 1.91 2.00
2/7/1953 2.1150 1.92 2.00
2/14/1953 1.9690 1.95 2.00
2/21/1953 1.9690 1.93 2.00
2/28/1953 1.8543 1.96 2.00
3/7/1953   2.07 2.00
3/14/1953   2.09 2.00
3/21/1953 1.9690 2.03 2.00
3/28/1953 1.9690 1.98 2.00
4/4/1953 1.8595 1.97 2.00
4/11/1953   2.02 2.00
4/18/1953   2.10 2.00
4/25/1953   2.24 2.00
5/2/1953 1.7970 2.25 2.00
5/9/1953   2.22 2.00
5/16/1953   2.29 2.00
5/23/1953 1.8750 2.15 2.00
5/30/1953 2.4845 2.03 2.00
6/6/1953 1.0630 2.14 2.00
6/13/1953 0.7087 2.27 2.00
6/20/1953 0.3130 2.27 2.00
6/27/1953 1.3130 2.04 2.00
7/4/1953 0.3130 1.89 2.00
7/11/1953 1.1563 1.98 2.00
7/18/1953 0.6095 1.96 2.00
7/25/1953 1.8857 2.03 2.00
8/1/1953 1.8337 2.10 2.00
8/8/1953 1.9477 2.11 2.00
8/15/1953 1.9690 2.07 2.00
8/22/1953 1.9690 2.08 2.00
8/29/1953 1.8127 2.06 2.00
9/5/1953 1.3750 1.98 2.00
9/12/1953 1.8337 1.94 2.00
9/19/1953 1.5003 1.96 2.00
9/26/1953 0.1880 1.83 2.00
10/3/1953 1.1047 1.63 2.00
10/10/1953 1.7400 1.54 2.00
10/17/1953 1.1880 1.40 2.00
10/24/1953 0.5630 1.44 2.00
10/31/1953 0.5003 1.35 2.00
11/7/1953 1.9270 1.27 2.00
11/14/1953 1.8130 1.36 2.00
11/21/1953 1.6460 1.47 2.00
11/28/1953 1.7660 1.42 2.00
12/5/1953 1.4220 1.50 2.00
12/12/1953 1.9690 1.59 2.00
12/19/1953 1.3023 1.62 2.00
12/26/1953 1.5630 1.69 2.00
1/2/1954 0.3755 1.64 2.00
1/9/1954   1.64 2.00
1/16/1954 1.1250 1.48 2.00
1/23/1954 0.5420 1.28 2.00
1/30/1954 0.1565 1.11 2.00
2/6/1954   1.01 2.00
2/13/1954 1.8960 0.99 1.92
2/20/1954 1.7035 0.91 1.75
2/27/1954 1.3440 0.98 1.75
3/6/1954 0.7815 0.98 1.75
3/13/1954 1.5523 1.03 1.75
3/20/1954 1.5317 1.04 1.75
3/27/1954 1.0630 1.02 1.75
4/3/1954 1.5213 1.03 1.75
4/10/1954 1.4380 1.03 1.75
4/17/1954 0.7710 0.91 1.75
4/24/1954 1.2087 1.04 1.67
5/1/1954 0.6877 0.99 1.50
5/8/1954 0.2035 0.82 1.50
5/15/1954 0.5837 0.75 1.50
5/22/1954 1.2713 0.80 1.50
5/29/1954 0.9463 0.79 1.50
6/5/1954 0.5213 0.71 1.50
6/12/1954 1.4065 0.69 1.50
6/19/1954 0.3755 0.61 1.50
6/26/1954 0.3337 0.63 1.50
7/3/1954 1.3910 0.62 1.50
7/10/1954 1.1900 0.65 1.50
7/17/1954 1.0186 0.66 1.50
7/24/1954 1.0729 0.72 1.50
7/31/1954 0.5714 0.74 1.50
8/7/1954 0.5014 0.78 1.50
8/14/1954 0.4843 0.79 1.50
8/21/1954 1.4057 0.91 1.50
8/28/1954 1.4143 0.92 1.50
9/4/1954 1.3686 0.99 1.50
9/11/1954 1.3686 1.03 1.50
9/18/1954 1.1814 1.02 1.50
9/25/1954 1.0900 1.02 1.50
10/2/1954 0.6086 0.99 1.50
10/9/1954 1.1629 0.99 1.50
10/16/1954 0.6257 0.94 1.50
10/23/1954 1.2514 0.98 1.50
10/30/1954 0.6629 1.00 1.50
11/6/1954 0.8243 1.00 1.50
11/13/1954 1.0571 0.99 1.50
11/20/1954 0.2871 0.89 1.50
11/27/1954 0.5200 0.89 1.50
12/4/1954 1.2171 0.92 1.50
12/11/1954 1.3957 1.02 1.50
12/18/1954 1.4043 1.09 1.50
12/25/1954 1.2514 1.25 1.50
1/1/1955 1.1071 1.23 1.50
1/8/1955 1.3143 1.08 1.50
1/15/1955 1.3229 1.09 1.50
1/22/1955 1.4400 1.28 1.50
1/29/1955 1.3686 1.32 1.50
2/5/1955 1.4129 1.24 1.50
2/12/1955 1.4400 1.11 1.50
2/19/1955 1.1800 1.05 1.50
2/26/1955 1.2243 1.16 1.50
3/5/1955 1.3229 1.35 1.50
3/12/1955 1.3500 1.29 1.50
3/19/1955 1.4400 1.23 1.50
3/26/1955 1.2429 1.26 1.50
4/2/1955 1.3143 1.30 1.50
4/9/1955 1.4400 1.37 1.50
4/16/1955 1.4400 1.50 1.50
4/23/1955 1.4314 1.63 1.54
4/30/1955 1.4671 1.65 1.75
5/7/1955 1.3329 1.62 1.75
5/14/1955 1.6543 1.55 1.75
5/21/1955 1.3314 1.42 1.75
5/28/1955 1.1986 1.41 1.75
6/4/1955 1.4386 1.44 1.75
6/11/1955 1.6900 1.37 1.75
6/18/1955 1.6729 1.41 1.75
6/25/1955 1.6629 1.47 1.75
7/2/1955 1.5571 1.37 1.75
7/9/1955 1.6729 1.43 1.75
7/16/1955 1.6900 1.51 1.75
7/23/1955 1.6814 1.57 1.75
7/30/1955 1.6557 1.61 1.75
8/6/1955 1.6814 1.71 1.75
8/13/1955 1.7957 1.88 1.79
8/20/1955 1.9657 1.87 2.00
8/27/1955 1.9829 1.84 2.00
9/3/1955 1.9914 1.90 2.00
9/10/1955 2.0186 2.08 2.00
9/17/1955 2.1100 2.10 2.04
9/24/1955 2.1971 2.06 2.25
10/1/1955 2.1986 1.99 2.25
10/8/1955 2.2414 2.11 2.25
10/15/1955 2.2243 2.21 2.25
10/22/1955 2.2500 2.26 2.25
10/29/1955 2.2329 2.25 2.25
11/5/1955 2.2500 2.21 2.25
11/12/1955 2.2500 2.06 2.25
11/19/1955 2.2500 2.05 2.25
11/26/1955 2.2771 2.29 2.29
12/3/1955 2.5000 2.41 2.50
12/10/1955 2.4914 2.41 2.50
12/17/1955 2.5000 2.48 2.50
12/24/1955 2.4471 2.54 2.50
12/31/1955 2.4914 2.63 2.50
1/7/1956 2.4829 2.58 2.50
1/14/1956 2.5000 2.51 2.50
1/21/1956 2.2817 2.51 2.50
1/28/1956 2.4829 2.53 2.50
2/4/1956 2.5000 2.39 2.50
2/11/1956 2.5000 2.28 2.50
2/18/1956 2.5000 2.29 2.50
2/25/1956 2.5000 2.26 2.50
3/3/1956 2.5000 2.35 2.50
3/10/1956 2.4829 2.40 2.50
3/17/1956 2.5000 2.24 2.50
3/24/1956 2.5000 2.24 2.50
3/31/1956 2.4914 2.36 2.50
4/7/1956 2.5000 2.26 2.50
4/14/1956 2.5000 2.21 2.50
4/21/1956 2.5000 2.38 2.50
4/28/1956 2.5357 2.55 2.54
5/5/1956 2.6357 2.74 2.75
5/12/1956 2.7500 2.71 2.75
5/19/1956 2.7500 2.61 2.75
5/26/1956 2.7500 2.55 2.75
6/2/1956 2.7500 2.67 2.75
6/9/1956 2.7500 2.65 2.75
6/16/1956 2.7500 2.55 2.75
6/23/1956 2.7143 2.53 2.75
6/30/1956 2.7500 2.51 2.75
7/7/1956 2.7500 2.41 2.75
7/14/1956 2.6071 2.48 2.75
7/21/1956 2.7500 2.34 2.75
7/28/1956 2.7500 2.33 2.75
8/4/1956 2.7500 2.26 2.75
8/11/1956 2.7414 2.32 2.75
8/18/1956 2.7329 2.29 2.75
8/25/1956 2.7500 2.40 2.75
9/1/1956 2.7500 2.64 2.75
9/8/1956 2.7771 2.82 2.79
9/15/1956 2.6614 2.72 3.00
9/22/1956 3.0000 2.69 3.00
9/29/1956 2.9286 2.79 3.00
10/6/1956 2.8571 2.91 3.00
10/13/1956 3.0000 2.94 3.00
10/20/1956 3.0000 2.87 3.00
10/27/1956 2.9829 2.96 3.00
11/3/1956 2.9114 2.94 3.00
11/10/1956 2.9571 2.86 3.00
11/17/1956 2.9914 2.85 3.00
11/24/1956 3.0000 2.90 3.00
12/1/1956 2.9829 2.99 3.00
12/8/1956 2.9571 3.05 3.00
12/15/1956 2.5543 3.08 3.00
12/22/1956 3.0000 3.12 3.00
12/29/1956 2.7857 3.24 3.00
1/5/1957 2.9643 3.27 3.00
1/12/1957 2.9914 3.20 3.00
1/19/1957 3.0000 3.16 3.00
1/26/1957 2.5000 3.16 3.00
2/2/1957 2.8043 3.08 3.00
2/9/1957 2.8857 3.09 3.00
2/16/1957 2.9029 3.10 3.00
2/23/1957 3.0000 3.16 3.00
3/2/1957 3.0000 3.05 3.00
3/9/1957 3.0000 3.00 3.00
3/16/1957 3.0000 3.15 3.00
3/23/1957 3.0000 3.25 3.00
3/30/1957 3.0000 3.18 3.00
4/6/1957 3.0000 3.15 3.00
4/13/1957 3.0000 2.10 3.00
4/20/1957 2.8486 2.10 3.00
4/27/1957 2.9829 3.03 3.00
5/4/1957 3.0000 3.13 3.00
5/11/1957 3.0000 3.11 3.00
5/18/1957 3.0000 3.02 3.00
5/25/1957 3.0000 2.10 3.00
6/1/1957 3.0000 2.93 3.00
6/8/1957 3.0000 2.98 3.00
6/15/1957 3.0000 3.14 3.00
6/22/1957 3.0000 3.26 3.00
6/29/1957 3.0000 3.30 3.00
7/6/1957 3.0000 3.27 3.00
7/13/1957 3.0000 3.36 3.00
7/20/1957 3.0000 3.23 3.00
7/27/1957 3.0000 3.19 3.00
8/3/1957 3.0000 3.13 3.00
8/10/1957 3.0000 3.04 3.00
8/17/1957 2.9829 3.18 3.00
8/24/1957 2.9743 3.34 3.00
8/31/1957 3.0000 3.29 3.00
9/7/1957 3.1800 3.40 3.00
9/14/1957 3.3243 3.32 3.07
9/21/1957 3.5000 3.47 3.50
9/28/1957 3.3571 3.54 3.50
10/5/1957 3.5000 3.55 3.50
10/12/1957 3.5000 3.58 3.50
10/19/1957 3.5000 3.48 3.50
10/26/1957 3.5000 3.49 3.50
11/2/1957 3.5000 3.54 3.50
11/9/1957 3.5000 3.64 3.50
11/16/1957 3.5000 3.59 3.50
11/23/1957 3.5000 3.59 3.50
11/30/1957 3.5000 3.51 3.50
12/7/1957 3.4643 3.38 3.43
12/14/1957 3.1429 3.12 3.00
12/21/1957 3.0000 3.14 3.00
12/28/1957 2.9286 3.07 3.00
1/4/1958 3.0000 3.01 3.00
1/11/1958 3.0000 3.12 3.00
1/18/1958 3.0000 3.10 3.00
1/25/1958 3.0000 2.77 3.00
2/1/1958 3.0000 2.77 3.00
2/8/1958 2.9829 2.75 3.00
2/15/1958 2.8757 2.57 3.00
2/22/1958 2.9286 2.37 2.96
3/1/1958 1.9643 1.92 2.75
3/8/1958 1.7500 1.65 2.75
3/15/1958 2.7157 1.69 2.75
3/22/1958 1.5714 1.61 2.75
3/29/1958 0.6614 1.22 2.75
4/5/1958 1.3929 1.39 2.68
4/12/1958 1.3400 1.39 2.25
4/19/1958 1.4286 1.33 2.25
4/26/1958 0.8571 1.11 2.25
5/3/1958 0.5543 1.09 2.25
5/10/1958 1.3757 1.10 2.25
5/17/1958 1.5543 1.13 2.18
5/24/1958 1.4129 1.13 1.75
5/31/1958 1.0914 1.23 1.75
6/7/1958 1.1786 1.11 1.75
6/14/1958 0.7514 1.02 1.75
6/21/1958 0.3771 0.74 1.75
6/28/1958 0.1643 0.58 1.75
7/5/1958 0.6800 0.71 1.75
7/12/1958 1.4129 0.83 1.75
7/19/1958 1.1629 0.92 1.75
7/26/1958 0.5357 0.90 1.75
8/2/1958 0.5000 0.79 1.75
8/9/1958 0.9657 0.95 1.75
8/16/1958 1.0914 0.94 2.00
8/23/1958 0.4114 0.88 2.00
8/30/1958 0.4129 0.94 2.00
9/6/1958 1.1800 1.20 2.00
9/13/1958 1.6457 1.58 2.00
9/20/1958 1.6257 1.91 2.00
9/27/1958 1.6786 2.23 2.00
10/4/1958 1.6786 2.32 2.00
10/11/1958 1.7143 2.37 2.00
10/18/1958 1.6614 2.45 2.00
10/25/1958 1.9114 2.48 2.00
11/1/1958 1.7857 2.70 2.00
11/8/1958 1.9286 2.64 2.00
11/15/1958 1.9643 2.67 2.00
11/22/1958 1.9829 2.69 2.00
11/29/1958 1.3943 2.53 2.00
12/6/1958 2.0714 2.49 2.07
12/13/1958 2.0357 2.71 2.50
12/20/1958 2.4643 2.73 2.50
12/27/1958 2.4286 2.73 2.50
1/3/1959 2.3043 2.79 2.50
1/10/1959 2.3929 2.82 2.50
1/17/1959 2.5000 2.82 2.50
1/24/1959 2.5000 2.71 2.50
1/31/1959 2.4520 2.67 2.50
2/7/1959 2.4400 2.67 2.50
2/14/1959 2.5000 2.72 2.50
2/21/1959 2.4471 2.86 2.50
2/28/1959 2.5000 2.97 2.50
3/7/1959 2.5000 2.77 2.50
3/14/1959 2.5000 2.70 2.50
3/21/1959 2.3571 2.72 2.50
3/28/1959 2.3571 2.63 2.50
4/4/1959 2.5000 2.76 2.50
4/11/1959 2.5357 2.84 2.57
4/18/1959 2.7329 2.85 3.00
4/25/1959 2.8957 2.77 3.00
5/2/1959 2.9300 2.76 3.00
5/9/1959 2.8586 2.84 3.00
5/16/1959 3.0000 2.96 3.00
5/23/1959 3.0000 3.09 3.00
5/30/1959 3.0000 2.98 3.00
6/6/1959 2.9286 2.81 3.00
6/13/1959 3.0000 2.83 3.00
6/20/1959 3.0000 2.76 3.00
6/27/1959 2.6071 2.85 3.00
7/4/1959 2.8571 2.92 3.07
7/11/1959 3.1786 3.15 3.50
7/18/1959 3.3929 3.27 3.50
7/25/1959 3.5000 3.24 3.50
8/1/1959 3.4643 3.22 3.50
8/8/1959 3.3214 3.16 3.50
8/15/1959 3.5000 3.28 3.50
8/22/1959 3.4643 3.37 3.50
8/29/1959 3.5000 3.15 3.50
9/5/1959 3.5000 3.01 3.50
9/12/1959 3.5000 3.00 3.50
9/19/1959 3.5000 3.17 3.50
9/26/1959 3.5000 3.50 3.50
10/3/1959 3.5000 3.73 3.50
10/10/1959 3.5000 3.95 3.50
10/17/1959 3.5357 4.02 3.57
10/24/1959 3.8929 4.13 4.00
10/31/1959 3.9643 3.98 4.00
11/7/1959 3.8571 4.10 4.00
11/14/1959 4.0000 4.02 4.00
11/21/1959 3.9643 4.24 4.00
11/28/1959 3.9643 3.99 4.00
12/5/1959 4.0000 4.00 4.00
12/12/1959 4.0000 4.03 4.00
12/19/1959 4.0000 4.04 4.00
12/26/1959 4.0000 4.20 4.00

Source: Wall Street Journal; Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) from FRB St. Louis; and Banking and Monetary Statistics.

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