H.3 - Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Release Date: May 29, 1997

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 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time  
                                                                                                                           May 29, 1997
 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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  1996-Apr.                55155        55064           55064        54035         1120       437075           91           34            0
       May                 54168        54040           54040        53308          860       437881          127          105            0
       June                54038        53652           53652        52888         1150       439686          386          192            0
                                                                                                                                           
       July                53221        52854           52854        52156         1065       442262          368          284            0
       Aug.                52181        51847           51847        51221          961       443999          334          309            0
       Sep.                51280        50912           50912        50242         1038       445812          368          306            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                50076        49789           49789        49082          994       447077          287          212            0
       Nov.                49811        49597           49597        48776         1035       449365          214          109            0
       Dec.                50063        49908           49908        48639         1424       452669          155           68            0
                                                                                                                                           
  1997-Jan.                49517        49472           49472        48293         1223       454137           45           19            0
       Feb.                49008        48966           48966        47977         1031       456284           42           21            0
       Mar.                48312        48155           48155        47151         1160       457623          156           37            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                47431        47170           47170        46420         1010       458269          261           88            0
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Mar. 26             48069        47876           47876        46998         1071       457391          194           38            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.  9             48660        48317           48317        47437         1223       458659          344           61            0
            23             46619        46391           46391        45954          665       457183          228           86            0
                                                                                                                                           
       May   7             47474        47255           47255        46048         1427       459939          219          127            0
            21p            46368        46179           46179        45295         1073       459717          189          169            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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  1996-Apr.                55869        55779        54750       442959        19181        40895        36688         4207
       May                 53135        53007        52275       442170        16753        41153        36382         4771
       June                53686        53299        52535       445949        16590        42030        37095         4934
                                                                                                                           
       July                52843        52475        51778       449292        15392        42774        37451         5323
       Aug.                51642        51308        50681       450765        14761        42511        36880         5631
       Sep.                50997        50630        49959       451717        13688        43652        37309         6343
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                49550        49263        48556       451911        12800        42925        36749         6175
       Nov.                49756        49542        48721       455902        12895        42745        36862         5883
       Dec.                51243        51088        49819       463491        13395        44426        37848         6578
                                                                                                                           
  1997-Jan.                50642        50597        49419       462712        11710        47172        38932         8240
       Feb.                48043        48001        47012       459638        11455        43375        36588         6788
       Mar.                47543        47387        46383       462216        11515        42116        36029         6087
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                47880        47619        46869       465093        12309        41381        35571         5810
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Mar. 26             46943        46750        45872       461852        11269        41665        35674         5991          140
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr.  9             48536        48193        47313       464807        12620        41640        35916         5724          129
            23             47874        47646        47209       465311        12516        40986        35359         5627          185
                                                                                                                                        
       May   7             47047        46828        45620       465027        11495        41838        35552         6286         -145
            21p            45295        45106        44222       465423        10571        40879        34724         6155          167
   
 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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  1996-Apr.                55967        55876        54847         437094
       May                 53252        53125        52392         436100
       June                53828        53442        52678         439851
                                                                         
       July                53005        52637        51940         443178
       Aug.                51826        51492        50865         444533
       Sep.                51205        50837        50166         445490
                                                                         
       Oct.                49777        49490        48783         445377
       Nov.                50006        49792        48971         449201
       Dec.                51522        51368        50098         456721
                                                                         
  1997-Jan.                50665        50620        49442         455551
       Feb.                48122        48079        47091         452560
       Mar.                47687        47531        46527         455259
                                                                         
       Apr.                48089        47829        47079         458199
 Two weeks ending
  1997-Mar. 26             47092        46898        46020         454909
                                                                         
       Apr.  9             48719        48376        47496         457986
            23             48088        47860        47423         458400
                                                                         
       May   7             47282        47063        45855         458074
            21p            45553        45364        44479         458476
  
 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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