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(CONFIDENTIAL

FR)

September 6, 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

September 6, 1974

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

MONETARY AGGREGATES AND
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS
Recent developments
(1) M1 grew at an annual rate of about 3.0 per cent in August,
somewhat above the very low July rate but short of the 4.7 per cent
indicated at the last Committee meeting.

Fragmentary data for early
As a result,

September suggest that a sizable shortfall is continuing.

M 1 growth for August and September combined now appears to be running at
only a 2.6 per cent annual rate, below the low end of the Committee's
range of tolerance, as shown in the table, while growth of M 2 is close to

the low end of its range.
Growth of Monetary Aggregates and RPD's
in Aug.-Sept. Period
Reserve and Monetary Aggregates
(Growth at SAAR in per cent)

Range of
Tolerance

Latest Estimates

M1

4¾-6¾

2.6

M2

5½-7½

5.8

RPD's

7¾-9¾

8.8

11½-12½

Avg. for statement
week ending
12.31
Aug. 21
11.84
Aug. 28

Memo:
Federal funds rate
(per cent per annum)

Sept. 4
(2)

11.64

As evidence of weakness in the aggregates emerged, the

Account Management supplied reserves more readily, expecting the Federal
funds rate to move into the lower half of the Committee's 11½-12½ per cent

range of tolerance.

The funds rate averaged 11.84 per cent and 11.64 per

cent, respectively, in the 2 full statement weeks since the last meeting.
Member banks showed a greater willingness to borrow in this period, and
borrowings (apart from Franklin) averaged $2.2 billion, up about $400 million
from the average in the previous four weeks.
(3)

Net changes in short-term interest rates have been relatively

minor since the last Committee meeting, although quotes on both Treasury
bills and large bank CD's have moved over a rather wide range.

Bill rates

rose sharply early in the period, with the bid quote on the 3-month issue
moving to a record 9¾ per cent, as the Treasury was in process of raising
a sizable amount of new cash through additions to the supply of bills.
Subsequently, with the Federal funds rate continuing to edge lower, bill
rates turned down again, and most recently, the 3-month issue has traded
around 9.25 per cent.

Bank CD rates also moved up early in the inter-

meeting period when a number of institutions were seeking to expand CD
volume in anticipation of large September maturities, but since then they
have dropped to levels close to those prevailing at the time of the last

meeting.

Announcement on September 4 of the Board action eliminating the

3 per cent marginal reserve requirement on large longer maturity bank CD's
was interpreted by the market as evidence that monetary policy has become
slightly less restrictive.
(4)

Long-term debt markets remained under pressure during

most of the inter-meeting period, with yields in most areas tending to
edge a little higher.

Contributing to this pressure were large current

and prospective borrowings by Government sponsored agencies that support

housing.

While some renewed problems developed in the placement and

distribution of new corporate and municipal security issues, the degree
of difficulty appears to be less than in early July.

Mortgage rates

continued to rise, as deposit inflows to thrift institutions were severely
constrained.
(5)

The table on the following page shows (in percentage annual

rates of change) selected monetary and financial flows over various recent
time periods.

Appendix table III compares money supply growth rates

computed on a quarterly-average basis with those computed on a last-monthof-quarter basis.

Projected figures on the two bases are shown in appendix

table IV for the three alternatives presented in the next section.

Past
Three

Past
Twelve

Past
Six

Calendar Years
1971

Months
Aug. '74

Months
Aug. '74

--

over

over

1973

Aug. '73

Feb. '74

Total reserves

8.5

9.9

12.3

8.2

-4.9

Nonborrowed reserves

7.6

6.9

0.1

--

-6.5

8.8

10.4

15,7

12.8

10.9

7.0

5.4

5.6

4.2

3.0

10.4

8.5

7.2

7.6

6.6

11.7

7.6

6.2

5.8

4.6

Total member banks deposits
10.5
(bank credit proxy adj.)

10,3

15.2

9.6

5.9

12.8

11.3

12.8

10,7

10.0

1.0

1.5

3.0

3.4

-.8

Average
of Past Three

Past

Month
Months
Aug. '74 Aug. '74
over

over

May '74 July '74

Reserves available to support

private nonbank deposits
Concepts of Money
M1 (currency plus demand

deposits) 1/
M2 (M plus time deposits
at commercial banks

other than large CD's)
M 3 (M, plus deposits at

thrift institutions)
Bank Credit

Loans and investments of
commercial banks 2/

Short-term Market Paper
(Monthly average change
in billions)

Large CD's
Nonbank commercial paper

.2

.7

-.1

.5

1.5

11 Other than interbank and U.S. Government.
2/ Based on month-end figures. Includes loans sold to affiliates and branches.
NOTE: All items are based on average 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-of-month
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
(6)

Summarized below for Committee consideration are three

alternative policy courses, with more detail presented in the table on

the following page.
Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

Targets (Balance of 1974
and 1st qtr. of 1975)

5¼

5¾

M1

6½

M2

8

7

6¾

5½

Credit proxy

6
4¾

Associated ranges of
tolerance for Sept.-Oct.

M1

3¾-5¾

3¼-5¼

2¾-4¾

M2

5¾-7¾

5-7

4½-6½

RPD

7¼-9¼

6-8

5-7

Federal funds rate
(inter-meeting period)

9¼-11¼

10-12

10¾-12¾

(7) The alternative longer-run targets for growth rates in the
aggregates cover a seven-month period that encompasses the balance of
1974 (September and the fourth quarter) and the first quarter of 1975.
It was assumed that the Committee would wish to continue looking ahead
about two quarters in establishing its longer-run targets.

However, at

this time, if the targeted growth rates covered only the fourth and first
quarters, they would be based on September levels that are almost wholly
projected and subject to very considerable error since there are virtually
no hard data yet available for that month.

Since the August figures

would provide a more reliable base, the alternative longer-run targets

-5aAlternative Longer-Run Targets for Key Monetary Aggregates

1974

1975

Alt. A

M1
Alt. B

Alt. C

Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

AltA
Alt,
A

Alt. B

Alt. B

Alt. C

Aug.
Sept.
Oct.

280.7
281.4
282.9

280.7
281.3
282.7

280.7
281.2
282.5

60 2.2
60)5.1
609.0

602.2
604.8
608.3

6 02.2
6 04.7
6 07.8

936.6
940.9
946.5

936.6
939.8
944.0

936.6
939.2
942.4

Dec.

286.4

285.9

285.4

61.7.4

615.9

6 14.4

957.1

952.7

949.5

Mar.

291.4

290.2

289.3

6310.4

626.6

6 23.2

973.5

965.0

959,4

6.5

5.8

5.3

8.0

6.9

6.0

6.8

5.2

4.2

2.6
7.1
7.0

2.4
6.5
6.0

2.3
6.0
5.5

6.0
8.1
8.4

5.8
7.3
6.9

5.7
6.4
5.7

5.0
6.9
6.9

4.6
5.5
5.2

4.3
4.4

3.0
6.4

2.6
6.0

2.1
5.5

5.8
7.7

5.2
6.9

5.0
6.2

5.5
7.1

4.1
5.4

3.3
4.1

RPD
Alt. B

Alt. C

Rates of Growth
Aug. '74--Mar. '75
Quarters:
1974 3rd Q.

4th Q.
1975

1st Q.

4.2

Months:
Sept.
Oct.

1974

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

Total Reserves
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C

Alt. A

489.3
493.0
495.5

489.3
492.8
494.6

37,269
37,328
37,696

37,269
37,304
37,625

37,269
37,282
37,555

35,365
35,446
35,451

35,365

Oct.

489.3
493.3
496.3

35,422
35,381

35,365
35,400
35,311

Dec.

500.3

499.0

497.4

38,151

38,034

37,895

35,819

35,703

35,566

Mar.

508.3

505.4

502.9

38,213

37,999

37,794

36,118

35,905

35,701

Aug.

Sept.

1975

Aug. '74--Mar. '75
Quarters:
1974 3rd Q.

4th Q.
1975

1st Q.

Rates of Growth
5.2

6.7

5.6

4.8

6.2

8.4
5.7
6.4

8.2
4.9
5.1

8.0
3.7
4.4

8.2
11.3
0.6

9.8
7.3

9.1
6.1

8.6
4.4

7.1
19.5

4.3

5.6

4.6

3.6

8.0
10.4
-0.4

7.7
9.1
-1.1

9.3
6.9
3.3

9.0
5,9
2.2

8.8
4.6
1.5

6.3
18.0

5.6
16.4

8.2
8.3

7.4
6.7

6.6
5.1

Months:

Sept.
Oct.

are shown for a seven-month period including September.

As may be seen

from the chart on the following page, the level of M1 in August reflects
a 5.2 per cent annual rate of growth thus far this year; since this is
reasonably consistent with recent Committee desires, the August level is
not unreasonable as a base for formulating longer-run targets.
(8)

Alternative C involves a 5¼ per cent growth rate for

M1 over the target period and assumes money market conditions about
unchanged from those recently prevailing.

Because of the shortfalls

in M 1 in July and August, such a growth rate measured from August would
imply lower levels of M1 in coming months than were implicit in the
longer-run target (of 5¼ per cent for the second half of 1974) that
was adopted at the August Committee meeting.

Alternative B con-

templates a 5¾ per cent growth rate for M1 from now on.

Such a growth

rate would compensate for recent shortfalls by early spring of next
year--i.e., by early spring of 1975, the rate of increase in M1
measured from mid-1974 would be around 5¼ per cent.

The more rapid

6½ per cent growth rate for M 1 contemplated under alternative A would
almost make up for the recent shortfall by year-end.

(9) The 5¼ per cent growth path for M1 of alternative C
is expected to be consistent with a Federal funds rate range centering

MONEY SUPPLY AND LONGER RUN TARGET PATHS

RATIO SCALE. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

A=6 1 2% Growth
B=5%% Growth
C=51/% Growth
RATE OF GROWTH
DEC. '73 TO AUG '74

J

F

M

5.2%

A

M

J

J
1974

A

S

O

N

D

J

F
1975

M

on 11¾ per cent, which is close to the rate that has prevailed on
average since the last meeting.

Over the two month September-October

period M 1 growth would be expected to be in a 2¾-4¾ per cent, annual
rate, range.

The expectation of a continued relatively low growth

rate over the near-term in part reflects the weakness in the fragmentary
information thus far available for the early days of September, a
period when a substantial recovery in growth had earlier been expected.
M 1 growth is projected to pick up in October, with growth more rapid
over the fourth quarter as a whole, since transactions demands for
cash are assumed to strengthen if the staff forecast for about a
7 per cent annual rate of growth in nominal GNP is realized.
(10)

With money market conditions assumed to be essentially

unchanged under this alternative, little further net change in market
interest rates generally would be expected between now and the next
Committee meeting.

The volume of new issues expected in corporate and

municipal bond markets is fairly heavy over the week immediately ahead,
but no new Treasury cash borrowing is anticipated until later in the
year.

In the mortgage market, rates have already adjusted upward sub-

stantially, and reduced demands for mortgage credit may limit further

-8upward rate adjustments.

However, the spread between corporate bond

yields and mortgages is still unfavorable to the latter, and high shortterm market interest rates would be expected to continue diverting
savings from banks and thrift institutions to market instruments.
(11)

Given the market interest rates assumed under alternative

C, growth in savings deposits at thrift institutions would be expected
to remain barely positive, while net inflows of time deposits other than
money market CD's to banks would be expected to expand at a modest pace.
Banks have reduced reliance on money market CD's recently, and growth
in these instruments over the months ahead would probably be slower
than earlier in the year as bank loan growth is projected to abate somewhat.

The reduced rate of expansion in economic activity is likely to

temper bank credit demands, although the needs of borrowers under
liquidity pressure could remain substantial.

The recent Board action

to remove the marginal reserve requirement on large time deposits
maturing in four months or more is assumed to have a marginal effect
on the structure of CD's issued by banks, but to have an insignificant
effect on the total amount of CD's issued.
(12)

Adoption of the somewhat higher 5¾ per cent growth rate

of alternative B would be expected to entail a further decline in the

-9Federal funds rate over the next few weeks to around 11 per cent, the center
of the 10-12 per cent range shown for this alternative.

Growth of M1 in the

September-October period in a 3¼-5¼ per cent annual rate range might be
anticipated.

Growth over the fourth and first quarters would be con-

siderably higher--around 6-6

per cent, annual rate--to compensate for

the marked weakness expected in September.

The stimulative impact of

the easing in money market conditions on money demand would be felt mainly
in the fourth and first quarters; subsequently growth in M1 could be
expected to drop back to around the 5¾ per cent rate.
(13)

If the funds rate were to decline to 11 per cent over

the next few weeks, other rates would be likely to decline rather sharply
on expectational grounds.

Rate declines would probably be larger than

justified by the stance of monetary policy and the likely strength of
credit demands, if our nominal GNP forecast is correct.

Thus interest

rates would probably readjust upward to some degree as time goes on.
Between now and the next Committee meeting the 3-month bill rate would
be mostly in a 7¾-8¾ per cent range.

A very modest recovery in savings

flows at banks and thrift institutions might develop, and mortgage
market rates would be under less pressure.
(14)

Alternative A presents a more expansive policy alternative,

characterized by a 6

per cent long-run rate of growth in M1 and a

greater near-term decline in the Federal funds rate.

Expectational effects

on markets would be quite strong, and market interest rates generally
could be expected to decline rather sharply.

Improvement in the position

of thrift institutions would be rather marked, and mortgage rates, after

-10some time, may begin to decline.

Banks could expand CD offerings over

the near-term to obtain funds for investment in longer-term market
securities while high yields on the securities are still available.
(15)

It was assumed in the preceding discussion that if the

Committee adopts alternative

B or A, it would want to have the money

market conditions expected to be consistent with the higher growth
rates for M 1 established between now and the next meeting.

However, the

Committee may wish to phase in any easing of market conditions over a
longer period, particularly under alternative A.

Thus, the funds rate

could be permitted to decline in the inter-meeting period by less than
implied by the mid-points of the ranges shown in the summary table of
paragraph (6), in the expectation that some further decline would be
sought later.

If staff estimates of relationships between interest

rates and monetary aggregates are correct, however, under such a procedure achievement of the indicated targets for the aggregates would
require a somewhat larger total decline in the funds rate than if the
move were accomplished quickly.

For example, under alternative A, a

drop in the funds rate to 10¾ per cent over the next five weeks, followed
by a further decline to around 10 per cent by mid-November, could be
envisaged.

-11Proposed directive
(16)

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.

As will be noted, alternative A refers to the

rate of growth in monetary aggregates "over recent months."

Over the

second quarter and the first 2 months of the third quarter, growth rates
were 4.8 and 7.1 per cent for M 1 and M2, respectively.
Alternative A
To implement this policy, while taking account of
developments in domestic and international financial markets,
the Committee seeks to achieve bank reserve and money market
moderate] growth in
conditions consistent with A HIGHER RATE OF[DEL:
ahead]
months
the
over
monetary aggregates [DEL:

THAN HAS PREVAILED

OVER RECENT MONTHS.
Alternative B

To implement this policy, while taking account of
developments in domestic and international financial markets,
the Committee seeks to achieve bank reserve and money market
conditions consistent with moderate growth in monetary aggregates
over the months ahead.

-12Alternative C
To implement this policy, while taking account of
developments in domestic and international financial markets,
the Committee seeks to achieve bank reserve and money market
conditions consistent with MODEST[DEL:
moderate] growth in monetary
aggregates over the months ahead.

CHART 1

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

9/6/74

RESERVES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT
PRIVATE NONBANK DEPOSITS
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

f

40

for August-September

growth

-134

I

r
J

M

J

1973
*Break

S

D

M

J

S

1974

n Series Actual Level of RPD After Changes in Reserve Requirements

D

I
J

I

I
A
1974

S

0

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)

CHART 2

9/6/74

MONETARY AGGREGATES
OW MONEY SUPPLY M1

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
290

--

290

270

285

S6%% growth for Aug -Sept.

4%% growth 2

280

DER MONEY SUPPLY M2
-

40

(9/4/74)

-275
-

20

610

-600
77%% growth for Aug -Sept

605
580

/2%growth
5%
(9/4/74)

S600

560

595
540

- 590

1973

1974

A
1974

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL(FR)
9/6/74

CHART 3

MONETARY AGGREGATES
ADJUSTED CREDIT PROXY

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1 550

r

520

480

460

430

I

____I

I

I

I

TOTAL RESERVES

I

I I I
44

41

38

35

32

1973
*Break in series Actual Leveicf Total Reserves After Chanses in Reserve Reouirements

1874

CHART 4

MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS AND INTEREST RATES
INTEREST RATES

MONEY MARKET
CONDITIONS

PERCENT
-12

-

Short-term

PERCENT
13

-

WEEKLY AVERAGES

WEEKLY AVERAGES

INTEREST RATES Long-term
WEEKLY

FEDERAL FUNDS
RATE
-

FHA MORTGAGES

EURO-DOLLARS

FNMA MONDAY AUCTION

3 MONTH

1

B

Aaa UTILITY
NEW ISSUE

-

F.R DISCOUNT

RATE

I

GOVERNMENT BONDS
10 YEAR AVERAGES

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

RESERVES
BORROWED

/'

"'

3.A/
3

I-

/

7
MUNICIPAL BOND BUYER

TREASURY BILLS
3 MONTH

1973

THURSDAYS

1974

1973

1974

PER CENT
1 11

TABLE

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

1

SEPTEMBER

BANK RESERVES
(ACTUAL AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS)

RESERVES AVAILABLE FOR
S PRIVATE NONBANK DEPOSITS

PERIOD
I

1

MONTHLY LEVELS-SMILLIONSI
---------------)
1974--JUN.
I
JUL.
AUG.
SEP.
ANNUAL RATES OF

(1)
(1)

34,795
35,047
(35,3651
(35,560)

I NON SEAS ADJ
I
1

(2)
(2)

34,439
34,840
(35,0531
135,375)

1974

REQUIRED RESERVES
I
AGGREGATE RESERVES
II
II -------------------------------------------------------SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
f

SI------------------------------------------------------------------------SEAS ADJ

6,

I

TOTAL
RESERVES

II
11

NONBORROWFD
RESERVES

(3)
(3

36,731
37,421
(37,269)
(37,442)

(4)
(4)

33,725
34,120
(33,9331

(33.974)

I
I
I

----------

---

PRIVATE
DEMAND

OTHER
TIME DEP
(6)
(6)

(5)
(5)

20,379
20,449
(20,405)
(20,4561

8,807
8,866
I 8,997)
( 9,072)

CD'S AND
NON DEP

GOVT AND
INTERBANK

(7)
(7)

18
181

5,411
5,570
( 5.737)
I 5,840)

1,936
2,374
( 1,904)
( 1,882)

2,282
2,108
2,721
2,581
2,124

CHANGE

-----------

-

QUARTERLY:
1973--4TH QTR.

1.4

6.1

13.4

5.8

12.7

1974--1ST QTR.
2ND OTR.
3RD OTR.

6.2
20.3
8.81

1.7
20.4
7.7)

1.5
1.1
S 3.0)

1.3
1.7
( 1.51

9.2
7.1
S12.0)

18.4
8.7
10.9)
6.6)

6.8
22.5
-4.9)
5.6)

-7.4
1
(

2.2
4.1
-2.6)
3.0)

11.P

14.1
-6.6)
1.4)

8.81

0.3)

(

-2.6)

0.2)

(

MONTHLY:
1974--JUN.
JUL.
AUG.
SEP.
AUG.-SEP.

I

8.0
(

17.7)

(

10.0)

(

13.9)

WEEKLY LEVELS-SMILLICNS

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

I
JUL.

AUG.

3
10
17
24
31

35,164
34,994
35,107
34,847
35,191

34,961
34,583
34,891
34,756
35,079

37,446
37,102

7
28

35,243
35,279
35,401
35,363

4

35,772

14
21

SEP.

20,437
20,316
20,674
20,326
20,483

8,854
8,848
8,P41
8,882
8,898

5,503

37,428
37,315

34,011
34,462
34,653
33,787
33,625

34,925
34,952
35,058
35,098

37,101
37,112
37,412
37.311

34,012
34,072
33,975
33,778

20,346
20,392
20,447
20,399

8,942
8,989
8,996
9,040

5,727
5,753
5,694

5,742

1,858
1,833
2,011
1,948

35,473

37,600

33,693

20,490

9,042

5,807

1,828

37,828

5,552
5,607
5,524
5,625

NOTE: DATA SHOWN IN PARENTHESES ARE CURRENT PROJECTIONS. AT THE FOMC MEETING OF AUG. 20, 1974,
THE COMMITTEE AGREED ON A RPD RANGE OF 7.75 70 9.75 PERCENT FOR THE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER PERIOD.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

TABLE 2

SEPTEMBER

MONETARY AGGREGATES
(ACTUAL AND CURRENT PROJECTIONS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)

I
I
I

PERIOD

MONEY SUPPLY
BROAD
I
NARROW
I
IM21
(Ml)
(1)

MONTHLY LEVELS-SBILLIONS

--

-I-----

------

I
I

1974--JUN.
JUL.
AUG.
SEP.

--------QUARTERLY

I

I

I
8.9

1974--1ST QTR.
2ND OTR.
3RD OTR.

5.6
6.4
(2.3)

U.S.
GOVT.
DEPOSITS

11

1

483.1
486.9
(489.3)
(492.8)

II
II

I
I

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

I

(6)

(5)

I

I

I
I
I

NONDEPOSIT
SOURCES OF
FUNDS

I

(8)

I

I

S 316.5
319.0
(321.51
(323.5)

399.9
404.3
(406.2)
(408.8)

(7)

I

I
3.7
2.5
( 5.3)
( 6.7)

I

I

I

(4)

If

83.3
5.4
184.6)
(85.3)

I

1

10.3
11.2
1
(10.61
(11.0)

I

I

II

I

I

I

I

1973--4TH OTR.

I

(3)

(2)

596.2
598.9
(602.2)
(604.7)

I

I

----

ADJUSTED II
II
CREDIT
II
PROXY

I
279.6
280.0
(280.7)
(281.2)

PERCENT ANNUAL GROWTH

- - --

I

I
I
I

I

II

11.0

3.3

9.0
7.7
( 5.7)

8.5
20.9
8.0)

I
I

6.1

12.6

15.4
23.7
( 8.9)

12.2
8.7
(8.8)

I

I

I

MONTHLY
1974--JUN.
JUL.
AUG.
SEP.

WEEKLY

AUG.-SEP.

I

LEVELS-SBILLIONS

I

---------------------JUL.

AUG.

--

---

-

-

-

-

--------

-

-

-

-

2.6)

( 5.8)

601.5
602.7
602.4
602.1

-

I

603.0

1

16.7
13.2
( 5.6)
( 7.7)

12.3
9.5
(9.4)
( 7.5)

( 6.7)

(

3.1
3.3
2.1
2.1
2.3

402.4
403.2
404.0
405.2
405.9

317.4
318.5

85.0
84.7

10.7
10.4

318.5

85.4

10.8

319.3
320.3

85.9
85.6

12.1
11.7

4.0
5.0
5.8
6.1
6.0
6.0

405.5
406.2
406.0
406.4
407.6
407.6

320.6
321.5
321.4
322.2

84.9
84.7
84.6
84.2

11.0
9.8
10.5
11.1

( 7.3)

I

281.0
281.2
281.0
279.8
ISEP. 280.
4
280.5
4 PEI

I

I

I

1

13.3
9.4
( 5.9)
( 8.6)

I

I
598.1
597.8
599.
598.5
599.6

7
14
21
28 P

-

10.6
5.4
( 6.6)
( 5.0)

280.8
279.3
280.9
279.2
279.2

3
10
17
24
31

SEP.

7.8
1.7
( 3.0)
( 2.1)

I

I

II

I

487.9
485.3
486.2
487.0
487.7
488.8
488.6
489.6
489.3
490.9
490.9

I

II

I
I1
I

1I
II

~

I

I
I

-

--- ' ------ " "-------------------------

'

"

~"""~"~'~

-------

--------""

I

I

"

11.0

85.1

322.5

I

- '
- -'' - - "---------- - - - -"- - -" - '- - - - - - -------------------------------- - - - - NOTE: DATA SHOWN IN PARENTHESES ARE CURRENT PROJECTIONS.

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

8.5)

" "
"
-"
"'
P
- PRELIMINARY
PE - PARTIALLY ESTIMATED
"

"

'

"~"

"~~

"

6,

1974

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
SEPTEMBER

(FR)

6, 1974

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

Open Market Operations
Bills
& Accept.
(1)

Coupon
Issues

Agency
Issues

(2)

(3)

1/

Daily Average Reserve Effect 2/

RP's
Net 3

TOTAL

(4)

(5)

Open Market
Operations

n

Member
Borrowing

Other 4/
Factors

(6)

(7)

(8)

/

in reserve categories

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

are
available
reserves

(10

(11)

Monthly
1974--Feb
March

-32
-64

30
190

74
122

-1,531

71
1,780

9
-74

143
166

-1,505
-358

-356
-323

-997
57

-875
-30

April
May
June

790
653
-544

172
207
176

312
185
237

-485
1,111
-984

789
2,155
-1,115

922
1,970
-673

362
866
420

-338
-2,239
74

173
207
-400

773
390
221

315
-130

July
Aug.
Sept.

898
862

125
--

726
235

-3,760
2,225

-2,011
3,322

1,601
141

309

-901

471

538

3
10
17
24
31

292
58
288
446
1

176
-125
---

305
298
291
145
-3

-170
128
-426
-72
-3,787

603
484
278
518
-3,789

197
46
811
-469
-195

647
-795
535
466
49

-106
343
-390
-404
-67

7
14
21
28

66
-138
881
567

-----

-3
----

366
1,820
1,232
-4,768

430
1,682
2,113
-4,200

-589
-161
2,003
-145

-601
-49
397
96

906
231
2
- ,155p
6 2
p

p
-5p
139p
-151p

4

-518

--

221

5,742

5,446

56

373

-154p

-100p

3 5

Oct.
Weekly
1974--July

Aug

Sept

383
-28
648
-272
-536
130

-

355
-378
308
-135
323
-154p
26p
1 6
0 p
40p
37

5p

18
25
/
2/
3/
4/
5/

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.
Reserves to support private nonbank deposits.
Target change for Aug. and Sept. reflects the target adopted at the Aug. 20, 1974 FOMC meeting.
Target change for previous months reflect the bluebook patterns that are consistent with target ranges that were adopted during the month.

/

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
SEPTEMBER

6,

(FR)

1974

TABLE 4
SECURITY DEALER POSITIONS AND BANK POSITIONS
Millions of dollars

U S. Govt. Security
Dealer Positions

Period

SCorporate
Bills

Coupon Issues

Dealer Positions
Municipal
Bonds
Bonds

_Member

Excess**
Reserves

.
Bank Reserve Positions
Borrowing at FRB**
Basic Reserve Deficit
Total
Seasonal
8 New York
38 Others

(1)

(2)

1973--High
Low

3,796
897

1,299
-301

2,561
688

-5,243
-1,831

-10,661

1974--High
L6w

3,238
-289

2,203
-309

3,906
776

-5,911
-2,447

-12,826

1973--Aug
Sept

1,690
2,745

39
395

2,165

-2,689
-3,173

- 4,940
- 5,355

2,565
2,804
3,441

484
793
973

1,476

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

- 6,090
- 8,186

3,102
2,436
1,986

540
1,619
583

1,051
1,162
1,314

-4,753

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

Apr.
May
June

1,435
408
580

99
85
9

2,590

July
Aug

457
*1,758

-214
*398

Oct.
Nov.
Dec
1976-- Tan.
Feb
Mar

1974--July

Aug

Sept.

NOtS:

(6)

1,852
1,393
1,298

- 4,048

- 7,241p

- 9,793

-5,262

-5,030
-3,952
-3,171
-4,445

1,736
3,020
162

(9)

(8)

-11,603
- 9,091
- 9,920

3,075
3,336p

149
164p

-3,522

227p

- 9,555

-4,271p

- 8, 90p

-76
-145
-309
-263
-209

369
278
-16
115
184

3,435
2,640
3,175
3,641
3,690

126
137
152
155
163

-3,794

- 8,966

-4,L16
-3,972
-2,669
-3,111

-10,178

-178
772
487
489

228p
145p
263p
3
18 p

3,089p
040
3,
p
3 43 7
,
p
3,533p

176

p
160p
166p
161p

-4,466
-5,174
-4,172
-3,041p

- 9,938

432p

3,90&p

152p

-3,

3
10
17
24
31

75
26
24
284
1,673

7
14
21
28

2,065
*2,290
*L,657
*1,226

*
*
*

4
11
18
25

*2,669

*459

9 74

9

- 9,826
- 9,758
- 8,957

p

- 9,382
- 8,605
- 8,567p
- 7,241p

Government security dealer trading positions are on a commitment basis. Trading positions, which exclude Treasury bills financed 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 less net Federal funds
purchases.
Weekly data are daily averages for statement weeks, except for corporate and municipal issues in syndicate which are Friday figures.
*

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

** Monthly averages for excess reserves and borrowings are weighted averages of statement week figures.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
SEPTEMBER

6,

1974

TABLE 5
SELECTED INTEREST RATES
per cent

Short-Term
Treasury Bills

Long-Term
90-119 Day

CD's New Issue-NYC

New

Commercial

Federal Funds
(1)

90-Day
(2)

1 60-89 Day

90-119 Day

1-Year

paper_

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

U.S. Government

Aaa Utility

Issue
(7)

Recently

Municipal

Offered

Bond Buyer

(8)

(9)

TNMA

(10-yr. Constant Auction

Maturity)
(10)

Yields
(11)

1973 --

High
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

1974 --

High
LOw

13.55
8.81

9.63
7.04

9.54
6.39

12.25
7.88

12.25
8.00

12.00
7.88

10.31
8.05

10.31
8.14

6.95
5.16

8.14
6.93

10.38
8.43

10.50
10.78

8.67
8.29

8.32
8.07

10.26
10.31

10.25
10.31

10.40
10.50

8.36
7.88

8.22
7.99

5.48
5.10

7.40
7.09

8.83
9.32

Oct.
NOV.
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

8.08

7.90
7.90
8.00

7.94
7.94
8.04

5.05

6.79

5.18
5.12

6.73
6.74

9.01
8.84
8.78

Jan.

Feb.
Mar.

9.65
8.97
9.35

7.77
7.12
7.97

7.01
6.51
7.34

8.86
8.00
8.64

9.05
8.09
8.69

8.83
7.97
8.56

8.21
8.12
8.46

8.22
8.23
8.42

5.22
5.20
5.41

6.99
6.96
7.21

8.71
8.48
8.53

Apr.
May
June

10.51
11.31
11.93

8.33
8.23
7.90

8.08

9.81

8.21
8.16

9.92
10.82
11.18

10.83
11.06

9.78
10.90
10.88

8.98
9.24
9.38

8,94
9.13
9.36

5.73
6.02
6.13

7.51
7.58
7.54

9.07
9.41
9.54

July
Aug.

12.92
12.01

7.55
8.96

8.04
8.88

11.93
11.79

11.83
11.69

11.83
11.91

10.20
10.07

10.04
10.19

6.68
6.69

7.81
8.04

9.84
10.25

3
10
17
24
31

13.55
13.34
13.04
12.60
12.29

7.45

8.36
8.32
7.84
7.75
8.13

11.95
12.09
12.25
11.90
11.45

11.75
12.25
11.88
11.50
11.75

11.75
12.00
12.00
11.63
11.75

10.30

9.79
10.16
10.10
10.09
10.28

6.64
6.95
6.78
6.34
6.70

7.68
7.82
7.88
7.77
7.90

9.65

7.58
7.51
7.63
7.53

7
14
21
28

12.09
12.02
12.23

8.50
8.52
8.80
9.54

11.55
11.68
11.85
12.00

11.75
11.75
11.63
11.63

11.75

10.15
10.02
10.28
10.26

7.99
8.04

10.12

12.00
12.00

9.82
10.10
10.26
9.99

6.58
6.61
6.73

11.84

8.42
E.84
8.94
9.63

6.91

8.05
8.14

10.38

Sept. 4
11
18
25

11.64

9.18

9.26

11.94

11.63

12.00

10.31p

10.27p

6.88

8.12p

11.67
11.63p

9.02

1973 -- Aug.
Sept.

1974

--

1974 --

July

Aug.

Daily - Aug. 29
Sept. 5
NOTE:

9.33

8.91
9.13

11.88

10.25
10.10

9.90
9.98

12.00
11.88

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

September

6, 1974

APPENDIX TABLE I
RESERVES AND MONETARY VARIABLES

BANK CREDIT

MONEY STOCK

Non-

Total borrowed

Period

(1)

-to
able to
support
rivate

(2)

oved Series
H

2

eposits
(3)

(4)

Total
Adjusted
Credit

M

f
(5)

__OTHER

MEASRES

MEASURES_

I

RESERAVS

3
(6)

Loans
and
Invest-

Revised Sertes
Total

Proy

ent

time

(7)

(8)

(9)

Thrift
Testituinonpotic De

Tine
other
than

D's

o
it

dep

-funds

's

(12)

(11)

(10)

(13)

(Dollar Change

(Per Cent Annual Rates of Growth)

.S.
Gov't.

Dmand
(14)
in Billions)

Annually
1970
1971
1972
1971

+9
+7
+7
+7

3
8
7
2

+8 7
+6.9
+10 1
+9.3

+8 4 + 8 .3 +8.2
+11 2 +13.3 +9.4
+11.1 +13 0 +11.6
+8 9 +8.8 +10 6

+10.7 +12
+10.9 +12

+8 1
+11.2
+14.6
+13.5

+17.9
+18 2
+15 7
+16.0

+13.6
+14.7

+15.
+14.8

+13.8
+12.3

+8.0
+17 1
+16.6
+8.6

+14.4
+7.7
+10.4
+19 4

-8.4
-7.6
+0.4
+3.0

+15.7
+16 3

+4.4
46.0

-0.2
+0.6

Semi-Annually
tat Half 1972
2nd Half 1972

+10.8
+9 9

+11.0
+4.1

+8 3
+11 5

lot Half 1973
2nd Half 1973

+6.7
+8.6

+1.6
+12.7

+10.3
+7.8

+9 7 +13.8
+7 5 +7.0

+16.6
+9.6

+20.8
+10.2

+10
+11.8

+10.7
+6.1

+18.6
+0.8

+1 2
+1.8

+11. 0

+1.3

+13 3

+ 7. 7 +14.9

413.9

+20.0

+10.6

+6.4

+20,5

+2.9

1974

Qunrterly*
1st Qtr. 1972
2nd Qtr
1972
3rd Qtr. 1972
4th Qtr. 1972

+8 7
+12.6
+4. 4
+15.1

+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

+8.6 +14.6
+10.6 +12.6
+5 1 +1
5
+9.
+3.3

+19.9
+12.7
+12 7
+6 3

+22.7
+17.8
+14.0
+6.1

+9.9
+10.6
+10.6
+12.6

+11.4
+9.7
+4.6
+7.6

+8.9 +8.5
+6.4 +20.9

+15.9
+11.5

+15.4
+23.7

+12.2
+8 7

+8.6
+4.1

+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
+4.7
46.8
+7.2
+8.6

1,t

Half

+9
+12
-0
+9

1
6
9
2

+9 6
+6 9
+10 4
+12.2

lst Qtr
2nd Qtr.
3rd Qtr.

1973
1973
1973

4th Qtr

1973

+10.6
+6.1

1st Qtr
2nd Qtr

1974
1974

+1.7
+20.4

+t.5
+1 1

+30.1
-21 1
+10.5
+14.7
+5.4
+0.5
+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

+15.9
-2.9
+10.3
+10.0
+9.9
+17.3
+18 5
+10.1
+13.3
+1.0

+35,7
-24.8
-5.4

+45.9
-30.4
-10.0

+6.9
-0.3
+11.9

+32.7

+19.0

+19.7

+20.8
+6.8
+22. 5

-8.2
-7.4
+14.1

+21.7
+18 4
+8.7

Moanthly!
1971--Jan
Feb.
Mat
Apt.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov,
Dee.
1974--Jan
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July

+6.4
+6.9

-3 6
47 0
+11.3
413.4

+13.5
+11 0
+13.3
+12.0

+7.8
+12.5
+14.2
+1 4
+12+.2

+6.2
+20 3

-6.3

+9.4

4 +11.2
8 +11 3

+5.6

+9.0

+6.4

+7.7

+10.5
+11.6
+10.2
+12.1

+8.1
+6.6
+8.6
+10.9
+11.9
+6.3
+5.0
+3.9
+9.3
+10.1
49.6

+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
+14.5
+18.2
+5 2
+7.7
+7.4
+3.6

+16.5
+22.3
+28,2
+22.5
+18.8
+11.2
+12.8
+18 9
+9 8
+3.7
+3 3
+11.3

+7.1
+10.9
+8.3
+7.0
+4.2
+7,9
+4.9

+12.5
+1.3
+11.3
+31.6
+16.8
+13.3
+9.4

+14.7
+15.5
+16.8
+16.0
+10.2
+7.8
+13.1

+21.8
+14.9
+9.0
+30.5
+22.6
+16.7
+13.2

+10.8

+9

7

+16.0
+13.8
+6.6
+7.7
+5.8
+12.3
+9.5

derived by averaging ~d
Growth rates are based on estimated monthly average levels
data
month reported
NOTE"
Reserve Requirements on Eurodollar borrowings are included beginning October 16,
commercial paper are included beginning Oct
ber 1, 1970
e
If

p -

Prelimnary

4

of

+0.7
+3.7
+2.4
+3.6
+11.2
+7 4
+4.7
-3.9
+4.9

+15.6
+1.3

+4.4
+5.5
+3.8
+2.9
+0 7
+1.9
+2.4
+0.4
-2.9
-1 8
+0.8

+8.6
+7.8
+9.2
+6.6
+2.5
+3.6
+3.2

current month

1969,

and

-0.3
+0.1
+0.3

+0.3
+0.5
+0 7
+1.7

+0.1
+1.2

+1.7
+0.6
-0.5
+0.4
+0.2
+0.3
+0.2
+0.9
+0 6
+0.2
-0.4

+0.2
+0.3

+2.7
+1.1
+1.1

+0.1
+0.2
+0.9

+7.7

+1.0

+5.8
+2.1
+2.1

+1.1
-0.4
+0.9

and end

requirements on

of previous
bank-related

September 6, 1974
APPENDIX TABLE II
RESERVES AND MONETARY VARIABLES
(Seasonally adjusted, billions of dollars)
MONEY STOCK MEASURES

RESERVES
Available
Co Support
Pvt.

NonPeriod

Total

borrowed

(1)

(2)

Denoslts

i

(3)

_

NT
N

Total
(4)

Dep.
(5)

Revised

2
(6)

3

3

I

I

I

Total
Loans &
Ad).
Credit InvestProxv
ments

(7)

(8)

1

(9)

Serie

ANNUALLY
Dec.
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

172 2
182.6
198 7

425.2
473 0
525 5

642.7
727 9
822.8

332 9
364.3
406 4

438.5
487.6
559.0

MONTHLY.
1973--Jan.
Feb.
Mar.

32,199
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
840.4

409.7
413.5
421 2

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

33,576
33,906
34,173

31,622

Aug.
Sept.

31,358
32,038
32,394

266.4
266.3
265 5

206
206
205

9
4
3

552 1
555.1
556 8

Oct.
Nov
Dec

34,942
34,857
35,105

33,466
33,807

32,845
32,714
32,912

266.6
269 2
271.4

206 1
208 2
209.7

1974--Jan
Feb
Mar

35,850
35,108
34,949

34,799
33,916
33,634

32,799
32,791
33,117

270.6
273.1
275.2

35,902
36,523
36,731
37,421

34,166
33,933
33,725
34,120

33,660
34,270
34,795
35,047

3
10
17
24

35.398

35,040
36,161
36,003

33,895
33,846
34,345
34.066

1
15
22
29

36,742
36,385
36,572
36,659
36,447

34,585
34,768
34.595
33,569
32,841

5
12
19
26

36,514
36,122
36,967
36,851

33,460
33,393
33,744
34,063

3
10
17
24
31

37,446
37,102
37,828
37,428
37,315

34,011
34,462
34,653
33,787
33,625

37,101
37.112
37,412
37,311

34,012
34,072
33,975
33,778

Apr
May
lune
July

Apr
May
June
July
WEEKLY.
1974--April

M

ay

8

June

July

Aug.

7
14
21 p
28 p

31,741
32,321

33.463

...

..

Non-

Insti-

tution
YSPVIL
.

CD'

U.S.

Dep.

Gov't

sYCELunIs

l~

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

237.9
269 9

217 5
254.8
297 2

25.3
33.0
43.4

11.6
4.0
DIP
4.4

6.5
6.1
6.1

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

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

867.1
870 7
873 5

437.6
443 8
445.9

612.8
622 1
624.8

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

561.9
567.3
572.1

880 3
887 7
894 8

446 5
447.5
449.6

628.8
632.7
634.6

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
74

6.0
5.8
4.9

208.7
210.4
211.9

575.1
581.2
585.0

900.1
908.3
914.6

454.3
454.8
459 1

642 4
650.7
659.8

370.1
374.7
377.5

304.6
308.1
309.8

325.0
327.1
329.6

65.5

66.6
67.7

7.5
7.7
8.6

6.2
3.0
3.7

276.7
277.8
279.6
280.0

212.8
213.4
214.8
215.1

588.5
591.0
596.2
598.9

919.9
923.1
929.2
933.0

471.2
477.8

668.6
674 3
679.3
686.7

387.1
394.4
399.9
404.3

311.8
313.3
316.5
319.0

331.4
332.1
333 1
334. 0

75.4
81.2
83.3
85.4

9.6
10 7
10.3
11.2

4.5
3.8
3.7
2.5

33,240
33,117
33,794
33,722

276.3
276.4
278.7
276.3

212.9
212.3
214.6
712.4

586.6
587.7
590.6
588.4

466 3
468.4
472.9
471 8

381.8
385.1
386.7
388.9

310.3
311.3
311.9
312.0

71.5
73.9
74.8
76.9

9.5
9.3
9.4
9.7

4.8
5.0
5.0
4.0

34,277
34,151
34,104
34,250
34,434

275.3
277.1
278.0
279.2
276.7

211.5
212.7
213.7
214.6
212.2

587.9
589.5
591.3
592.1
590.8

473.8
476.4
476.6
478.5
478.4

390.5
392.1
393.8
394.9
396.6

312.5
312.4
313.3
312.9
314.0

78.0
79.7
80.6
82.0
82.5

10.2
10.4

10.8
11.1
11.0

4.4
5.3
3.3
3.2
3.0

34, 754
34.467

279. 8
279.6
280.2
278.9

215.3
214.6
215.4
214.2

595.1
595.4
597.1
596.1

481.9
482.5

482 .8

397.2
398.4
400.4
401.4

315.3
315.8
316.9
317.2

81.9
82.5
83.5
84.1

10.6
10.1
9.7
10 4

3.7
4.7
3.5
3.3

35,164
34,994
35,107
34,847
35,191

280.8

216.0
214.2
216.1

598.1
597.8
599.4

402.4
403.2
404.0
405.2
405.9

317.4
318.5
318.5
319.3
320.3

85.0
84.7
85.4
85.9
85.6

10.7
10.4
10.8
12.1
11.7

3.1
3.3
2.1
2.1
2.3

35,243
35,279
35,401
35,363

281.0
281.2
281.0
279.8

405.5
406.2
406.0
406.4

320.6
321.5
321.4
322.2

84.9
84.7
84.6
84.21

11.0
9.8
10.5
11.1

4.0

34,775

. .

OTHER
Thrift

270.9
313.3

34.963

.

,

Time
Other
Total
Than
CD's
Time
Time
(10)
I Than
(11)
Revised Series
Total
T
Other
229.2
203.9

279.3
280.9
279.2
279.2

483.1
486.9

482.9

214.3

598.5

214.4

599.6

487.9
485.3
486.2
487.0
487.8

215.6
215.6
215.4
214.1

601.5
602.7
602.4
602.1

488.8
488.6
489.6
489.3

1:8
6.1

i

I/ 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. 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 3 , total loans and investments and thrift institution deposits.
p - Preliminary.

Appendix Table III

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

M2

M1
M

1972

I

9.0

II

6.2

Q

M

Q

12.3

11.0

13.5

12.5

11.0

11.7

8.9

9.8

10.8

10.8

13.3

13.0

IV

9.9

10.6

10.2

12.0

12.2

I

3.8

7.0

II

11.5

7.5

--

5.6

IV

8.9

4.5

I

5.6

II

6.4

III

1974

M

8.7

III

1973

Q

M3

7.0
11.1

8.8

8.6

8.8

10.6

10.2
9.0

7.9

5.1

7.5

8.9

9.8

7.9

9.0

9.4

8.9

7.7

7.9

6.4

5.3
11.0

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

M

Q

Q

Alt. A

1974

III
IV

2.6
7.1

3.9
5.7

6.0
8.1

6.9
7.4

5.0
6.9

5.5
6.4

1975

I

7.0

5.9

8.4

7.9

6.9

6.5

Alt. B
1974

III
IV

2.4
6.5

3.9
5.1

6.8
6.7

4.6
5.5

5.4
5.0

1975

I

6.0

5.3

6.7

5.2

5.0

Alt. C
1974
1975

III
IV

2.3
6.0

3.7

4.8

5.7
6.4

6.8
6.1

4.3
4.4

5.3
4.1

I

5.5

4.6

5.7

5.6

4.2

4.0

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.

Appendix Table V

Money Supply Growth Rates

M1
1973 January

M1 less Foreign
Official Deposits and
Deposits due to Foreign
Commercial Banks

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

-3.7

5.0

5.5

4.6

10.9

10.1

October
November
December

1974 January
February

NOTE:

M1 less
Foreign Official
Deposits

11.7

9.8

9.9

2.8
--

8.2

-3.5

-4.0

-5.0

11.1

11.2

11.3

March

9.2

10.2

9.9

April

6.5

3.9

4.0

May

4.8

6.6

5.8

June

7.8

6.1

6.2

July

1.7

3.0

1.3

August

3.0

3.5

4.4

Growth rates from January 1974 to date have been revised to reflect
changes due to April 1974 call report benchmark adjustments to M1.