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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
H.9 (511)
For Immediate Release
April 25, 1980

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BANKING AND CREDIT MEASURES
Averages of daily figures
Levels
Week ended
April 23

April 16

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended
4 weeks ended

April 23

March 26

Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Reserve aggregates 1
Total reserves
Nonborrowed reserves
Required reserves
Monetary base 2

45,135
42,580
44,870
158,088

44,760
42,484
44,521
157,398

44,836
42,466
44,561
157.707

43,641
40,739
44,098
156,474

Reserve aggregates (adjusted) 3
Total reserves
Nonborrowed reserves
Required reserves
Monetary base 2

43,691
41,136
43,426
156,644

43,147
40,871
42,908
155.785

43,419
41,049
43,143
156>290

43,243
40,341
42,992
1#,076

Week ended
April 16p

Monetary aggregates
M-1A (Currency plus demand deposits)
M-1B (M-1 A plus other checkable deposits)

4 weeks ended

April 9P

April 16 P| March 19p

373.1
390.9

373.3
390.7

Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
370.8
389.0

375.2
392.0

April 23, 1980

from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks
26 weeks
52 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates

1.5

6.0

6.3

2.6
6.1
4.9
8.1
Average ot 4 weeks ended

-10.1
2.6

2.6

ill

April 16, 1980

from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks
26 weeks
52 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates
0.5
1.4

2.9
3.6

5.3
6.3

Week ended
April 23

Other reserve measures and interest rates
Member bank borrowings ($ mil.)
Includes seasonal borrowings of:
Federal funds rate
3-month Treasury bill rate
90 day dealer placed commercial paper4
3-month CD rate (secondary market)
3-month Eurodollar rate
U.S. Government bond rate5

2555
159
17.56
12.78
15.33
15.56
17.10
10.97

4 weeks ended
A p r i l 21 r M a r c h ?fi
\ A j i r i l 16
lot seasonally adjusted
2276
140
18.35
13.89

16.88

17.13
18.54
11.41

2370
155
18.59
14.00
16.76
17.14
18.67
11.71

2902
146
16.66
15.14
16.57
17.31
18.43
12.46

1 Includes required reserves against deposits at member banks and Edge Act corporations; against bank related commercial paper; and marginal
reserves against selected borrowings of member banks, Edge Act corporations and agencies and branches of foreign banks. Marginal required
reserves averaged $ 1407 million in the week ending April 23, 1980
and $1573 million in the week ending April 16, 1980.
2 Includes total reserves (reserve balances of member banks, Edge Act corporations and agencies and branches of foreign banks in the current
week and vault cash held two weeks earlier); currency outside the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve banks and the vaults of commercial banks;
and vault cash of nonmember banks.
3 Reserve aggregates series have been adjusted to remove discontinuities associated with marginal reserve requirements and changes in other
reserve requirement regulations.
4 On April 16, 1980
bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $ 21,737million.
5 Yield at 20-year constant maturity. Source: U.S. Treasury.
NOTE: All percentage changes are at seasonally adjusted annual rates, not compounded.
p— Indicates preliminary data. Special caution should be taken in interpreting week-to-week changes in money supply data, which are often
highly volatile and subject to revision in subsequent weeks and months.