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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
For Immediate Release
February 21, 1980

H.9 (511)
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BANKING AND CREDET MEASURES
Averages of daily figures

Levels

Week ended
Feb. 20

Feb. 13

4 weeks ended
Feb. 20

Jan. 23

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

44,426
42,232
43,596
156,751

42,638
41,402
42,809
154,573

43,429
41,927
43,056
155,428

43,578
42,432
43,182
154,712

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

44,113
41,919
43,283
156,438

42,326
41,090
42,497
154,261

43,120
41,618
42,747
155,118

43,308
42,162
42,913
154,442

Week ended

4 weeks ended

Feb. 13p
Feb. 6p
Feb. 13p
Jan. 16p
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Monetary aggregates
M-lA(Currency plus demand deposits)
376.2
M-1B(M-1 plus o t h e r c h e c k a b l e d e p o s i t s 392.8

377.0
393.1

374.4
390.6

372.8
389.4

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended
February 20, 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates

4.9
11.9
4.2
7.6

9.1
7.0
8.3
9.0

4.1
3.1
3.9
7.9

Average of 4 weeks ended
February 1 3 , 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal ly adjusted annual rates
5.9

6.2

5.5
5.9

7.1

8.6

4 weeks ended
Week ended
Feb. 20 | Jan. 23
Feb. 20 1 Feb. 13
Not seasonally adjusted
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 paper*
3-month CD rate (secondary market)
3-month Eurodollar rate
U.S. Government bond rate 5

2194
100
14.87
12.93
13.64
14.23
15.26
12.39

1236
91
13.64

12.10

13.07
13.44
14.46

11.86

1503
88
13.71
12.33
13.21
13.62
14.61
11.71

1147
69
13.92
11.95
13.07
13.40
14.38
10.43

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 $ 254
million in the week ending February 2 0 , 1980 and $ 262
million in the week
ending February 1 3 , 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 February 13,1980bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $ 2 2 , 0 0 1 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 - I n d i c a t e s preliminary d a t a . S p e c i a l c a u t i o n should be taken i n i n t e r p r e t i n g week-to-week changes i n money
supply d a t a , which are o f t e n h i g h l y v o l a t i l e and s u b j e c t t o r e v i s i o n i n subsequent weeks and months.