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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
H.9 (511)

For Immediate Release
December 20, 1979

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BANKING AND CREDIT MEASURES
Averages of daily figures
Levels
Week ended
Dec. 19

Dec. 12

4 weeks ended
Dec. 19

Nov. 21

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

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended

43,321
41,636
43,153
153,415

43,838
42,547
43,252
153,764

43,465
41,761
43,184
153,335

43,193
41,016
42,898
152,911

42,993
41,309
42,825
153,088

43,441
42,149
42,855
153,367

43,055
41,351
42,774
152,925

42,711
40,594
42,476
152,489

December 19, 1979

from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks | 26 weeks
52 weeks
previous | previous
previous
Seasonally adjusted annual rates

Reserve aggregates (adjusted) 3

Total reserves
Nonborrowed reserves
Required reserves
Monetary base2

Week ended
Dec. 12p

Monetary aggregates
M-1 (Currency plus demand deposits)
M-2 (M-1 plus time deposits at commercial
banks other than large time CD's)
Time deposits, all commercial banks

Dec. 5p

U.S. Government bond rate 5

Nov. 14p

379.1

379.5

377.8

946.3

945.0
661.9

945.0

661.1

940.2
655.7

Week ended
Other reserve measures and interest rates
Member bank borrowings ($ mil.)
Includes seasonal borrowings of:
Federal funds rate
3-month Treasury bill rate
90-119 day dealer placed commercial paper*
3-month CD rate (secondary market)
3-month Eurodollar rate

Dec. 12p

379.9

Dec. 19

Dec. 12

12.21
13.69
13.82
14.79
10.23

1291

80

13.79
12.11
12.96
13.26
14.09
10.14

11.9
11.7
11.5

10.0

3.4
0.9
3.3
7.4

Average of 4 weeks ended
December 12, 1979

from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks
52 weeks
26 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates
3.7

6.8

5.2

4 weeks ended
Dec. 19

Not seasonally adjusted
1684
83
13.90

8.1

4 weeks ended

Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted

661.6

13.6
10.7
13.6

1704
100
13.48
11.78
13.06
13.32
14.32
10.15

Nov. 21

2177
156
13.95
12.07
14.02
14.34
15.48
10.47

eases

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 $ 328
million in the week ending December 19, 19/9 and $ 3 9 8
million in the week
ending Jecember 12,. 1979.
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 December 12, 1979 bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $20,183 million.

5 Yield at 20-year constant maturity. Source: U.S. Treasury.
NOTE: All percentage changes are at seasonally adjusted annual rates, not compounded.
P—Preliminary; 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.