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FEDERAL
statistical

RESERVE

release

" % £ • £ # "

H.6

For immediate release
February 29, 1968.

The seasonally adjusted money supply continued to fluctuate widely, increasing^ sharply In the latest week ending February 21. The average level for
the first three weeks of February was $200 million higher than for the month of
Jmtmmry.
Totalfcitaemtxd savings deposits continued to expand in the latest week,
rising t** a level ab^trt $1.5 billion higher than for the month of January.
mmEY SUPPLY AND TIME DEPOSITS
(Averages of daily figures^ in billions^&f dollars)
Seasonally adjusted

Money Supply

P Time d e p o s i t s
L

Period

Currency
1
c ompiment

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1967—-Jantiary
r enrtta r y
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1968~~Januarv p

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170.3
171.5
i73.i
172-7
174.5
176-2
177.9
179-1
179-2
180.3

1

181-2

jj

181.5

|

182-6

]

1

38.5
38.7
38.9
39.1
39.2
39.3
39.5
39.6
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.4

131.8
132.8
134.2
133.6
135.3
136.8
138.4
139.6
139.5
1.40.3
141.2
141.1

40.5

142.1

40.4
40,5
40.5
40.6

142.7
142.0
142.6
141.8
141.3

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~. A. ^ -1

adjusted
(All commercial
banks)

Demand d e p o s i t
component

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160.8
163.5
166.1
168.1
170.0
172.4
174.6
177.2
178.9
180.8
182.5
183.8
183.7

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Week e n d i n g :
I960—Jan.

Feb.

3
10
17
24 p
31 p
7 p
14 p
21 p

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Average of l a s t 4 weeka i
NOTE:

183.1
182.5
183.1
182-4
181.7

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40.5

1

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183.3
183.5
183.6
183.5
184.2

182.9
181.-9
183.5

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40.6
40.7
40.7

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142.3
141.1
142.«

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184.3
184.5
185. 2

1S2^

1

40.6

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141.q

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Co»q>onents may not add dne to rounding. See reverse side for data without
seasonal adjustments and for description of series.
p - Preliminary.




DEMAND DEPOSITS, CURRENCY, AND RELATED ITEMS
(Averages of daily f i g u r e s ,

in b i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s .

Not seasonally a d j u s t e d . )

Money Supply
Period
Total

Cutrency
component

Demand deposit
component

1967—January
February
Marcph
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

175.3
170.6
171.9
173.6
171.1
174.3
175.8
175.9
178.4
180.6
182.5
187.2

38
38
38
38
38
39
39.6
39.6
39.8
40 .0
40 .4
"41 .2:

136.8
132.3
133.4
134.9
132.2
135.1
136,2
136.2
138.6
140.6
142, i
M6«<T

19(68—January p

187.9

40.5

191.8
189^8
189.6

Week ett^lng:
19|6g--Jan.
3
10
17
24 p
31 P
Feb.

7P
14 p
21 p

Related d e p o s i t s
(All coagafercial banks)
V.S, Gov't
Time
demand..
adjusted
160.7
164.0
166,7
168.8
170.8
173.
175.
J 77.i7-

4.1
5.0
4,9
4,8
6*5
3.9
6

"178.19.

.0

147.5

181.
1813,
WU|5.

.2
5.0
4.9

IS®. 9
148. #
149. 1
145. 6
144. 7

182.4
HS2.fi
183.4
183.7
184.6

.5.5
+V6

184.5

40.9
41.0
40.6
40.3
39.9

184.8
182.2
181.0

40.4
40.5
40.3

144. 4
141. 7
140. 7

184.9
185,3
185.7

J85.9

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5.8

5,4

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pi - Preliminary.
NQTE: Money supply consists of (1) demand deposits at all commercial bants, other
than those due to domestic commercial banks and the U.S. Government!, less cash items
in process of collection and Federal Reserve float; (2) foreign demand balances at
Federal.Reserve Banks; and (3)' currency outside the Treaspry, the federal Reserve and
the vaults of all commercial b^nks* Time deposits adjustjed are timje deposits at all
Cjommercial banks other than thbse due to domestic cocnmerclial banks and the UNS.
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Government.