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(CONFIDENTIAL

FR)

May 17,

1974

MONETARY AGGREGATES
AND
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS
Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee

By the Staff
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

May 17,

1974

MONETARY AGGREGATES AND
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS

Recent developments

(1)

M 1 increased at an annual rate of 8.3 per cent in April.

Growth appears to be moderating in May, and M1 is indicated to expand
at a 6.5 per cent annual rate over the April-May period, slightly
below the upper end of the Committee's range of tolerance.

Growth

in M2 also appears to be slowing over April and May, to a rate slightly
below the mid-point of its range of tolerance, reflecting somewhat
more moderate expansion of time deposits (other than large CD's) than

projected at the time of the April Committee meeting.1 /

Deposit in-

flows at nonbank thrift institutions have slowed markedly.

Estimates

for April show no growth, seasonally adjusted, at mutual savings banks
and only a 4 per cent rate of growth at S&L's; data for recent weeks
suggest the possibility of an even weaker performance in May.

1/

Growth rates for M 1 and M2 are based on revised data. Money supply
figures have been revised back to October to reflect December call
report information for nonmember banks and new data for foreign agencies
and branches.
The revision raises the annual rate of growth
for M 1 from 7.5 to 8.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 1973,
and from 6.7 to 7.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 1974. Levels
of M 1 for December and March are raised by $1 and $1.3 billion,
respectively. The old and revised series are compared in appendix
table V.

-2Growth of Monetary Aggregates and RPD's
in April-May Target Period
Reserve and Monetary Aggregates
(Growth at SAAR in >er cent)
RPD's

6 - 11

M1

3 -7

21.4
6.5

54 -8h

M2
Memo:
Sfunds
rate
Federa:1 funds rate
(per cent per annum)
1/

Latest
Estimates

Range of
Tolerance

6.8

Avg, for Statement
week ending

9 - ll
9k

11

pril 17

10.36

Lay 15

11.46

M4

On April 24 the Committee raised the upper limit of the Federal funds
rate range from 10% per cent to 11 per cent; on May 16, the Committee
agreed to change the ceiling guideline to 11% per cent.
(2)

CD's and other non-deposit sources, however, expanded much

more rapidly than projected for the inter-meeting period, as bueiness
loan demands remained strong.

Mainly as a result of this, estimated RPD

growth for the April-May period is far above the upper end of the Committee's
range of tolerance, as indicated in the table below.
Comparison of Projected Changes in RPD's by Use
April-May 1974
(In millions of dollars)

Change in Total RPD's

1/

Projections as of
April 16, 1974
FOMC meeting

Current
Projection.

561

1179

Change in Category of Use:
Private demand deposits
Time deposits other than large CD's
CD's and nondeposit funds

Excess
I/ Changes from March to May 1974.

18

59

25
485

61

60

987
73

-3(3)

Following the April FOMC meeting, incoming deposit data

suggested that growth in both M 1 and M2 would exceed the upper end of
their ranges of tolerance.

Accordingly, the Account Manager adopted a

more reluctant approach to the provision of reserves, expecting the
Federal funds rate to move up to around 10¾ per cent, the upper end of
its range.

Money market pressures proved unexpectedly strong, however,

and Federal funds began to trade around 11 per cent toward the end of
the statement week ending April 24th.
to

raise

Given these conditions, and the action

the discount rate to 8 per cent on April 24, Chairman Burns

recommended on that day raising the upper end of the tolerance range for
the Federal funds rate to 11 per cent.

A majority of the Committee members

concurred in this recommendation.
(4)

Subsequently, the Account Manager sought reserve conditions

consistent with an 11 per cent Federal funds rate.

Unusually strong

money market pressures persisted, however, and the Federal funds rate
averaged above 11 per cent.

In the past statement week the effective

rate has been consistently close to 11
eased to about 11.35 per cent.

per cent, although today it

It appears that member banks have had

a strong preference to avoid borrowing at the discount window, opting
instead to pay a higher rate on Federal funds.

Apart from special

borrowing by a problem bank, member bank borrowing over the past two
statement weeks averaged $1.6 billion, down from an average of almost
$2 billion in the previous three weeks.
(5)

The Desk has been handicapped in attempting to counteract

these pressures by the technical state of the markets for Treasury and

-4Dealer positions in U.S. Government securities

Federal Agency securities.

have been depleted throughout the period, reflecting the state of
expectations in the dealer community, sizable Desk purchases, and good
Collateral for repurchase agreements has also been on

retail demand.
the scarce side.

Moreover, dealers have withdrawn sizable amounts of

repurchase agreements before maturity because they have been making
considerable net sales of Treasury securities to the public.
(6)

On May 17, Chairman Burns recommended that the Committee

take note of the difficulties faced by the Desk in the recent period.
Also, given the likelihood that the technical problems encountered might
persist over the next few days, the Chairman expressed the view that it
would be appropriate to change the ceiling guideline for the funds rate
from 11 to ll¼ per cent.

A majority of Committee members concurred in the

Chairman's recommendations.
(7) After rising sharply early in the inter-meeting period,
interest rates on Treasury securities, particularly on Treasury bills,
have dropped considerably in recent days.

The 3-month bill rate was

quoted 7.93 per cent at the close on Friday, as compared with an average
issuing rate of 9.02 per cent established in the auction of May 6.

The

rally in the Treasury securities market has been generated not only by
the previously noted shortage of issues, but also by an apparent shift
of investor preferences toward securities of the highest quality, sparked
by news stories regarding the problems of the Franklin National Bank and
widespread rumors that some other banks and financial houses might also
be encountering difficulties.

-5(8)

Private short-term rates have risen sharply since the

last Committee meeting.

Banks have raised their prime rates from the

10 per cent level prevailing in mid-April into an 11¼--11½ per cent
range.

Yields on large CD's and commercial paper with 3-month maturity

dates have risen a percentage point or more to levels above 11 per cent.
Evidence of a move toward higher quality securities is also apparent in
these sectors of the credit markets.

There are reports, for example, that

a number of investors have reduced the list of institutions whose
commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and negotiable CD's they are
prepared to acquire.

And there has been a marked widening of the yield

spread between issues of prime and lower grade borrowers in these markets.
(9)

For its mid-May refunding operations, the Treasury

decided to pay down $1.6 billion of the $5.6 billion of maturing debt
and to refund the remainder by issuing three securities:
of an 8¾,

2

$2.0 billion

5½ month note; $1.75 billion of an 8¾, 4¼ year note; and

$300 million of a 8.50 per cent, 25-year bond.

Both notes were auctioned

at prices near par and currently are quoted above their auction averages.
The bond was auctioned at a substantial premium to provide a yield of
8.23 per cent; the premium subsequently increased enough to reduce the
yield to 8.13 per cent, but most recently the price has fallen back to
about the auction average.

Dealers have now distributed the bulk of

their awards of all three issues.
(10)

The table on the next page shows (in percentage annual

rates of change) selected monetary and financial flows over various recent
time periods; money supply figures are on a revised basis.

Appendix

-6table III compares money supply growth rates computed on a quarterlyaverage basis with those computed on a last-month-of-quarter basis.
Projected figures on the two bases are shown in appendix table IV for
the three alternatives presented in the next section.

Average
of Past Three
Calendar Years
1971
-1973

Past

Past

Past

Twelve
Months
Apr. '74
over
Apr. '73

Six
Months
Apr. '74
over
Oct. '73

Three
Months
Apr. '74
over
Jan. '74

Past
Month
Apr. '74
over
Mar. '74

Total reserves

8.5

8.2

7.5

.7

33.1

Nonborrowed reserves

7.6

8.6

6.2

-7.1

19.4

Reserves available to support
private nonbank deposits

8.8

9.8

7.1

10.6

20.0

7.0

7,2

8.6

10.8

8.3

other than large CD's) 10.4

9.6

10.1

10.3

8.2

11.7

8.9

9.4

9.4

7.6

Total member banks deposits
(bank credit proxy adj.)

10.5

10.5

11.1

15.0

31.9

Loans and investments of
commercial banks 2/

12.8

12.0

12.1

16.4

16.5

1.0

1.4

1.9

3.3

7.6

.2

.6

.3

-.6

-.8

Concepts of Money (revised series)
M1 (currency plus demand
deposits) 1/

M2 (M1 plus time deposits
at commercial banks

M 3 (M2 plus deposits at

thrift institutions)
Bank Credit

Short-term Market Paper
(Monthly average change
in billions)
Large CD's
Nonbank commercial paper
1/
2/

Other than interbank and U.S. Government.
Based on month-end figures. Includes loans sold to affiliates and branches.

NOTE: All items are based on averages of daily figures, except for data on total
loans and investments of commercial banks, commercial paper, and thrift
institutions--which are derived from either end-of-month or last Wednesday-ofmonth figures. Growth rates for reserve measures in this and subsequent
tables are adjusted to remove the effect of discontinuities from breaks in
the series when reserve requirements are changed.

Prospective developments
(11)

Alternative policy approaches are summarized below for

Committee consideration (with more detailed figures shown in the table
on P.8a).
Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

M1

6¼

5½

4¾

M2

6½

6

5

Credit proxy

14

12

10

18-20

16½-18½

15½-17½

M1

5-7

4½-6½

4-6

M2

5½-7½

5-7

4-6

Federal funds rate range
(inter-meeting period)

10-12

11-13

12-14

Targets (2nd & 3rd qtrs.
combined)

Associated ranges for
May-June
RPD

(12)

At its last meeting, the Committee established a 5½ per

cent annual rate of growth for M 1 from March to September as its longerrun target.

Since then, the March level of M1 has been raised by

$1.3 billion, reflecting revisions for new year-end benchmark data (as
explained in the footnote on page 1).

The 4¾ per cent annual rate of

growth for M 1 in alternative C has been set to compensate for this
upward revision.

As shown in the chart on the following page, such a

growth rate would achieve the M 1 level in September that was implicit in
the longer-run path adopted by the Committee at its last meeting.
Alternative B continues a 5½ per cent growth rate for M1, but from the

MONEY SUPPLY AND LONGER RUN TARGET PATH

RATIO SCALE, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

4

3

REVISED SERIES

RATE OF GROWTH
DEC. '72 TO MAR. '74

..

%%GROWTH
.--

-

280

GROWTH

6.4%

LEVEL

- 270

- 260

II

J

I

A

I

S

0

1973

N

D

J

I

F

~I

M

A

M

1974

J

A

S

Alternative Longer-Run Targets for Key Monetary Aggregates

M1

1974

Alt. C

Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

Alt. A

Apr.
May
June

278.1
279.2
280.8

278.1

278.1
279.1
280.3

590.2
592.8
596.5

590.2
592.8
595.9

590.2

279.2
280.6

921.6
924.9

595.2

921.6
924.9
929.7

928.8

924.7
927.9

Sept.

284.7

283.9

282.8

606.3

603.7

600.6

942.7

939.4

935.3

592.7

921.6

Rates Of Growth

Quarters:
1974

M3
Alt. B

2nd Q.
3rd Q.

6.4
4.7

7.0
6.6

5.7
4.6

5.3
3.2

4.3
5.1

4.0

Months:

May
June

4.7
6.9

4.7
6.0

4.3
5.2

Adjusted Credit Proxy
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
1974

5.3

5.3
6.3

7.5
Alt. A

Apr.
May
June

471.3
477.4
482.2

471.3
477.4
481.8

471.3
477.4
481.5

35,914
36,557

Sept.

491.2

487.0

20.1
7.5

15.5
12.1

5.1
5.1

Total Reserves
Alt. B
Alt. C

4.3
6.2

4.2

Alt. A

RPD
Alt. B

Alt. C

36,635

35,914
36,550
36,565

35,914
36,550
36,486

33,669
34,296
34,730

33,669
34,288
34,660

33,669
34,280
34,581

482.0

36,918

36,440

35,911

35,338

34,867]

34,336

19.8
4.3

19.5
0.5

19.3
3.1

18.5

17.6
6.3

19.5

18.6
2.4

17.7

15.5
11.0

15.5
10.3

21.5
2.6

21.2
0.5

21.2
-2.2

22.4

22.1

22.0

15.2

13.0

10.1

Quarters:
1974

2nd Q.
3rd Q.

1.7

7.0

-2.8

Months:
May
June

-8a-

-9Alternative A contemplates a somewhat more rapid 6¼ per

new March level.

cent growth rate in M 1 over the second and third quarters combined.
(13)

A somewhat more rapid longer-run rate of growth in M1 than

adopted by the Committee at its last meeting, such as envisioned under
alternative A, appears necessary if money market conditions are not to
Under alternative A, the staff would expect the Federal

tighten further.

funds rate to trade most frequently around 11-11¼ per cent.
(14)

The funds rate has been subject to upward pressure, in

part because of a shift of bank borrowing preferences from the window to
the funds market.

This pressure may moderate, however, if more normal

borrowing preferences come to prevail.

We have assumed that member banks

will want to increase their borrowing (apart from special borrowing) to
about $2 billion per week on average under alternative A, given the roughly 3
percentage point spread of the Federal funds rate over the current 8 per
cent discount rate.

Special borrowing by a problem bank may add another

$1 billion or so to borrowing levels.
(15)

If funds were to trade mostly around 11 per cent over

the weeks ahead there probably would be some decline in other short-term
rates, and also in long rates, since market participants appear to have
adjusted to a funds rate somewhat above this level.

Declines could be

fairly sizable, at least temporarily, if the market were to interpret
such a move as signaling a shift in policy direction.

Moreover, the

shift in investor preferences toward high quality assets, and the

-10continued short market supply of Treasury bills, would tend to keep
Treasury rates low relative to other market rates--perhaps in a 7½--8½
per cent range in the case of the 3-month bill.

The odds on bill rates

settling in the upper part of this range would increase if the Treasury
should choose to issue a bill strip of $1-1½ billion--a possibility that
has been under some discussion.
(16)

With the money market conditions assumed under alternative

A, the staff would expect M1 growth in May-June to be in a 5-7 per cent
range.

The mid-point of this range, if attained, would produce a 6¾ per

cent annual growth rate in the second quarter.

Growth would be expected

to slow somewhat in the third quarter to about a 5¾ per cent rate, as
demand for money is further restrained by lagged impacts of the sharp
rise in short-term interest rates over the past few months.
(17)

Growth in time and savings deposits at banks (other than

negotiable CD's at the large weekly reporting banks), and in deposits
at thrift institutions has been sharply curtailed by the attraction of
high market interest rates to savers.

We would expect this tendency

to continue even under alternative A, so that M2 growth over the second and
third quarters would be expected to slow to around 6.5 per cent, and in
M3 to about 5.0 per cent--on the order of 4 percentage points below the
average annual rate of expansion in the fourth and first quarters.
(18)

Restraining M1 growth to a 5½ per cent annual rate over

the second and third quarters--as under alternative B-- would be
expected to put somewhat more pressure on the money market, with the

-11Federal funds rate rising to around 12 per cent between now and the
next Committee meeting.

The 3-month bill rate would likely move up into

an 8½--9½ per cent range over the next few weeks, and other market rates
would also adjust upward.

This rise in rates would be needed to hold

the rise in money demands to a pace consistent with a 5½ per cent growth
rate for M1 in the second and third quarters, in view of the larger
increase in prices and nominal GNP. now projected.

This relationship

between money growth and interest rates makes no allowance for the
possibility that liquidity preference may increase if confidence in
financial markets continues to weaken.
To achieve the even greater restraint on monetary ex-

(19)

pansion called for under alternative C, the Federal funds rate would be
expected to rise to around 13 per cent over the next few weeks.

The

time and savings deposits experience at banks and thrift institutions
would be expected to deteriorate further--with deposit flows at thrift
institutions probably negative as the Treasury bill rate adjusted
sharply upward, perhaps to near 10 per cent.
(20)

Under alternative A, banks are expected to continue

borrowing fairly heavily through CD's, and to obtain funds in the EuroWe have projected a slower growth in CD's, though, in

dollar market.

the expectation that tighter lending terms by banks will work to moderate
loan growth.

Moreover, it appears that less-than-prime banks are be-

ginning to encounter investor resistance to their CD's.

If, as seems

quite possible, such resistance intensifies, CD growth could be substantially
less than projected, bank credit expansion could be constrained, and
strains in

other financial markets (including the Euro-dollar market)

be exacerbated.

could

-12(21)

Under alternative C and possibly also B, sharply higher

interest rates would erode asset values and bring the adequacy of bank
liquidity into question.

Banks outside major money centers might in some

cases be excluded altogether from raising funds in national money markets.
With the intensification of pressures on financial institutions and
financial markets, many institutional lenders would likely severely
restrict loan extensions.

The mortgage market would come under great

pressure and some nonfinancial businesses would encounter serious liquidity
problems.
(22)

A further significant rise in interest rates over the

next few months may need to be followed by a decline in late summer in
order to avoid unduly limiting monetary expansion in the final months of
the year.

Alternative C has the greatest potential for such a pattern,

and might well bring about a severe wrenching of market conditions.

-13Proposed directive
(22)

Presented below are three alternative formulations for

the operational paragraph of the directive, which are intended to
correspond to the similarly lettered policy alternatives discussed in
the preceding section.

In all three alternatives, it is proposed to

delete the reference to Treasury financing because the quarterly refunding
announced on May 1 has been completed and the issues largely distributed.
Also, in view of the strong connection between U.S. financial markets, the
Euro-dollar market, and foreign exchange markets, it is proposed to say
". . .while

taking account of financial market developments. . ."

without separate reference to "international" and "domestic" developments.

In alternative C, it is proposed to give special emphasis to that
phase--i.e.,". . .while taking careful account. . ."--in view of the

strong possibility of exaggerated market reactions to the sharp rise in
interest rates associated with open market operations designed to achieve
the specified rates of growth in the aggregates.
Alternative A
To implement this policy, while taking account of [DEL:
the
domestic]
internationl
of
and
financing
Treacury
forthcoming

financial market developments, the Committee seeks to achieve bank
reserve and money market conditions that
moderate]
would
[DEL:

CONSISTENT

WITH MODERATE growth in monetary aggregates over the months ahead.

-14Alternative B
the
To implement this policy, while taking account of [DEL:
domestic]
international
of
and
financing
Treasury
forthcoming
financial market developments, the Committee seeks to achieve
bank reserve and money market conditions that would moderate
growth in monetary aggregates over the months ahead.
Alternative C
To implement this policy, while taking CAREFUL account of
domestic]
international
of
and
financing
Treasury
forthcoming
the
[DEL:
financial market developments, the Committee seeks to achieve bank
reserve and money market conditions that would moderate SLOW
APPRECIABLY THE growth in monetary aggregates over the months ahead.
(23)

In the event that the Committee wishes to couch the

operational paragraph of the directive in terms of money market conditions,
the specifications of alternative A might be associated with language
indicating that ". . .the Committee seeks to maintain about the prevailing restrictive money market conditions, provided that the monetary
aggregates appear to be growing at rates within the specified ranges
of tolerance."

CHART 1

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

5/17/74

RESERVES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT
PRIVATE NONBANK DEPOSITS
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

40

11% growth for Apr

-38

J

F

M

1974
11

11 4 1i i I
liliiI I
I I I,I

LI I
-II _ III11111111
M

J
]973

S

0

M

J
1974

I
S

SBreak in Series Actual Level of RPD After Changes in Reserve Requirements

-l
D

A

CHART 3

MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS AND INTEREST RATES
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS

PER CENT
- 12

INTEREST RATES Short-term

PERCENT
-I
13

10

-8

-

6

4

1973

1974

1973

1974

1973

1974

TABLE

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

1

MAY

BANK RESERVES
(ACTUAL AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS)
AGGREGATE RESERVES

II
RESERVES

AVAILABLE

PRIVATE NOMBANK

FOR

DEPOSITS

PERIO

---SEAS ADJ

I

(1)

I
I

32,791
33,117
33.669
134,296)

----------I NON SEAS ADJ
I

(2)

1974

REQUIRED RESERVES

I

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

--------

I------------

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

II

II----------------------------------------------------

I

17,

II

TOTAL
RESERVES

NONBORROWED I
RESERVES
I

11

(3)

(4)

359108
34,949
35,914
(36,557)

33,916
339634
34,178
(34,502)

PRIVATE
DEMAND

I

-------

OTHER
TIME DEP

CD'S AND
NON DEP

(6)

(7)

18)

3,967
4,037
4,416
1 5,024)

2,316
1,831
2,245
( 2,261)

(5)

GOV'T AND
INTERBANK

MONTHLY LEVELS-$MILLIONSI

1974--FEB
MAR.
APR.
MAY
ANNUAL

32,875
32,888
33,751
(34,112)

20,039
20,291
20,411
120,350)

I

8,601
8,654
8,651
8,715)

RATES OF CHANGE

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

I

QUARTERLY:
1973--4TH OTR.

1.4

1974--1ST QTR.
2ND QTR.

6.2
S19.7)

1.7
( 19.5

1.5
( 2.6)

1.3
1 2.5)

-0.3
11.9
20.0
22.3)

-24.8
-5.4
33.1
( 21.5)

-30.4
-10.0
19.4
S11.4)

-15.7
15.1
7.1
( -3.6)

MONTHLY:
1974--FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY

(

APR.-MAY

6.1

(

(21.4)

27.61

13.4

I

15.51

5.8

(

1.71

12.7

I

9.2
3.7)

10.7
7.4
-0.4
8.9)
4.2)

WEEKLY LEVELS-$MILLIONS
MAR.

6
13
20
27

33,134
32,938
33,216
33,115

32,810
32,594
33,030
32,979

34,663
34,792
35,233
34,808

33,751
33,809
33,750
33,095

20,351
20,140
20,470
20,229

8,647
8,663
8,659
89649

4,01.7
4,019
4,007
4,068

1,530
1,854
2,017
1,693

APR.

3
10
17
24

33,240
33,117
33,794
33,773

33,116
32,849
33,835
34,042

35,398
35,040
36,161
36,057

33,895
33,846
34,345
34,119

20,263
20,218
20,468
20,359

8,652
8,633
8,628
8,657

4,099
4,204
4,369
4,566

2,158
1,923
2,367
2.284

MAY

1
8
15

34,258
34,151
34,169

34,682
34,304
34,094

36,737
36,385
36,633

34,580
34,768
34,833

20,705
20,385
20,240

8,693
8,698
8,727

4,702
4,855
4.958

2,478
2,234
2,463

NOTE: DATA SHOWN IN PARENTHESES ARE CURRENT PROJECTIONS. AT THE FOMC MEETING OF APRIL 16,
THE COMMITTEE AGREED ON A RPD RANGE OF 6 TO 11 PERCENT FOR THE APRIL-HAY PERIOD.

1974

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

TABLE 2

MONETARY AGGREGATES
AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

(ACTUAL

I

PERIOD

I
I
I

ADJUSTED
CREDIT
PROXY

II
II
II

(21

(31)

I

581.9
586.2
590.2
1592.8)

454.8
459.1
471.3
(477.4)

S
MONEY SUPPLY
I NARROW
I
BROAD
(MI)
I
(M2)
(11

I

U.S.
GOVT.
DEPOSITS
(41

I
I
I

MAY 17, 1974

I
I
I

TIME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS
I
OTHER
I
TOTAL
I THAN CD S I
CD S

i

I

I

16)

17)

NONDEPOSIT
SOURCES OF
FUNDS

I

18)

I
MONTHLY LEVELS-tBILLIONSI
273.7
276.2
278.1
(279.2)

1974--FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY

3.0
3.7
4.6
( 3.9)

308.2
310.0
312.1
(313.7)

374.8
377.7
387.4
(394.6)

66.6
67.7
75.3
(80.9)

7.7
8.6
9.6
(10.71

PERCENT ANNUAL GROWTH
QUARTERLY
1973--4TH OTR.

11.0

8.9
I
I

3.3
8.5
(20.7)

15.6
(23.5)

12.5
( 7.4)

13.6
8.9
8.2
1 5.3)

1.3
11.3
31.9
(15.5)

15.2
9.3
30.8
(22.3)

14.2
7.0
8.1
( 6.2)

f 6.5)

( 6.8)

(23.9)

(26.8)

( 7.2)

277.0
276.1
275.9
275.5

586.6
585.8
586.1
585.7

458.2
456.4
459.3
460.2

4.2
3.0
4.0
3.6

375.5
376.5
377.3
379.0

309*6
309*7
310.2
310.2

65.9
66.8
67.1
68.8

8.0
8.1
8.8
9.2

3
10
17
24

277.4
277.6
280.0
277.7

588.0
589.2
592.2
590.1

466.3
468.4
472.9
471.8

4.8
5.0
5.0
4.0

382.0
385.4
387.0
389.2

310.5
311.5
312.2
312.3

71.4
73.9
74.8
76.9

9.5
9.3
9.4
9.7

1
8 P
15 PE)

276.9
278.4
278.9

589.8
591.1
592.4

473.7
476.4
476.4

4.4
5.3
3.4

390.8
392.3
394,1

312.9
312.7
313.5

77.9
79.6
80.6

1974--LST QTR
2ND QTR.

7.1
( 6.7)

t

12.9
11.0
8.3
1 4.7)

9.9
7.0)

12.6

6.1

MONTHLY
1974--FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
APR.-NAY
WEEKLY LEVELS-SBILL IONS
I

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

MAR.

6
13
20
27

APR.

MAY

r

I----

,-

- --

U ----

lh

-

-

~

-----

NOTE: DATA SHOIN IN PARENTHESES

~

-C--

~--

---

ARE CURRENT PROJECTIONS.

P

10.2
10.4
10.7

~-------

YL-

- PRELIMINARY

PE - PARTIALLY ESTIMATED
-LI
1

------- -

----------

C------

----

II----

-------

--

---

--

-

-

-

- --

-

-

--

-

-

--

-

- --

-

-

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
MAY

17,

1974

TABLE 3
RESERVE EFFECTS OF
OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS AND OTHER RESERVE FACTORS
(Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)

Bills
& Accept.
(1)

Open Market Operations 1/
Agency
RP's
Coupon
Issues
Issues
Net 3/
(3)
(4)
(2)

Total
(5)

Daily Average Reserve Effect 2/
Other 4/
Open Market
a Member
Bank Borrowing Factors
Operations
(8)
(6)
(7)

in reserve categories
available res. 5/
req. res. against
U.S.G. and interb. (6)+(7)+(8)-(9)
(10)
(9)

Target
available
reserves 5/
(11)

Monthly
1973 --

Oct.
Nov.
hec.

1,972
-1,008
1,862

-533
226

172
71
128

295
-902
-831

2,440
-1,307
1,386

1,986
394
1,336

-395
-68
-101

-678
-646
-759

379
-190
-70

534
-130
546

1,005
860
475

1974 --

Jan.
Feb.
March

-397
-32
-64

179
30
190

-10
74
122

-100
-1,531

-328
71
1,780

1,031
9
-74

-254
143
166

698
-1,505
-358

773
-356
-323

702
-997
57

895
-875
-30

April
May
June

790

172

312

-485

789

922

362

-338

177

769

315
-130

Weekly
1974 --

1/
2/
J/
4/
/

Mar.

6
13
26
27

-759
-416
451
-18

--190
--

-5
-43
-170

370
2,116
-893
-1,474

-394
1,657
-252
-1,321

-376
-21
678
136

-339
71
501
229

497
65
-717
-800

-326
332
25
-384

108
-217
437
-51

Apr.

3
10
17
24

--5
206
-33

---172

---119

251
-532
142

251
-5
738
399

494
-785
963
156

-210
-309
622
122

385
653
-331
-367

532
-174
268
54
-3 p

137p
-267
986
265p

May

1
8
15
22
29

526
267
176

--

193
---

220
494
446

939
761
622

1,103

219

-591p

91p

640p

483
454

-540
360

-359p
-525p

-38p
49 3
p

-378p
-204p

--

Represents change in System's portfolio from end-of-period to end-of-period; Includes redemptions in regular bill auctions.
Represents change in daily average level for preceding period.
Includes matched sale-purchase transactions as well as RP's.
Sum of changes in vault cash, currency in circulation, Treasury operations, F.R. float, gold and foreign accounts, and other F.R. accounts.
Target change for April and May reflects the target adopted at the April 16, 1974 FOMC meeting.
Reserves to support private nonbank deposits.
Target change for previous months reflects the bluebook patterns that are consistent with target ranges that were adopted during the month.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
MAY 17, 1974
TABLE 4
SECURITY DEALER POSITIONS AND BANK POSITIONS
Millions of dollars

U S. Govt. Security
Dealer Positions
Period

Bills
(1)

Coupot Issues
(2)

Dealer Positions
Corporate
Municipal
Bonds
Bonds
(3)
(4)

Excess**
Reserves
(5)

Member Bank Reserve Positions
Borrowing at FRB**
Basic Reserve Deficit
Total
Seasonal
8 Ney York
38 Qthers
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

1973 --

High
Low

3,796
897

1,299
-301

197
0

384
36

631
-240

2,561
688

163
3

-5,243
-1,831

-10,661
-4,048

1974 --

High
Low

3,238
305

2,203
-39

253
7

371
43

394
-83

2,157
776

94
13

-6,189
2,672

-12,843
- 9,181

1973 --

Apr
May
Tune

2,457
1,894
2,281

106
421
562

12
66
33

60
151
120

255
161
234

1,688
1,843
1,851

3
30
75

-3,293
-3,019
-3,507

-6,577
-5,872
-6,443

July
Aug.
Sept

1,425
1,690
2,745

265
39
395

24
0
6

139
70
80

285
177
216

1,953
2,165
1,852

155
163
148

-2,460
-2,689
-3,173

-6,106
-4,440
-5,355

Oct
Nov.
Dec

2,565
2,804
3,441

484
793
973

44
90
105

226
148
276

227
239
307

1,476
1,393
1,298

126
84
41

-3,814
-4,469
-4,682

-6,090
-8,186
-9,793

Jan
Feb
Mar

3,102
2,436
1,986

540
1,619
583

114
120
68

254
263
239

162
184
134

1,051
1,162
1,314

18
17
32

-4,753
-5,262
-5,030

-10,893
-10,769
-11,058

Apr

*1,435

99

39

78

1,736p

40p

-3,952

-11,603

1974 --

1974 --

NOTE:

*

20

5p

Mar. 6
13
20
27

2,474
2,466
1,501
1,538

1,097
848
520
154

114
14
71
73

298
286
167
204

118
116
80
169

912
983
1,483
1,713

19
19
34
44

-5,911
-5,858
-4,304
-4,402

-10,497
-11,388
-11,441
-11,298

Apr. 3
10
17
24

2,264
2,120
1,754
*
472

263
212
80
* -39

86
16
30
24

97
46
43
124

226
62
329
190p

1,503
1,194
1,816
1,938p

48
41
47
54p

-4,032
-5,375
-4,739
-2,672

-11,062
-11,470
-12,826
-11,648

May

*
*
*

*-15
*-17
*384

7
37
150p

153
129
95p

158p
213p
250p

2

74p
82p
94p

-2,967
3 676
- ,
p
3 9 9
- , 9 p

- 9,712
- 9,185p
- 9,181p

1
8
15.
22
29

810
616
305

,157p
6
1, 17p
1,977p

Government security dealer trading positions are on a commtiment basis. Trading positions, wnicn exclude Treasury DiLLs rinanced by repurchase
agreements maturing in 16 days or more, are indicators of dealer holdings available for sale over the near-term. Other security dealer positions
are debt issues still in syndicate, excluding trading positions. The basic reserve deficit is excess reserves less borrowing at Federal Reserve
Weekly data are daily averages for statement weeks, except for corporate and municipal issues in syndicate
less net Federal funds purchases
which are Friday figures.
* STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
** Monthly averages for excess reserves and borrowings are weighted averages of statement week figures.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
MAY 17,1974

TABLE 5
SELECTED INTEREST RATES
Per cent

Treasury Bills
Period

1973 --

1974 --

U.S Government
(10-yr Constant
Maturity)

FNMA
Auction
Yields

i-Year

(2)

(3)

Low

10.84
5.61

8.95
5.15

8.43
5.42

10.50
5.63

10.50
5.38

10.75
5.50

8.52
7.29

8.30
7.26

5.59
4.99

7.54
6.42

9.37
7.69

High
Low

11.46
8.81

8.78
7.04

8.52
6.39

11.00
7.88

11.00
8.00

11.00
7.88

9.27
8.05

9.14
8.14

6.00
5.16

7.66
6.93

9.34
8.43

Apr.
May

7.12
7.84
8.49

6.26
6.36
7.19

6.51
6.63
7.05

7.13
7.26
8.00

7.04
7.44
7.98

6.75
7.41
8 13

7.46
7.51
7.64

7.48
7.50
7.64

5.15
5.15
5.18

6.67
6.85
6.90

7.89
7.98
8.07

July
Aug.
Sept.

10.40
10.50
10.78

8.01
8.67
8.29

7.97
8.32
8.07

9.26
10.26
10.31

9.09
10.25
10.31

9.19
16.40
10.50

8.01
8.36
7.88

7.97
8.22
7.99

5.40
5.48
5.10

7.13
7.40
7.09

8.46
8.83
9.32

Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

10.01
10.03
9.95

7.22
7.83
7.45

7.17
7.40
7.01

9.14
9.11
9.28

9.15
9.06
9.44

9.08
8.91
9.13

7.90
7.90
8.00

7.94
7.94
8.04

5.05
5.18
5.12

6.79
6.73
6.74

9.01
8.84
8.78

Jan.

9.65
8.97
9.35
10.51

7.77
7.12
7.97

7.01
6.51
7.34
8.08

9.05
8 09
8.69
9.81

8.83
7.97
8.56

8.33

8.86
8.00
8.64
9.92

9.78

8.21
8.12
8.46
8.98

8.22
8.23
8.42
8.94

5.22
5.20
5.41
5.73

6.99
6.96
7.21
7.51

8.71
8.48
8.53
9.07

13
20
27

8.98
9.03
9 33
9.61

7.60
7.81
7.93
8.22

6.91
7.02
7.26
7 83

8.15
8.33
8.58
9.10

8.25
8.38
8.75
9.38

8.13
8 25
8.63
9.25

8.37
8.33
8.59
8.64

8.27
8.37
8.52
8.67

5.27
5.32
5.46
5.57

7.08
7.12
7.28
7.38

Apr. 3
10
17
24

9.93
10.02
10.36
10.78

8.41
8.60
8.13
7.96

7.84
8.10
8.01
8.08

9.45
9.63
9.80
10.03

9.38
9.75
9.88
10.25

9.25
9.75
9.88
10.25

8.78
9.13
8.91
8.98

8.75
8.92
8.95
9 08

5.73
5.75
3.61
5.82

7 47
7.48
7.46
7.58

May

1
8
15
22
29

11.17
11.29
11.46

8.65
8.78
8.15

8.34
8.52
8.21

10.65
10.98
11.00

10.75
11.00
10.88

10.75
11.00
11.00

9.27
9.27
9.22p

9.01
9 14
. p
n.a.

5.91
6.00
6.04

7.63
7.66
7.55p

9
16

11.51
11.53p

8.49
7.94

8.49
8.08

11.00
11.00

High

Mar.

Daily--May
-- ____

Municipal
Bond Buyer

90-Day

Apr.

NOTES:

INew
60-89 Day

Aaa Utility
Recently
Issue
Offered

(1)

Feb.
Mar.

1974 --

Long-Term
CD's New Issue-NYC

Federal Funds

June

1974 --

Short-Term
90-119 Day
Conmmercial
paper

__

._

6

-~---e

(4)

(5)

90-119 Day

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(11)

(10)

8.44
8.62
8.95
9.18
9.34

7.70
n.a.
--

-~-L~--------

Weekly data for columns 1 to 4 are statement week averages of daily data. Columns 5 and 6 are one-day Wednesday quotes. For Columns 7, 8 and 10
the weekly date is the mid-point of the calendar week over which data are averaged. Column 9 is a one-day quote for Thursday following the end of
the statement week. Column 11 gives FNMA auction data for the Monday preceding the end of the statement week
The FNMA auction yield is the
average yield in the hi-weekly auction for short-term forward commitments for Government underwritten mortgages.

APPENDIX TABLE I

May 17,

1974

RESERVES ANDMONETARY
VARIABLES

RESERVES

period

Total
(1)

Nonborrowed
(2)

MONEYSTOCK MEASURES BANKCREDIT MEASURES
Available to
Support Pvt.
Deposits
(3)

M1

2

3

(4)

(5)

(6)

Adjusted
Credit
Proxy

OTHER

Total
Loans and
Investments

(7)

Total
Time

Time
Other than
CD's

(9)

(8)

(10)

Thrift
Institution
Deposits 1/
(11)

(12)

Nondeposit
Funds
(13)

(Per Cent Annual Rates of Growth)
(

revised

Series

1970
1971
1972
1973

+6.0
+7.2
+10.6
+7.8

+9.3
+7.8
+7.7
+7.2

+8.7
+6.9
+10.1
+9.3

+6.0
+6.3
+8.7
+6.1

+8.4
+11.2
+11.1
+8.9

+8.3
+13.3
+13.0
+8.8

+8.2
+9.4
+11.6
+10.6

+8.1
+11.2
+14.6
+12.6

+17.9
+18.2
+15.7
+16.0

+11.1
+16.7
+13.5
+11.4

+8.0
+17.1
+16.6
+8.6

+14.4
+ 7.7
+10.4
+19.4

+0.4

SeMtiIAnnually:
1st Half 1972
2nd Half 1972

+10.8
+9.9

+11.0
+4.1

+8.3
+11.5

+7.7
+9.4

+10.7
+10.9

+12.4
+12.8

+11.2
+11.3

+13.6
+14.7

+15.4
+14.8

+13.8
+12.3

+15.7
+16.3

+4.4
+6.0

-0.2
+0.6

+6.7
+8.6

+1.6
+12.7

+10.3
+7.8

+7.7
+4.4

+9.1
+8.2

+9.7
+7.5

+13.8
+7.0

+16.6
+8.0

+20.8
+10.2

+10.4
+11.8

+10.7
+6.1

+18.6
+ 0.8

+1.2
+1.8

1st Half 1973
2nd Half 1973

-8.4
-7.6
+3.0

IstQtr.
2st Qtr.
2nd Qtr.
3rd Qtr.
4th Qtr.

19
1972
1972
1972
1972

+8.7
+12.6
+4.4
+15.1

+9.1
+12.6
-0.9
+9.2

+9.6
+6.9
+10.4
+12.2

+13.5
+11.0
+13.3
+12.0

+10.5
+11.6
+10.2
+12.1

+15.7
+11.1
+13.0
+15.8

+14.5
+15.7
+14.3
+14.8

+15.5
+11.7
+12.7
+11.4

+15.9
+14.9
+17.8
+14.2

+0.7
+3.7
+2.4
+3.6

-0.3
+0.1
+0.3
+0.3

Qtr.
Qtr.
Qtr.
Qtr.

1973
1973
1973
1973

+6.4
+6.9
+10.6
+6.1

-3.6
+7.0
+11.3
+13.4

+7.8
+12.5
+14.2
+1.4

+8.6
+10.6
+5.1
+9.8

+14.6
+12.6
+10.5
+3.3

+19.9
+12.7
+11.4
+4.4

+22.7
+17.8
+14.0
+6.1

+ 9.9
+10.6
+10.6
+12.6

+11.4
+9.7
+4.6
+ 7.6

+11.2
+7.4
+4.7
-3.9

+0.5
+0.7
+1.7
+0.1

sltQtr.

1974

+1.7

+1.5

+6.2

+9.4

+8.5

+16.2

+15.6

+12.5

+8.6

+15.9
-2.9
+10.3
+10.0
+9.9
+17.3
+18.5
+10.1
+13.3
+1.0
-6.3
+9.4

+10.8
+8.1
+6.6
+8.6
+10.9
+11.9
+6.3
+5.0
+3.9
+9.3
+10.1
+9.6

+9.7
+11.1
+22.3
+15.4
+11.0
+11.1
+8.6
+17.0
+5.7
+1.6
+2.7
+5.6

+17.8
+23.7
+17.2
+13.1
+16.6
+8.2
+13.3
+16.7
+4.1
+6.7
+5.0
+1.5

+16.5
+22.3
+28.2
+22.5
+18.8
+11.2
+12.8
+18.9
+ 9.8
+ 3.7
+ 3.3
+11.3

+12.9
+ 7.0
+ 9.6
+10.0
+10.8
+10.7
+ 7.6
+13.0
+10.8
+16.1
+11.4
+10.1

+13.7
+11.6
+8.7
+9.0
+9.4
+10.4
+7.3
+2.3
+4.2
+6.8
+7.2
+8.6

+6.9
-0.3
+11.9
+20.0

+7.5
+11.5
+9.0
+7.6

+12.5
+1.3
+11.3
+31.9

+15.8
+15.0
+17.1
+16.5

+21.8
+15.2
+9.3
+30.8

+16.0
+14.2
+7.0
+8.1

+8.6
+7.8
+9.2
+6.6

1st
2nd
3rd
4th

1973--Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

+30.1
-21.1
+10.5
+14.7
+5.4
+27.2
-5.1
+9.4
+12.1
-4.3
+10.5

+26.8
-38.5
+1.8
+20.1
+0.5
+0.2
+24.9
-13.5
+21.9
+26.7
-1.6
+14.4

1974--Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April p

+35.7
-24.8
-5.4
+33.1

+45.9
-30.4
-10.0
+19.4

+0.5

U.S.
Gov't
Demand
(14)

(Dollar Change in Billions)

(Series revised)

Annually

CD's

+4.9

+1.2

+ 1.3
+ 4.4
+ 5.5
+ 3.8
+ 2.9
+ 0.7
+ 1.9
+ 2.4
+ 0.4
- 2.9
- 1.8
+ 0.8

+0.6
-0.5
+0.4
+0.2
+0.3
+0.2
+0.9
+0.6
+0.2
-0.4
+0.2
+0.3

42.7
+1.1
+1.1
+7.6

+0.1
+0.2
+0.9
+1.0

1/
Growth rates are based on estimated monthly average levels derived by averaging end of current month and end of previous month reported data,
NOTE: Reserve Requirements on Eurodollar borrowings are included beginning October 16, 1969, and requirements on bank-related commercial paper are included beginning
October 1, 1970.
p - Preliminary.

May

APPENDIX TABLE II
RESERVES AND MONETARYVARIABLES
(Seasonally adjusted, billions of dollars)

Total
(1)

Period

Nonborrowed

Available
to Support
Pvt. Deposits

Total
(4)

M,
I Pvt. Dep.
I
(5)
I (6)
(Series revised)
425.2
172.2
473.0
182.6
525.5
198.7

642.7
727.9
822.8

3
(7)

Adjusted
Credit
Proxy
(3)

Total
Loans &
Investments

1974

OTHER

BANjCCREDIT MEASURES

MONEYSTOCKMEASURES

RESERVES

17,

(9)

Total
Time
(10)

332.9
364.3
406.4

438.5
487.6
559.0

229.2
270.9
313.3

Thrift
Time
Institution
Other
Deposital
then, CD's
(11)
(1Z)
Series revised)
217.5
203.9
237.9
254.8
297.2
269.9

NonDeposits
'

.

U.S.
Gov't
Desapd

6dsi
(13)

'(4)

(15)

25.3
33.0
43.4

11.6
4.0
4.4

6.5
6.1
6.1

ANNUALLYDec.
1970
Dec.
1971
Dec.
1972

29,193
31,299
31,410

28,861
31,173
30,360

27,099
28,965
29,053

221.2
235.2
255.7

'IONTIILY
97
1 1--an.
Feb.
Mar.

12.199
31,634
31,910

31,037
30.040
30,085

29,439
29,368
29,621

256.7
257.9
258.1

199.6
200.4
200.1

529.6
532.4
534.7

830.2
835.8
940.4

409.7
413.5
421.2

567.3
578.5
586.8

317.6
323.6
331.2

272.9
274.5
276.6

300.6
303.5
305.7

44.7
49.1
54.6

5.0
4.5
4.9

6.7
6.1
7.6

Apr.
May
June

32,300
32,445
32,459

30,589
30,602
30,608

29,867
30,114
30,548

259.4
262.4
265.5

200.8
203.4
206.2

538.4
543.7
549.5

846.4
854.1
862.6

426.6
430.5
434.5

593.2
601.4
605.5

337.4
342.7
345.9

278.9
281.4
283.9

308.0
310.4
313.1

58.4
61.3
62.0

5.1
5.4
5.6

7.1
5.2
5.3

July
Aug.
Sept.

33,576
33,906
34,173

31,622
31,741
32,321

31,358
32.038
32,394

266.4
266.3
265.5

206.9
206.4
205.3

552.1
555.1
556.8

867.1
870.7
873.5

437.6
443.8
445.9

612.2
620.7
622.8

349.6
355.1
358.0

285.7
288.8
291.4

315.0
315.6
316.7

63.9
66.3
66.7

6.5
7.1
7.3

3.9
4.8
5.0

Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

34,942
34,857
35,105

33,466
33,463
33,807

32,845
32,714
32,912

266.6
269.2
271.4

206.1
208.2
209.7

561.9
567.3
572.1

880.3
887.7
894.8

446.5
447.5
449.6

626.3
628.9
629.7

359.1
360.1
363.5

295.3
298.1
300.6

318.5
320.4
322.7

63.8
62.0
62.8

6.9
7.1
7.4

6.0
5.8
4.9

35,850
35,108
34,949
35.914

34,799
33,916
33,634
34,178

32,799
32,791
33,117
33,669

270.8
273.7
276.2
278.1

208.9
211.1
212.8
214.1

575.4
581.9
586.2
590.2

900.4
909.0
915.8
921.6

454.3
454.8
459.1
471.3

638.0
646.0
655.2
664.2

370.1
374.8
377.7
387.4

304.6
308.2
310.0
312.1

325.0
327.1
329.6
331.4

65.5
66.6
67.7
75.3

7.5
7.7
8.6
9.6

6.2
3.0
3.7
4.6

35,398
35,040
36,161
36,057

33,895
33,846
34,345
34,119

33,240
33,117
33,794
33,773

277.4
277.6
280.0
277.7

214.0
213.5
215.9
213.8

588.0
589.2
592.2
590.1

466.3
468.4
472.9
471.8

382.0
385.4
387.0
389.2

310.5
311.5
312.2
312.3

71.5
73.9
74.8
76.9

9.5
9.3
9.4
9.7

4.8
5.0
5.0
4.0

36,737
36,385

34,580
34,768

34,258
34,151

276.9
278.4

212.9
213.9

589.8
591.1

473.7
476.4

390.8
392.3

312.9
312.7

77.9
79.6

1974--Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April

1974--April

May

3
10
17
24
lp
8p

10.2
10.4

4.4
5.3

1/
Estimated monthly average levels derived by averaging end of current month and end of previous month reported data.
p - Preliminary.
NOTE: Reserve requirements on Eurodollar borrowings are included beginning October 16, 1969, and requirements on bank-related commercial paper are included beginning October 1,
1970.
Adjusted credit proxy includes mainly total member bank deposits subject to reserve requirements, bank-related commercial paper and Eurodollar borrowings of U.S.
banks.
Weekly data are daily averages for statement weeks.
Monthly data are daily averages except for nonbank commercial paper figures which are for last day of month.
Weekly data are not available for M, total loans and investments and thrift institution deposits.

Appendix Table III

Growth Rate in Money Supply
(Per cent change at an annual rate)

1972

1973

'3

M2

M1

M

0

M

I

9.0

5.3

12,3

II

6.2

8.2

8.9

III

8.7

8.2

IV

9.9

8.4

I

3.8

7.0

II

11.5

7.5
5.6

Q-

12.5

9.8

11.0

11.7

10.8

10.8

13.3

13.0

10.6

10.2

12.0

12.2

8.6

10.2

7.0
11.1

5.3

8.8

10.6

9.0

7.9

5.1

7.5

8.8

8.9

4.5

11.0

8.9

9.8

7.9

7.1

6.7

9.9

9.9

9.4

9.4

IV

I

0

13.5

11.0

IVI

1974

M

M = Annual rates of growth calculated from average levels in the final months
of the quarters.
Q = Annual rates calculated from average levels in all three months of the
quarters.

Appendix Table IV

Growth Rates in Money Supply for Alternatives

M1
M

M3

M2
Q

M

Qa

NSL

Alt. A
1974

II
III
II & III Combined

6.7
5.6
6.2

8.5
5.7
7.1

7.0
6.6
6.8

8.3
6.6
7.4

6.1
5.6
5.8

7.5
5.6
6.5

5.7
4.6
5.1

7.4
4.7
6.0

5.3

7.2
3.5
5.3

Alt. B
1974

II
III
II & III Combined

6.4
4.7
5.5

8.3
4.9
6.6

6.6
5.3
5.9

8.1
5.5
6.8

Alt. C
II
III
II & III Combined

1974

5.9
3.6
4.7

8.2
3.9
6.0

6.1
3.6
4.8

7.9
4.0
5.9

4.2
4.2

M = Annual rates of growth calculated from average levels in last
months of the quarters.
Q = Annual rates calculated from average levels in all three
months of the quarters.

May 17, 1974
Appendix Table

V

Comparison of Money Stock Growth Rates

M1

Old
series

2

Revised
series 1/

Old
series

Revised
series 1/

5.7

6.1

8.6

8.9

I
H2

7.7
3.7

7.7
4.4

9.1
7.8

9.1
8.2

Q3
Q4

-0.2
7.5

0.0
8.9

5.2
10.1

5.3
11.0

1974 Q1

6.7

7.1

9.4

9.9

1973 June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.

14.2
4.1
-0.9
-3.6
5.0
10.4
7.1

14.2
4.0
-0.5
-3.6
5.0
11.7
9.8

12.8
5.7
6.3
3.7
10.8
10.9
8.5

12.8
5.7
6.5
3.7
11.0
11.5
10.2

1974 Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April

-3.6
12.9
10.6
7.4

-2.7
12.9
11.0
8.3

6.3
13.4
8.3
7.8

6.9
13.6
8.9
8.2

1973
1973

1/ Incorporates benchmark data from December 1973 call report.

Appendix Table VI
Money Supply Growth Rates

M1
1973

1974

M 1 less
Foreign Official
Deposits

M less Foreign
Official Deposits and
Deposits due to Foreign
Commercial Banks

January

4.7

5.2

5.3

February

5.6

5.6

6.7

March

0.9

0.5

0.9

April

6.0

6.5

6.6

May

13.9

13.0

11.8

June

14.2

14.7

14.4

July

4.1

3.6

August

-0.5

-0.5

September

-3.6

-3.6

October

5.0

5.5

November

11.7

December

9.8

10.9

2.8
-3.7
4.6
10.1

9.9

8.2

January

-2.7

-2.7

-3.6

February

12.9

12.5

13.1

March

11.0

11.5

11.2

April

8.3

6.1

5.8