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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

March 3, 1967

MONEY MARKET AND RESERVE RELATIONSHIPS

Recent developments
The past four weeks were marked first by a sharp upward
movement of long-term bond yields and a tightening of short-term
markets, and then later in the period by a return to easier money
market conditions and some downward re-adjustment in long-term rates.
Expectational as well as supply-demand factors had an important
bearing on the rate movements.

Concern about the viability of

prevailing interest rate levels developed early in the period as
many narket observers concluded that monetary policy had stopped
trending toward ease, as a large and continuing build-up in bond
issues came to market, and as security dealers made efforts to
lighten inventories.

In consequence, the yield on new high grade

corporate issues rose from a little over 5 per cent at the time of
the last FOMC meeting to around 5.50 per cent, while outstanding
20 year U.S. Government bonds rose from 4.50 to 4.70 per cent.
Toward the end of February, bearish bond market expectations
were moderated byTreasury trust account purchases of coupon issues for
debt limit purposes and by System open market operations, leading to
the development of a Federal funds rate fluctuating below 5 per cent,
with trading most frequently in a 4-1/2 - 4-3/4 per cent range.

And

FINANCIAL MARKET RELATIONSHIPS IN PERSPECTIV

Period

(Monthly averages and, where available, weekly averages of daily figures)
Money arket Indicators
Bond Yields
Flow of Reserves. Bank Credit and Money
Free
BorrowFederal 3-month
Corporate MuniciNonTotal
Bank
teserves
ings
Funds TreasU.S.
New
pal
borrowed
ReCredit Supy
Deposits
(In millions
Rate
ury
Gov't.
Issues
(Aaa)
Reserves
serves
Proxy
of dollars)
Bill
(20 y.)
(Aaa)1/
(I? Wion
(In billions of dollars)
(Seasonally Adjusted)

1

eo

Supply

Deposits

1966--Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May

-117
-210
-277
-339

474
545
638
653

4.58
4.64
4.64
4.83

4.65
4.58
4.61
4.63

4.71
4.72
4.65
4.69

4.96
5.09
5.03
5.16

3.48
3.55
3.46
3.53

+ 58
- 88
+206
+ 1

+ 78
+ 57
+256
+ 6

+
+
+
+

June
July

-352
-359

722
439

5.13
5.18

4.50
4.78

4.73
4.84

5.35
5.48

3.60
3.77

- 16*
+135*

+ 3*
+224*

+ 0.9*
+ 2.1*

Aug.

-374

740

5.45

4.95

4.95

5.64

3.91

-302

-400

- 0.7

Sept.

-390

765

5.30

5.36

4.94

5.82

3.93

+

5

+129

- 0.1

+ 0.9

+ 0.4

Oct.
Nov.

-425
-235

766
605

5.46
5.75

5.33
5.31

4.83
4.88

5.70
5.71

3.82
3.78

-134
+108

-195
- 35

- 0.7
- 1.1

- 0.9
- 0.4

- 0.3
+ 0.1

Dec.

-196

529

5.39

4.96

4.76

5.73

3.79

+ 21

+ 21

+ 0.9

+ 1.1

+ 1.2

- 64
+ 37
+149
- 37
- 40
+ 76
+ 4

476
366
176
353
456
477
167

4.87
4.99
4.20
5.00
5.13
5.19
4.65

4.72
4.56
4.55
4.51
4.58
4.61
4.56

4.51
4.61
4.48
4.52
4.60
4.67
4.70

5.43
5.18
-5.09
5.16
5.20
5.46

3.74
3.62
3.55
3.54
3.67
3.70
3.53

+489
+360

+327
+273

+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+
-

+
+
+
+
+
+
+

1967--Jan. p
Feb. p
1967--Feb. Ip
8p
15p
22p
Mar. lp

Averages

0.7
1.1
3.1
1.0

3.3
3.0
1.0
1.2
0.1
0.3
0.1

+
+
+
-

0.2
0.9
1.6
0.7

+ 0.9
- 1.5
--

0.6
0.9
0.1
0.5
0.6
1.9
0.3

+
+
+
+

0.7
1.0
1.9
1.6

+ 1.5*
+ 1.9*
+ 1.4

2.4
2.7
1.0
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.2

Annual rates of increase 3/

Year 1966
First Half 1966

-283
-228

672
581

5.06
4.69

4.85
4.59

4.77
4.67

5.41
5.12

3.67
3.51

+ 0.8*
+ 3.0*

+ 1.2*
+ 4.6*

+ 3.7*
+ 7.1*

+ 1.9
+ 4.7

+ 8.4*
+10.3*

Second Half 1966

-338

763

5.39

5.12

4.87

5.74

3.83

- 1.5*

- 2.2*

+ 0.3*

- 0.9

+ 6.1*

Recent variations
in growth
July 6-Aug. 10
Aug. 10-Nov. 16
Nov. 16-Mar. 1

-345
-320
- 88

738
638
448

5.32
5.46
5.13

4.81
5.27
4.82

4.85
4.91
4.66

5.55
5.78
5.42

3.80
3.87
3.61

- 4.2
- 2.7
+11.1

-13.4
+ 0.4
+ 5.7

+12.7
+ 1.4
+15.1

I/

From January 1966 to date, issues carry a 5-year call protection.

2/ Time deposits adjusted at all commerical banks.
3/ Base is average for month preceding specified period or in case of weekly periods, the first
p-

Changes have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective June 9, 1966.
Preliminary.

week shown.

March 3, 1967.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-2-

March 3, 1967.

a more bullish market psychology materialized with the announcement
of a reduction in reserve requirements on savings deposits and on the
first $5 million of time deposits.

Government bond yields appear to

have retraced about half their previous rise, but the response in the
corporate market has been more sluggish.
As open market operations attempted to moderate rising
interest rates in February, nonborrowed reserves rose by an 18.5 per
cent annual rate on average.

Banks used part of these funds to

reduce borrowings from the Federal Reserve.

Required reserves did

grow rapidly, however, and supported a 15 per cent rate of expansion
in total member bank deposits (the bank credit proxy), with most of
the rise occurring early in the month.

Inclusion of repayments of

member bank borrowings from abroad would reduce the bank credit
proxy expansion to about 13-14 per cent on average last month.
Despite the rapid aggregate reserve expansion and even
with the net reserve position of banks averaging just about zero
during the four weeks ending March 1, the money market remained
relatively taut for much of the period. Member bank borrowings from
the Federal Reserve averaged $360 million.

Federal funds traded at

an average rate of around 5-1/8 per cent until the last few days.
The vicissitudes of the Federal funds market were reflected in the
3-month bill rate.

It rose to a peak of 4.64 per cent on February 23,

and then dropped to 4.54 per cent on February 28.

Following the

reserve requirement reduction announcement, the rate fell to a new
1967 low of below 4.40 per cent.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-3-

March 3, 1967.

The tautness of the Federal funds market over the first
three weeks of February partly reflected the development of somewhat
larger basic reserve deficiencies at major New York City banks than
is usual for this time of year.

At the same time, funds supplied

to the Federal funds market turned out to be smaller than in recent
months.

Banks were holding on to larger amounts of excess reserves

in the middle weeks of February, and the volume of Federal funds
transactions reported through the New York market declined from
the over $5 billion daily average of the past few months to $4.4
billion during the three weeks ending February 22.
The willingness of large banks to pay up for Federal funds
appears consistent with the reduced interest that these banks showed
in selling negotiable CD's last month, especially those maturing in
2 months or more.

With bank issuing rates reduced, the net increase

in outstanding CD's declined to around $600 million (measured from
the week ending February 1 to an estimate for the week ending
March 1).

Gross CD sales declined to $4.8 billion in February from

$7.4 billion in January.

It would appear that banks early in

February may have come to prefer to borrow at short-term, including
day to day in the Federal funds market, in the expectation at that
time that market interest rates were going to decline further or
simply because credit demands were not burgeoning.

In any event,

this behavior tended to put upward pressure on the Federal funds
rate, which in turn, as it persisted, contributed to the fading of
declining rate expectations.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-4-

The growth rate of time deposits was

March 3, 1967.

20 per cent on

average in February, but the rate of growth dropped considerably as
the month progressed and banks became less active in the CD market.
Private demand deposits and the money supply also rose in February
on average--at annual rates of 6.2 per cent and 6.4 per cent
respectively--and the increases were sharper from month-end to
month-end.

Private deposit expansion reflected the active buying

by banks of U.S. Government and State and local government securities
during the month.

U.S. Government deposits showed little net change

on average during the month.
Looking at bank deposits and bank credit from the perspective
of the past three months (December-February), the daily average series
for total member bank deposits has risen at an annual rate of 11.8
per cent (and 10.5 per cent after inclusion of borrowing from abroad).
At the same time, the end of month series for outstanding credit of
all commercial banks has risen by a 10.8 per cent annual rate (on
the basis of preliminary estimates).
Most of this expansion has been based on time deposits,
of course.

In terms of relative shares, time and savings deposits

account for 75 per cent of total member bank deposit growth during
the 3-month period.

Using a rough and ready seasonal adjustment,

negotiable CD's accounted for 35 per cent of such total deposit
growth.

Private demand deposits account for about 10 per cent of

the growth, and U.S. Government deposits 15 per cent.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-5-

March 3, 1967.

Prospective developments
The easier conditions in the money market that have recently
prevailed (excluding the unusually easy conditions related specifically
to the end of a double reserve settlement period) can be characterized
as including a Federal funds rate in the 4-1/2 - 5 per cent range, but
averaging a little below 4-3/4 per cent, and a 3-month Treasury bill
rate in a 4.30 - 4.50 per cent range.

The difficulties in specifying

consistent money market relationships are compounded by the uncertain
effects of the reserve requirement reduction.

The reserves released

will be widely distributed throughout the country, and, in particular,
will affect a great many smaller banks who may be sluggish in utilizing
the funds.

Thus, over the next few weeks it is probable that a

fairly substantial level of net free reserves (possibly rising into
the $100-$200 million range) will at times be needed in order to
maintain the more comfortable over-all money market conditions that
have developed.
Factors that would tend to tighten the money market in the
weeks ahead include:

(a) the auction of $2.7 billion of June tax

bills on March 7 (with only 50 per cent tax and loan credit); (b)
the CD maturities and loan demand associated with March dividend and
tax dates; (c) the reduction in the usual seasonal System bill
purchases in the open market in view of the reserve requirement
reduction and of the expected temporary decline in the Treasury's
balance at the Federal Reserve (and perhaps direct borrowing by the

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-6-

March 3, 1967.

Treasury) prior to mid-March; and (d) the possibility that part of
the expected $600-$900 million of publicly offered FNMA PC's may

be in the relatively short-term area.

However, over the coming

period as a whole, bill demand from the public is likely to be
fairly strong, including re-investment of proceeds from large capital
market issues, and will provide an offset to such upward market pressures.
Money market pressures are most likely to develop in
connection with the March tax date.

The corporate income tax

payments themselves in March, at an estimated $6.8 billion, are
slightly lower than last year, but they are funded to a relatively
lesser extent by maturing tax bills; however, the regular weekly bill
matures the day after the tax date and the proceeds may be used by
some corporations to finance tax payments.

CD's maturing on the

tax date, at $760 million this year, are little changed from last
year.

It might also be noted that corporations will not have to

remit withheld individual income taxes on the corporate tax date
this year, but will make these payments in two instalments on March 5
and March 20.

Thus, one might not expect the tax date, taken alone,

to be associated with exceptional money market pressure, but normal
seasonal stresses may be augmented by other factors noted in the
previous paragraph, and in particular by the market's need to
absorb the new tax bills.

March 3, 1967.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

With respect to long-term market rates, it
appears likely that they will not back up significantly over the period
ahead in view of the recent abatement of bearish expectations about the
course of bond prices.

But the very large March corporate and State

and local government calendar, plus the longer-term portion of the
PC's, will probably tend to forestall any very significant rate
declines--unless investors and borrowers come strongly to expect
further market easing because of additional monetary policy actions
and/or mounting signs of economic weakness.
On the bank credit and deposit side, the easier money market
conditions that have developed appear consistent with a 6-8 per cent
increase in the bank credit proxy during March on average.

This

reflects mainly a continuation of the slower pattern of time
deposit growth, especially of CD's.

For the month on average time

deposits are expected to rise by 8-10 per cent.

While banks have

the potential for increasing their outstanding CD's sharply, they
no longer appear so interested, given the rebuilding they have already
accomplished and the uncertain outlook for loan demands, especially
beyond the coming March and April tax dates.
The current bank credit projection, which we believe
consistent with developments in the real economy projected in the
green book, assumes that business loan growth at banks will be moderate
in March and that banks will not repeat the unusually rapid February
restocking of security portfolios.

However, the June tax bill

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-8-

March 3, 1967.

which will be paid for on March 13, will have an expansive effect on
bank credit in the latter part of the month.

Partly for that reason

the bank credit proxy is projected to expand at a 10-12 per cent
annual rate from the beginning to the end of the month, as compared
with about a 7.5 per cent annual rate from the beginning to the
end of February.
The money supply is expected to rise sharply in March at
a 9-11 per cent annual rate on average, mainly reflecting the sharp
increases of late February which carry over to affect the March
average.

Payments for the tax bill (with 50 per cent coming

directly from the public) are likely to hold down growth later in
March.

And from the end of February to the end of March, little net

change in money supply is projected.

U.S. Government deposits are

expected to decline slightly on average in March, but will build up
after mid-month.
To encourage a continued downward trend in interest rates,
a further easing of money market conditions would appear to be
required.

This could involve a Federal funds rate fluctuating around

the discount rate and a level of net free reserves perhaps as high
as $200-$300 million, depending on bank reactions to the reserve
requirement reduction.

This would undoubtedly keep the bill rate

below the present discount rate, perhaps in a 4.15-4.40 per cent
range.

Under such conditions, expectations could develop that would

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

-9-

March 3, 1967.

contribute to downward yield movement throughout the market structure.
But it would still be unlikely that corporate rates would move the
entire way back to or through their late January early February
lows.
In a period such as that ahead, it is very difficult to
gauge the likely bank credit expansion consistent with easing market
rates.

Reportedly, there is still substantial business financing

demand for such activities as restructuring financial positions,
financing take-overs, providing for spring tax payments and other
needs not directly linked to current GNP spending.

Some of the

recent bulge in capital market financing has been for such purposes-perhaps a substantial part--and some of these demands might move back
to banks if bank reserve pressures were eased further and bank rates
reduced.

To accommodate these demands and also the financing of

expenditures directly generating industrial activity and employment
might result in substantial reserve provision and bank credit
expansion, associated with further interest rate declines.

Under

these circumstances, bank credit expansion might be at an annual
rate of 10 per cent or more.

On the other hand, if loan demands were

weak--either because widespread business inventory adjustments are
in process or because earlier backlogs of pending loans are worked
off--bank credit expansion might tend to fall short of these
expectations unless banks continued to expand security holdings
sharply further.

Table A-1
MARGINAL RESERVE MEASURES
(Dollar amounts in millions, based on period averages of daily figures)
Excess
reserves

Period

As

Member banks
borrowings

revised

to

Free

reserves

date
As
expected
at
conclusion
of each
week's
open
market
opeations

V

Monthly (reserves
weeks ending in):
As first
published
each week

1966--January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

380
357
335
361
315
370
380
366
375
341
370
333

431
474
545
638
653
722
739
740
765
766
605
529

- 51
-117
-210
-277
-339
-352
-359
-374
-390
-425
-235
-196

1967--January p
February p
Weekly:

412
403

476
366

- 64
+ 37

1966-- Nov.

2
9
16
23
30

279
378
547
184
460

594
646
711
439
636

-315
-268
-164
-255
-176

-301
-249
-227
-261
-207

-302
-224
-244
-236
-221

Dec.

7
14
21
28

181
510
204
437

449
647
472
548

-268
-137
-268
-111

-245
-152
-264
-112

-194
-143
-248
- 39

4
11
18
25

395
627
1"25

500

565
585
217
538

-170
+ 42
- 92
- 38

-188
+ 67
- 39
- 47

-175
+ 61
- 53
- 62

Feb.

1
8
15
22

330
316
416
553

176
353
456
477

+154
- 37
- 40
+ 76

+154*
- 45
- 7
+101

- 50
- 91
+ 2
+117

Mar.

1

171

167

+

+

- 17

1967-- Jan.

____
____

___

p - Preliminary

____

_

II

__

___

____________________

4

____L

I.

4

1

* - Reflects end of week statistical adjustments increasing F.R.
float due to snow storms in the midwest.

TABLE A-2
AGGREGATE RESERVES AND RELATED MEASURES
Retrospective Changes, Seasonally Adjusted
(In per cent, annual rates based on monthly averages of daily figures)
Reserve

Total
Reserves

A

r e

a t e s

Monetary

Required reserves
Nonborrowed
Against
Nonborrowed
Re
s

Total

Demand
Deposits

T
T

r
lM
otal
Member

Bank Deposits
(c
it
redit)banks)

Variables

Time
Deposits
(comm.

Money Supply
Private
Total

Demand
Deposits

Annually:
1965
1966

+ 5.3
+ 1.2

+ 4.3
+ 0.8

+ 5.3
+ 1.5

+ 2.3
- 0.2

+ 9.1
+ 3.7

+16.0
+ 8.4

+ 4.7
+ 1.9

+ 4.4
+ 0.9

Monthly:
1965--September
October
November

- 1.2
+ 3.7
+ 0.6

- 3.9
+ 7.3
+ 5.0

- 2.2
+ 9.7
- 2.0

- 6.8
+ 5.1
- 3.9

+ 3.6
+12.5
+ 5.1

+13.7
+17.8
+15.0

+ 8.1
+ 8.0
+ 2.9

+ 9.L
+ 7.5
+ 1.9

+13.8

+ 9.8

+13.7

+ 8.2

+ 9.7

+11.5

+11.6

+13.0

December
1966--January
February
March
April
May
June 2/
July 2/
August 2/
September 2,
October 2/
November 2/
December 2/
1.967--January 2/
February 2/

1/
2/

+ 6.7

+ 9.5

+ 6.9

+11.3

+ 8.1

+ 7.4

+ 5.7

+ 4.6

+ 4.0
+ 2.9
+13.2
+ 0.3
+ 0.2
+11.4
-20.2
+ 6.6
-10.0
- 1.8
+ 1.1

+ 3.1
- 4.6
+10.9
+ 0.1
- 0.8
+ 7.1
-15.8
- 0.3
- 7.1
+ 5.7
+ 1.1

+ 2.9
+ 2.7
+11.9
+ 2.1
+ 1.6
+ 8.4
-14.8
- 0.2
- 1.1
- 7.6
+ 4.9

+ 3.8
+ 4.0
+11.7
- 4.8
+ 1.3
+ 2.9
-16.9
- 3.2
- 2.0
- 8.6
- 1.3

+ 3.5
+ 5.5
+15.5
+ 4.9
+ 4.4
+10.3
- 3.4
- 0.5
- 2.9
- 5.4
+ 3.9

+ 5.7
+ 8.1
+15.3
+12.7
+11.8
+14.8
+10.7
+ 3.0
- 2.3
+ 0.8
+ 9.1

+ 1.4
+ 7.8
+11.3
- 4.9
+ 6.3
-10.5
-+ 6.4
- 6.3
- 2.8
+ 7.8

-+ 8.2
+12.7
- 7.2
+ 7.2
-16.2
- 0.9
+ 7.3
- 8.1
- 4.6
+ 8.?

+16.9
+13.9

+25.9
+18.6

+13.5
+14.1

+13.0
+ 8.5

+16.1
+15.0

+18.1
+20.0

- 4.2
+ 6.4

- 8.2
+ 6.2

Includes all deposits subject to reserve requirements.

Movements in this aggregate correspond closely with

movements in total member bank credit.
Changes in reserves, total deposits, and time deposits have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits
Changes in reserves have been adjusted for increases in reserve requirements in July and
effective June 9, 1966.
September, 1966.

p - Preliminary.

Chart 1

MEMBER BANK RESERVES
MONTHLY AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
ILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

21.0

BILLION i OF DOLLARS

1.5

I.

+

.0.
MEMBER

BANK BORROWINGS

.5
EXCESS

RESERVES

0

1965
1965

M

1966

1967

Chart 2

MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS AND LIABILITIES TO OVERSEAS BRANCHES
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

260

TOTAL MEMBER BANK DEPOSITS (CREDIT PROXY)
SEAS. ADJ., WEEKLY AVERAGE OF DAILY FIGURES

256

252

248

244

240

236

LIABILITIES TO OVERSEAS BRANCHES
(WEEKLY REPORTING BANKS]
NOT SEAS

II

ADJ., WEDNESDAYS__

I

I
1966

,

,

I

I
1967

i

Chart 3

MONEY SUPPLY AND BANK DEPOSITS
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WEEKLY AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

180

MONEY

175

SUPPLY

170

165
TIME
(All

160

DEPOSITS

ADJUSTED

Commercial

Banks)-

155

150

145

140
135

130

125
NEGOTIABLE CD'S
(Unadius td)

|

| ||

| I|
S

1965

D

M

20

| ||
J

1966

I I
S

D

M

1

i0I
J

1967
*CHANGE

IN SERIES

Chart 4

DEMAND DEPOSITS AND CURRENCY
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED WEEKLY

AVERAGES OF DAILY FIGURES

I

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

45

MONEY SUPPLY COMPONENTS:
40

CURRENCY

OUTSIC

35

30

140
DEMAND

DEPOSIT:

135

130

125

120

F5-

---

------

---------

J.S. GOVT. DEMAND DEPOSITS
(Member

Banks)

10

is

--------------------

M

1965

1966

1967

Table B-1
MAJOR SOURCES AND USES OF RESERVES
Retrospective and Prospective
(Dollar amounts in millions, based on weekly averages of daily figures)
Period

Factors affecting supply of reserves
Federal Reserve
Gold
Currency Technical
credit (excl.
o
outside
factors
net 2/
banks
tock
float) 1/

ACTUAL
Year:
1965 (12/30/64 - 12/29/65)
1966 (12/29/65 - 12/28/66)

+4,035
+3,149

-1,602
- 627

-2,143
-2,243

+798
+805

Year-to-date:
(12/29/65 - 3/2/66)
(12/28/66 - 3/1/67)

-

375
172

-

+ 854
+1,277

+

+
-

Weekly:
1967--Feb.

1

-

606

8'p
15 p

+
+

663
215

22 p

+

129

154
51
1
---

=

Change
in
total
reserves

= Bank use of reserves
Required
Excess
reserves
ee
3/

+1,089
+1,085

+1,188
+1,111

- 99
- 26

-1,228
-1,820

-

904
767

-

729
501

-175
-266

191

+

330

-

84

+

91

-175

487
39

-

202
332

-

28
156

-

19
256

- 9
+100

-

15

+

128

-

171

+

73

-

64

+137

-

36

+

186

-

96

-

396

-

14

-382

-

Mar.

1 p

Mar.

8

-

310

--

-

125

-

65

-

500

-

5005

15

-

270

--

-

170

+

435

-

5

-

5

22
29

+
+

180
85

---

+
+

15
30

-

150
280

+
-

45
165

+
-

45
165

5
12
19

+
+
-

245
50
155

----

-

50
200
40

+
+

140
140
390

+
+

55
10
195

+
+

55
10
195

26

-

125

--

+

190

-

50

+

15

+

15

-449

PROJECTED 4/

Apr.

--

For retrospective details, see Table B-4.
p - Preliminary.
For factors included, see Table B-3.
For required reserves by type of deposits, see Table B-2.
See reverse side for explanation of nrolectilns.
Includes effect of reduction of reserve requirements $425 million on savings deposits and time deposits under
$5 million -- effective March 3, and March 16, 1967.

Table B-2
CHANGES IN REQUIRED RESERVE COMPONENTS
Retrospective and Prospective Seasonal and Nonseasonal Changes
(Dollar amounts in millions, based on weekly averages of daily figures)
Total
Period

required
reserves

reses

ACTUAL
Year:
1965 X12/30/64 - 12/29/65)
1966 (12/29/65 - 12/28/66)

Mar.

private deposits
Other than
seasonal chanes
Seasonal changes
seasonal changes
Demand
Time
Demand
Time

_Supporting

Total
Total
_

+1,188
+1,111

- 89
- 87

+1,277
+1,194

+115
- 14

-

4
4

+499
- 5

+ 677
+1,221 1/

-794
-494

- 64
- 63

-730
-431

-880
-926

+ 92
+ 95

+ 38
+136

+ 20
+264

p
p
p
p

+ 91
- 19
-256
- 64

1
+102
- 83
+ 36

+ 92
-121
-173
-100

- 81
-232
-130
-369

+ 3
+ 10
+ 4
--

+120
+ 71
- 67
+250

+
+
+
+

50
30
20
19

I p

- 14

- 15

+

1

+ 37

+ 10

- 53

+

7

8
15
22
29

-405
- 80
+ 45
-175

-200
- 80
+315
+255

-205

+ 35
+ 60
+220
-420

+ 10
+ 5

+ 10

+ 10

+ 10

5
12
19
26

+ 55
- 10
+195
+ 15

-155
-255
-145
+115

+210

+195
+215
+345
-150

+

5

-

10
15

-

5

Year-to-date:
(12/29/65 - 3/2/66)
(12/28/66 - 3/1/67)
Weekly:
1967--Feb.

Supporting
U. S. Gov't.
demand
demand
deposits

1
8
15
22

PROJECTED
Mar.

Apr.

-270
-430

+245
+340
-100

-415 2/
-415 2/

+ 30
+.45

+ 10
+ 10
+
+ £0

1/ Reflects reserve requirements changes in July and September 1966.
2/ Includes effect of reduction of reserve requirements $425 million on savings deposits and time deposits under
$5 million -- effective March 2, and March 16, 1967.
p - Preliminary.

Table B-3
TECHNICAL FACTORS AFFECTING RESERVES
Retrospective and Prospective Changes
(Dollar amounts in millions, based on weekly averages of daily figures)
Technical
factors
(net)

Period
ACTUAL
Year:
1965 (12/30/64 - 12/29/65)
1966 (12/29/65 - 12/28/66)
Year-to-date:
(12/29/65 - 3/2/66)
(12/28/66 - 3/1/67)

Treasury
operations

Float

Foreign
deposits
and gold
loans

Other
nonmember
deposits and
F. R. accounts

(Sign indicates effect on reserves)
+798
+805

+294
+673

-171
+ 64

+ 77
- 30

+598
+ 98

-1,228
-1,820

+157
-153

-972
-1,101

- 2
+ 16

-411
-582

Weekly:
1967--Feb.

1
8
15
22

+330
-202
-332
-171

+111
+154
-254
+ 44

+241
-250
- 97
- 65

+ 36
+ 6
+ 3
+ 13

- 58
-100
+ 16
-163

Mar.

1

- 96

+119

-179

+

1

- 37

8
15
22
29

- 65
+435
-150
-280

+140
+435
-500
--

-120
- 50
+270
-280

+

5

- 90
+ 50
+ 80
--

5
12
19
26

-140
+140
+390
- 50

-----

-140
+120
+260
- 50

PROJECTED
1967--Mar.

Apr.

---

---

-+ 20
+130
--

Table B-4
SOURCE OF FEDERAL RESERVE CREDIT
Retrospective Changes
(Dollar amounts in millions of dollars, based on weekly averages of daily figures)
Total Federal
foat)
,
_
Reserve credit
Perid
fcd t
(Excl. float)

Period

U.S. Government securities
a
Total
i
Repurchase
Other
1Bills
o
l
agreements
holdings

h

Federal
Securiie
Agency
Securities

Year:
1965 (12/30/64 - 12/29/65)
1966-(12/29/65 - 12/28/66)

+4,035
+3,149

+3,916
+3,069

+3,145
+2,158

+916
+474

-145
+437

Year-to-date:
(12/29/65 - 3/2/66)
(12/28/66 - 3/1/67)

-

375
172

+

347
243

+

257
679

+131

-221
-436

7
14
21
28

+
+

97
19
231
556

+
+

256
202*
112*
452

+
+

141
120
69
105

+115
-154
+ 26
+315

+
+
+

4
11
18
25

+ 319
+ 347
-1,073
+ 283

+
+
+

282
345
611
3

+
+
+

434
303
203
109

-152
+ 42
-408
-106

+

1
8
15
22

+
+
+

606
663
215
129

+
+
+

242
434
105
69

+
+
-

208
230
59
143

- 34
+204
+ 46
+212

1

-

449

-

142

+

98

Weekly:
1966--Dec.

1967-- Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

______________________________________________________

&

_________________

_________________ -

--

-240

-

3

Bankers'
aceptBankers

Member banks

acceptances

borrowings

+ 77

+ 42

+ 52

+

+ 10
- 31

- 38
-381

Member banks

2

-187
+198
-175
+ 76

+

+ 17
+ 20
-368

+321
+

1

-362
+177

+ 6
+ 24

+103
+ 21

-

-310

8

I

* - Includes effect of change in special certificates of +$72 million in the week of December 14, 1966, and -$72 million
in the week of December 21, 1966.

Chart Reference Table C-1
TOTAL, NONBORROWED AND REQUIRED RESERVES
Seasonally Adjusted
(Dollar amounts in millions, based on monthly averages of daily figures)

Toal

Period

reserereere
reserves
reserves

NonbRequired reserves

Total
Total

Aainst
pr vate deposits
Total
Demand
Total

Demand

1965--January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

21,960
22,157
22,279
22,449
22,436
22,612
22,682
22,689
22,667
22,737
22,748
23,010

21,625
21,771
21,814
21,953
21,994
22,082
22,158
22,186
22,114
22,248
22,341
22,523

21,563
21,713
21,868
22,036
22,109
22,243
22,332
22,299
22,259
22,439
22,402
22,657

20,702
20,765
20,881
20,985
20,962
21,138
21,247
21,331
21,553
21,720
21,803
21,970

15,730
15,717
15,789
15,831
15,750
15,877
15,912
15.916
16,071
16,151
16,168
16,285

1966--January
February
March
April
May
June 1/
July 1/
August 1/
September 1/
October 1/
November 1/
December
1/

23,139
23,217
23,274
23,530
23,536
23,539
23,763
23,363
23,492
23,297
23,262
23,283

22,701
22,759
22,671
22,877
22,878
22,862
22,997
22,695
22,700
22,566
22,674
22,695

22,788
22,844
22,896
23,123
23,163
23,193
23,355
23,067
23,064
23,042
22,896
22,990

22,075
22,084
22,269
22,477
22,453
22,582
22,515
22,517
22,597
22,430
22,383
22,522

16,364
16,356
16,510
16,625
15,534
16,626
16,472
16,428
16,497
16,352
16,321
16,411

1967--January p 1/
February p 1/

23,610
23,883

23,184
23,544

23,249
23,523

22,531
22,743

16,325
16,432

p - Preliminary.

1/ Reserves have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective June 9, 1966.

Table C-2
DEPOSITS SUPPORTED BY REQUIRED RESERVES AT ALL MEMBER BANKS
Seasonally adjusted
(Dollar amounts in billions, based on monthly averages of daily figures)

Monthly

Total member
bank deposits
(credit) /

Time

m
deposits

Private
demand
deposits 2/

U.S. Gov't.
demand
deposits

1965--January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

218.4
220.4
222.5
224.6
225.8
227.7
229.1
230.4
231.1
233.5
234.5
236.4

106.0
107.6
108.6
109.9
111.1
112.2
113.8
115.5
116.9
118.7
120.2
121.2

107.4
107.3
107.8
108.1
107.5
108.4
108.6
108.6
109.7
110.2
110.4
111:2

5.0
5.5
6.1
6.7
7.2
7.1
6.7
6.3
4.6
4.5
4.0
4.0

1966--January
February
March
April
May
June 3/
July 3/
August 3/
Sept. 3/
Oct. 3/
Nov. 3/
Dec. 3/

238.0
238.7
239.8
242.9
243.9
244.8
246.9
246.2
246.1
245.5
244.4
245.2

121.8
122.1
122.8
124.8
126.2
127.0
128.9
129.8
130.1
129.6
129.3
130.3

111.7
111.6
112.7
113.5
112.9
113.5
112.4
112.1
112.6
111.6
111.4
112.0

4.5
5.0
4.3
4.7
4.8
4.3
5.6
4.2
3.5
4.3
3.7
2.9

1967--Jan. 3/ p
Feb. 3/ p

248.5
251.6

132.3
134.6

111.4
112.2

4.8
4.8

Includes all deposits subject to reserve requirements--i.e., the total
of time, private demand, and U.S. Government demand deposits. Movements
in this aggregate correspond closely with movements in total member bank
credit.
2/ Private demand deposits include demand deposits of individuals, partnerships and corporations and net interbank balances.
3/ Deposits have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective
June 9, 1966.
p - Preliminary.

1/

TABLE C-2a
DEPOSITS SUPPORTED BY REQUIRED RESERVES AT ALL MEMBER BANKS
Seasonally adjusted
(Dollar amounts in billions, based on weekly averages of daily figures)

Total member
bank deposits

Week ending:

(credit/

1966--Aug.

Time
deposits
______

Private
demand

U. S. Gov't.
demand

deposits 2/

deposits

3*
10*
17*
24*
31*

246.1
246.3
246.5
245.0
246.8

129.2
129.4
129.9
130.1
130.3

112.1
111.1
112.3
112.1
112.2

4.8
5.7
4.3
2.8
4.4

Sept.

7*
14*
21*
28*

247.0
246.5
245.7
245.7

130.2
130.2
129.8
130.0

112.5
112.1
113.7
112.8

4.3
4.2
2.2
2.9

Oct.

5*
12*
19*
26*

246.2
245.2
244.3
246.1

129.8
129.8
129.8
129.3

112.8
112.1
111.5
111.0

3.5
3.3
3.0
5.9

Nov.

2*
9*
16*
23*
30*

246.1
245.8
244.4
243.0
243.2

129.5
129.3
129.3
129.3
129.2

111.2
111.1
111.1
111.1
111.3

5.4
5.3
4.0
2.2
2.7

Dec.

7*
14*
21*
28*

244.5
244.5
245.5
245.7

129.5
129.8
130.2
131.0

111.9
111.2
113.1
111.5

3.2
3.5
2.2
3.2

1967--Jan.

4*
11*
18*
25p*

247.3
247.7
247.8
249.3

131.4
131.7
132.1
132.9

112.6
111.6
111.4
110.6

3.3
4.4
4.3
5.8

Feb.

lp*
8p*

250.3
251.5

133.7
134.1

111.3
111.8

5.4
5.6

15p*
22p*

251.4
251.7

134.4
134.8

111.5
113.1

5.5
3.8

lp*

251.7

134.8

112.7

4.2

Mar.

p - Preliminary.

Includes all deposits subject to reserve requirements--i.e., the total
of time, private demand, and U.S. Government demand deposits. Movements in this aggregate correspond closely with movements in total
member bank credit.
2/ Private demand deposits include demand deposits on individuals, partnerships and corporations and net interbank balances.
* - Deposits have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective
June 9, 1966.
1/

TABLE C-3
MONEY SUPPLY AND TIME DEPOSITS AT ALL COMMERCIAL BANKS
Seasonally adjusted
(Dollar amounts in billions, based
on monthly averages of daily figures)

Monthly

Money Supply

Currency 1/

Private
Demand
Deposits

T
Time Deposits

2/

Adjusted

1965--January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

159.7
159.8
160.3
161.0
160.7
161.7
162.4
163.0
164.1
165.2
165.6
167.2

34.5
34.6
34.7
34.8
34.9
35.0
35.3
35.5
35.7
36.0
36.1
36.3

125.3
125.2
125.6
126.2
125.8
126.7
127.2
127.5
128.5
129.3
129.5
130.9

128.7
130.7
132.0
133.3
134.6
136.2
137.9
140.0
141.6
143.7
145.5
146.9

1966--January
February
March
April
May
June 3/
July 3/
August 3/
Septemberp
October 3/
November 3,
December]

168.0
168.2
169.3
170.9
170.2
171.1
169.6
169.6
170.5
169.6
169.2
170.3

36.6
36.8
36.9
37.2
37.3
37.4
37.7
37.8
37.9
38.0
38.0
38.3

131.4
131.4
132.3
133.7
132.9
133.7
131.9
131.8
132.6
131.7
131.2
132.1

147.8
148.5
149.5
151.4
153.0
154.5
156.5
157.8
158.2
157.9
158.0
159.2

1967--January .3/
February3/i

169.7
170.6

38.5
38.7

131.2
131.9

161.6
164.3

Includes currency outside the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the vaults of
all commercial banks.
2/ Includes (1) demand deposits at all commercial banks, other than those due to
domestic commercial banks and the U.S. Government, less cash items in process
of collection and Federal Reserve float; and (2) foreign demand balances at
Federal Reserve Banks.
3/ Deposits have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective June 9, 1966.

1/

p - Preliminary.

TABLE C-3a
MONEY SUPPLY AND TIME DEPOSITS AT ALL COMMERCIAL BANKS
Seasonally Adjusted
(Dollar amounts in billions, based
on weekly averages of daily figures)

Private
Week Ending

Currency _/

Money Supply
_

1966--Aug.

Demand
Deposits

__

2/

Time Deposits
adusted
adjusted

169.2
168.7
169.7
169.8
170.0

37.7
37.8
37.8
37.8
37.7

131.6
130.9
131.9
132.0
132.2

157.0*
157.4*
157.9*
158.0*
158.2*

Sept.

7
14
21
28

170.5
170.1
171.7
170.0

37.8
38.0
38.0
37.9

132.6
132.1
133.7
132.1

158.2*
158.2*
158.1*
158.4*

Oct.

5
12
19
26

170.7
170.2
169.6
168.9

37.9
38.0
37.9
37.9

132.8
132.2
131.7
131.0

158.2*
158.0*
158.1*
157.7*

Nov.

2
9
16
23
30

168.9
168.8
168.9
169.3
169.3

37.8
38.0
38.1
38.0
38.1

131.1
130.9
130.8
131.3
131.2

157.8*
157.9*
158.0*
158.0*
157.9*

Dec.

7
14
21
28

169.7
169.1
171.9
170.3

38.1
38.2
38.2
38.4

131.7
130.9
133.7
131.9

158.2*
158.6*
159.2*
160.0*

170.8
170.2
170.3
169.1

38.4
38.6
38.5
38.4

132.4
131.6
131.8
130.7

160.5*
160.9*
161.3*
162.1*

169.0
169.5
170.1
172.0

38.5
38.6
38.8
38.8

130.5
130.9
131.3
133.2

163.1*
163.6*
164.2*
164.7*

171.7

38.8

132.9

164.9*

1967--Jan.

Feb.

Ip
8p
15p
22p

Mar.

Includes currency outside the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the vaults of
all commercial banks.
2/ Includes (1) demand deposits at all commercial banks, other than those due to
domestic commercial banks and the U.S. Government, less cash items in process
of collection and Federal Reserve float; and (2) foreign demand balances of
Federal Reserve Banks.
* - Deposits have been adjusted for redefinition of time deposits effective
June 9, 1966.
1/

p - Preliminary