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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
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For Immediate Release

Table 1

DECEMBER 14, 1981

AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND MONETARY BASE
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements 1
Averages of daily figures
Reserves of depository institutions
Period
total2
non borrowed
required
millions of dollars
seasonal Iy adjusted
1980—NOV.
DEC.

4/

1981—JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV. P

Monetary base3
billions of dollars

Reserves of depository institutions
tota|2
non borrowed
required
millions of dollars
not seasonally adjusted

Monetary base3
billions of dollars

39,187
39,187

37,128
37,497

38,666
38,719

157.7
158.2

39,189
39,657

37,130
37,966

38,668
39,189

158.7
161.0

39,182
38,948
39,070
39,265
39,542
39,351
39,609
39,883
40,615
40,266
40,298

37,787
37,645
38,070
37,928
37,314
37,314
37,930
38,463
39,158
39,086
39,635

38,872
38,672
38,821
39,138
39,367
39,102
39,359
39,681
40,290
40,077
40,004

158.7
159.0
159.5
160.5
161.7
161.6
162.7
163.4
164.0
163.9
164.7

40,601
38,819
38,590
39,231
39,228
38,964
39,546
39,389
39,997
40,130
40,280

39,207
37,516
37,590
37,894
37,000
36,927
37,867
37,970
38,541
38,949
39,617

40,291
38,544
38,342
39,104
39,053
38,715
39,296
39,187
39,673
39,941
39,586

159.6
157.4
157.8
159.9
160.8
161.2
163.3
163.2
163.3
163.8
165.6

WEEK ENDING:
1981—NOV.

4
11
18 P
25 P

40,413
40,008
40,256
40,203

39,176
38,999
39,695
39,866

40,126
39,576
4 0 , 0 62
40,051

164.5
164.1
164.6
164.6

40,360
39,581
40,469
40,239

39,123
38,572
39,908
39,902

40,073
39,149
40,275
40,087

164.2
165.3
165.9
165.6

DEC.

2 P

40,800

40,483

40,355

165.3

40,985

40,668

40,540

166.7

P - PRELIMINARY
1/ RESERVE AGGREGATES INCLUDE REQUIRED RESERVES OF MEMBER BANKS AND EDGE ACT CORPORATIONS AND OTHER DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS. DISCONTINUITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONETARY CONTROL ACT, THE INCLUSION
OF EDGE ACT CORPORATION RESERVES, AND OTHER CHANGES IN REGULATION D HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
2/ RESERVE BALANCES WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (WHICH EXCLUDE REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES) PLUS VAULT CASH AT
INSTITUTIONS WITH REQUIRED RESERVE BALANCES PLUS VAULT CASH EQUAL TO REQUIRED RESERVES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
3/ INCLUDES RESERVE BALANCES AND REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS IN THE CURRENT WEEK PLUS
VAULT CASH HELD TWO WEEKS EARLIER USED TO SATISFY RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AT ALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS PLUS
CURRENCY OUTSIDE THE U.S. TREASURY, FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, THE VAULTS OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, AND
SURPLUS VAULT CASH AT DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.
4/ RESERVE MEASURES FROM NOVEMBER 1980 TO DATE REFLECT A ONE-TIME INCREASE — ESTIMATED AT $550 TO $600
MILLION — IN REQUIRED RESERVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDUCTION OF WEEK-END AVOIDANCE ACTIVITIES OF A FEW
LARGE BANKS.
NOTE: HISTORICAL DATA ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE BANKING SECTION, DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS, BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20551.




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Table 2

AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements
Average of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
Reserves of depository institutions1
tota|2

Period

nonborrowed

required

Monetary
base3

millions of dollars

1980—NOV.
DEC.

41,244
40,614

39,184
38,924

40,723
40,146

161.6
162.4

1981—JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV. P

41,535
39,754
39,693
40,291
40,433
40,353
40,917
40,933
40,501
40,622
40,886

40,141
38,450
38,694
38,953
38,205
38,316
39,238
39,514
39,045
39,442
40,224

41,226
39,478
39,445
40,164
40,258
40,104
40,667
40,731
40,177
40,433
40,592

161.0
158.8
159.5
161.6
162.6
163.3
165.4
165.4
163.9
164.3
166.3

WEEK ENDING:

1/

2/
3/

1981—NOV.

4
11
18 P
25 P

40,822
40,068
41,160
40,905

39,585
39,059
40,599
40,568

40,535
39,636
40,966
40,753

164.8
165.9
166.7
166.3

DEC.

2 P

41,675

41,358

41,230

167.5

RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS SERIES REFLECT ACTUAL RESERVE REQUIREMENT PERCENTAGES WITH NO ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIMINATE THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN REGULATION D, INCLUDING CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONETARY CONTROL ACT. INCLUDES REQUIRED RESERVES OF MEMBER BANKS AND EDGE ACT CORPORATIONS
AND, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 13, 1980, OTHER DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS. UNDER THE TRANSITIONAL PHASE-IN PROGRAM
OF THE MONETARY CONTROL ACT OF 1980, THE NET CHANGES IN REQUIRED RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS HAVE
BEEN AS FOLLOWS: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13, 1980, A REDUCTION OF $2-8 BILLION; FEBRUARY 12, 1981, AN INCREASE
OF $245 MILLION; MARCH 12, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $75 MILLION; MAY 14, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $245 MILLION;
AUGUST 13, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $245 MILLION; AND SEPTEMBER 3, 1981, A REDUCTION OF $1.3 BILLION.
RESERVE BALANCES WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (WHICH EXCLUDE REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES) PLUS VAULT CASH AT
INSTITUTIONS WITH REQUIRED RESERVE BALANCES PLUS VAULT CASH EQUAL TO REQUIRED RESERVES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
INCLUDES RESERVE BALANCES AND REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS IN THE CURRENT WEEK PLUS
VAULT CASH HELD TWO WEEKS EARLIER USED TO SATISFY RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AT ALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS PLUS
CURRENCY OUTSIDE THE U.S. TREASURY, FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, THE VAULTS OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, AND
SURPLUS VAULT CASH AT DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.