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FEDERAL R E & W E AJ&Ucal release
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For Immediate Release

Table 1

FEBRUARY

AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND MONETARY BASE
Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1
Averages of daily figures
Reserves of depository institutions
total2
Period
nonborrowed
required
millions of dollars
seasonal I / adjusted

HEEK

P

Monetary base3
billions of dollars

38,80 4
39,566
39,875
40,458
40,891

38,295
37,958
37,994
38,160
38,145
38,266
38,210
38,492
39,182
39#471
40,056
40,391

164.3
164.7
165.2
166.5
167.7
168.8
169.2
170.1
171.9
172.8
173.7
175.1

40,036
38,052
37,799
38,330
38,189
38,069
38,434
38,512
39,353
39,997
40,679
41,572

38,519
36,262
36,244
36,762
37,071
36,864
37,743
37,996
38,420
39,519
40,058
40,938

39,618
37,748
37,437
38,057
37,830
37,761
38,120
38,199
38,969
39,592
40,277
41,072

165.3
162.9
163.3
165.6
167.1
168.2
170.0
170.4
171.4
172.9
175.1
178.5

40,945

40,414

40,419

176.8

42,243

41,712

41,717

177.4

38,504
38,575
38,523

•1983—JAN.

billions of dollars

Reserves of depository institutions
total2
nonborrowed
required
millions of dollars
not seasonally adjusted

37,195
36,472
36,801
36,865
37.387
37,370
37,832
38,289
38,632
39,398
39,837
40,257

38,713
38,262
38,356
3Q,H33

1982—JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.

Monetary base3

7, 1983

ENDING:

1983—JAN.

5
12
19 P
26 P

41,551
40,220
41,455
40,719

40,353
39,795
40,988
40,391

40,558
39,929
40,782
40,381

177.3
175.8
177.3
176.8

42,690
41,598
43,607
41,813

41,492
41,173
43,140
41,485

41,697
41,307
42,334
41,475

179.7
178.0
178.7
175.5

FEB.

2 P

40,956

40,571

40,510

177.3

41,389

41,004

40,943

175.1

1/

2/
3/

RESERVE AGGREGATES INCLUDE BEQUIRED RESERVES OF MEMBER BANKS AND EDGE ACT CORPORATIONS AND CTHEfi DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS. DISCONTINUITIES ASSOCIATED HITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONETARY CONTROL ACT, THE INCLUSION
OF EDGE ACT CORPORATION RESERVES, AND OTHER CHANGES IN REGULATION D HAVE BEEN REMOVED. BEGINNING H U B THE
WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 23, 1981, RESERVES AGGREGATES HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY SHIFTS OF RESERVABLE LIABILITIES TO
INTERNATIONAL BANKING FACILITIES (IBFS) . ON THE BASIS OF REPORTS OF LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED TO IBFS BY U.S.
COMMERCIAL BANKS AND U.S. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES OF FOREIGN BANKS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BEQUIRED RESERVES HB
LOHEfiED ON AVERAGE BY $10 TO $20 MILLION IN DECEMBER 1981 AND $40 TO $70 UILLIOU IN JANUARY 1982.
RESERVE BALANCES HITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (HHICH EXCLUDE REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES) PLUS VAULT CASH AT
INSTITUTIONS HITH REQUIRED RESERVE BALANCES PLUS VAULT CASH EQUAL TO REQOIRED RESERVES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS
INCLUDES RESERVE BALANCES AND REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES AT FEDERAL RESEBVE BANKS IN THE CURRENT HEEK PLUS
VAULT CASH HELD THO HEEKS 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.

NOTE: HISTORICAL DATA ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE BANKING SECTION, DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS,
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, HASHINGTON, 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
total2

Period

nonborrowed

required

Monetary
base3

millions of dollars
1982—JAN.
FEB.
MAR. APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
1983—JAN.
KEEK

1/

2/
3/

P

43,203
41,286
39,235
39,557
39,550
39,565
39,967
40,178
39,962
40,587
41,199
41,853

41,685
39,496
37,680
37,989
38,433
38,360
39,275
39,662
39,028
40,109
40,578
41,219

42,784
40,982
38,873
39,284
39,191
39,257
39,653
39,866
39,578
40,182
40,797
41,353

169.1
166.8
165.4
167.6
169.2
170.4
172.3
172.8
172.3
173.8
176.0
179.3

41,850

41,319

41,324

177.9

ENDING:

1983—JAN.

5
12
19 P
26 P

42,353
41,281
43,174
41,379

41,155
40,856
42,707
41,051

41,360
40,990
42,501
41,041

180.1
178.4
179.1
175.9

FEB.

2 P

40,948

40,563

40,502

175.5

RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS SERIES REFLECT ACTUAL RESERVE REQUIREMENT PERCENTAGES HITH NO ADJUSTMENTS TC ELIMINATE THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN REGULATION D, INCLUDING CHANGES ASSOCIATED HITH THE IMPLEMENTATION CF 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 AND PROVISIONS OF THE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 1982, THE NET
CHANGES IN REQUIRED RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN AS FOLLCHS: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 13, 1980,
A REDUCTION OF $2.9 BILLION; FEBRUARY 12, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $245 MILLION; AUGUST 13, 1981, AN INCREASE
OF $245 MILLION; MARCH 12, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $75 MILLION; MAY 14, 1981, AN INCREASE OF $245 MILLION;
AN INCREASE OF $230 MILLION; SEPTEMBER 3, 1981, A REDUCTION OF $1.1 BILLION; NOVEMBER 12, 1981, AN INCREASE
OF $210 MILLION; JANUARY 14, 1982, A REDUCTION OF $60 MILLION; FEBRUARY 11, 1982 AN INCREASE OF $170
MILLION; MARCH 4, 1982, AN ESTIMATED REDUCTION OF $2.0 BILLION; MAY 13, 1982, AN ESTIMATED INCREASE CF
$150 MILLION; AUGUST 12, 1982, AN ESTIMATED INCREASE OF $140 MILLION; SEPTEMBER Z, 1982, AN ESTIMATED REDUCTION
OF $1.2 BILLION, OCTOBER 28, 1982, AN ESTIMATED REDUCTION OF $100 MILLION; AND DECEMBER 230 1982, AN ESTIMATED
REDUCTION OF $800 MILLION. BEGINNING WITH THE WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 23r 1981, RESERVE AGGREGATES HAVE EEEN
REDUCED BY SHIFTS OF RESERVABIE LIABILITIES TO INTERNATIONAL BANKING FACILITIES (IBFS). ON THE BASIS OF
REPORTS OF LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED TO IBFS BY U.S. COMMERCIAL BANKS AND U.S. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES OF FOREIGN
BANKS, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT REQUIRED RESEVES MERE LOWERED ON AVERAGE BY $60 TO $90 MILLION IN DECEMBER 1981
AND $180 TO $230 IN JANUARY 1982, MOSTLY REFLECTING A REDUCTION IN RESERVABLE EUROCURRENCY TRANSACTIONS.
RESERVE BALANCES HITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (HHICH EXCLUDED REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES) PLUS VAULT CASH AT
INSTITUTIONS HITH REQUIRED RESERVE BALANCES PLUS VAULT CASH EQUAL TO REQUIRED RESERVES AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
INCLUDES RESERVE BALANCES AND REQUIRED CLEARING BALANCES AT FEDERAL &ESEBVE BANKS IN THE CURRENT HEEK PLUS
VAULT CASH HELD 1HO HEEKS EARLIER USED TO SATISFY RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AT ALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS PLUS
CURRENCY OUTSIDE THE U.S. TREASURY, FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS, THE VAULTS CF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, AND
SURPLUS VAULT CASH AT DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.