H.3 - Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Release Date: March 5, 1998

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 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                          March 5, 1998
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1                                                                                              
 Averages of daily figures, seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise
 Millions of dollars
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                                    Reserves of depository institutions                            Borrowings of depository institutions from
                                                                                                         the Federal Reserve, NSA
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      Date             total2    nonborrowed3  nonborrowed plus required   excess NSA5     Monetary       total      seasonal     extended 
                                               extended credit4                              base6                                 credit4
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  1997-Jan.                49517        49472           49472        48293         1223       454122           45           19            0
       Feb.                49008        48966           48966        47977         1031       455651           42           21            0
       Mar.                48312        48155           48155        47151         1160       457011          156           37            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                47430        47170           47170        46420         1010       458178          261           88            0
       May                 47048        46805           46805        45808         1240       459575          243          173            0
       June                47108        46741           46741        45828         1280       461719          367          243            0
                                                                                                                                           
       July                46885        46476           46476        45683         1201       464460          409          330            0
       Aug.                47414        46816           46816        46161         1253       467017          598          385            0
       Sep.                46666        46229           46229        45371         1295       469676          438          368            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                46454        46184           46184        45058         1396       472345          270          227            0
       Nov.                46865        46712           46712        45248         1617       476640          153          115            0
       Dec.                47196        46872           46872        45513         1683       480575          324           79            0
                                                                                                                                           
  1998-Jan.                46364        46154           46154        44584         1780       482911          210           18            0
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Dec. 31             48145        47691           47691        46262         1883       482436          454           71            0
                                                                                                                                           
  1998-Jan. 14             46959        46750           46750        45142         1817       483085          209           22            0
            28             45889        45647           45647        44099         1790       482771          242           16            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Feb. 11             45801        45734           45734        44244         1557       482759           67            9            0
            25p            45821        45762           45762        44233         1587       485297           59           13            0
  
 p--preliminary	pe--preliminary estimate
 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. Extended credit consists of borrowing at the discount window under the terms and conditions established for the extended credit program
    to help depository institutions deal with sustained liquidity pressures. Because there is not the same need to repay such borrowing 
    promptly as there is with traditional short-term adjustment credit, the money market impact of extended credit is similar to that of 
    nonborrowed reserves.
 5. Excess reserves NSA equals unadjusted total reserves Table 2, column 1) less adjusted required reserves Table 2, column 3.
 6. 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.
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 Table 2
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1 
 Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                    Reserves of depository institutions                                          Vault cash5
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                                                                            Reserve                  used to                 Net carryover
      Date              total2   nonborrowed     required  Monetary base3  balances       total      satisfy      surplus7    of reserve
                                                                           with F.R.                required                  balances8
                                                                            Banks4                  reserves6
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  1997-Jan.                50642        50597        49419       462712        11710        47200        38932         8268
       Feb.                48043        48001        47012       459638        11455        43562        36588         6974
       Mar.                47543        47387        46383       462216        11515        42226        36029         6197
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                47879        47618        46869       465062        12308        41479        35571         5908
       May                 45997        45754        44757       465219        10916        41179        35081         6097
       June                46610        46243        45330       468778        10291        42416        36319         6097
                                                                                                                           
       July                46380        45971        45179       472582         9851        43145        36529         6616
       Aug.                46645        46047        45392       474005        10489        42379        36156         6224
       Sep.                46056        45618        44761       475316         9742        43056        36314         6742
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                45621        45351        44225       477279         9990        41730        35631         6099
       Nov.                46451        46298        44834       483495        10559        42114        35892         6222
       Dec.                47880        47555        46196       491919        10673        43970        37206         6763
                                                                                                                           
  1998-Jan.                47494        47284        45714       491615         9732        46672        37762         8910
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Dec. 31             49286        48833        47403       496309        11595        44058        37692         6366           68
                                                                                                                                        
  1998-Jan. 14             49476        49267        47659       495568        11500        44958        37976         6982          147
            28             46003        45762        44213       488696         8176        48839        37827        11012          275
                                                                                                                                        
       Feb. 11             45207        45140        43649       486791         8745        44560        36462         8098          281
            25p            44728        44669        43140       489359         9835        41199        34893         6306          190
   
 p--preliminary	pe--preliminary estimate
 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. After the introduction of CRR, 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.
    requirements. After the introduction of CRR, currency and vault cash figures are measured over computation periods ending on Mondays.
 5. Dates refer to the maintenance periods in which the vault cash can be used to satisfy reserve requirements. Starting with the maintenance 
    period ended November 25, 1992, each maintenance period for weekly reporters ends 16 days after the lagged computation period in which 
    the vault cash is held. Previously, each maintenance period ended 30 days after the lagged computation period.
 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 held by depository institutions minus the amount applied 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.
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 Table 3
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1 
 Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                      Reserves of depository institutions
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      Date              total2   nonborrowed    required3    Monetary base4
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  1997-Jan.                50665        50620        49442         455551
       Feb.                48122        48079        47091         452560
       Mar.                47687        47531        46527         455259
                                                                         
       Apr.                48089        47828        47079         458168
       May                 46259        46016        45019         458287
       June                46931        46564        45651         461805
                                                                         
       July                46759        46350        45558         465546
       Aug.                47085        46487        45832         467238
       Sep.                46549        46111        45254         468631
                                                                         
       Oct.                46161        45891        44765         470696
       Nov.                47053        46901        45436         476939
       Dec.                48555        48231        46872         485471
                                                                         
  1998-Jan.                47495        47285        45715         484423
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Dec. 31             49993        49540        48110         489816
                                                                         
  1998-Jan. 14             49464        49255        47647         488657
            28             46012        45770        44222         481221
                                                                         
       Feb. 11             45224        45157        43667         479607
            25p            44754        44695        43167         482379
  
 p--preliminary		pe--preliminary estimate
 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.
 Note: Historical data are available from the Money and Reserves Projections Section,
       Division of Monetary Affairs, Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System,
       Washington, D.C. 20551
 

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