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F E D E R A L

(Rev. 4V72)

R E S E R V E

s t a t i s t i c a l

r e l e a s e

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BAIKING AND CREDIT MEASURES
(Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s )

For Immediate Release
January 18, 1973

Percent Change (Seasonally
Week ended
4 Wks. ended
Jan. 17 1 Jan.10
Jan. 17 1 Dec. 20
Reserve Aggregates 1/
($ Bil«, SA)
32.40
31.31
31.66
31.16
Total reserves
Nonborrowed r e s e r v e s
30.97
30.44
30.31
30.26
Required r e s e r v e s \
31.92
31.31
31.45
30.87
Reserves A v a i l a b l e to Support Pvt. Nonbank Deposits
29.50
29.21
29.18
28.86
1
Week ended
1
4 Wks. ended
\Jan. 10 | Jan. 3| Jan. 10 | Dec. 13
Monetary Aggregates
($ B i l . , SA)
M. (Currency plus demand d e p o s i t s )
245.9 .
247.3
247.0
244.7
M- (M^ plus time d e p o s i t s a t commercial banks)
516.0
517. 6
516.1
510.5
other than l a r g e time CD's)
Adjusted c r e d i t proxy 2/
406.9
408.4
405.7
401.9
Time d e p o s i t s , a l l commercial banks
314.2
313.4
313.2
308.1
8.0
8. 5
6.5
7.8
U.S. Government demand d e p o s i t s , member banks
Week ended
1 4 Wks. ended
Jan. 1/ | j a n . 10 1 Jan. 17 1 Dec. 20
Member bank borrowings ($ m i l . )
Free or net borrowed ( - ) r e s e r v e s ($ m i l . )
Federal funds r a t e
3-month Treasury b i l l r a t e
90-119 day d e a l e r placed commercial paper r a t e 3/
3-month CD r a t e (secondary market) 4 / .
3-month E u r o - d o l l a r r a t e
U.S. Government bond r a t e 5/

1301
1009
5.86
5.29
5.70
5.72
6.06
6.85

691
-605
5.66
5.15
5.63
5.68
5.89
6.82

1215
-952
5.62
5.18
5.62
5.63
5.98
6.44

Ann„ n i

Average of 4 Weeks Ended Jan. 17. 1973 from 4 Week Averages
13 weeks previous 1 26 weeks previous I 52 weeks previous
13.7
3.6
13.6
14.7

11.1
4.1
11.0
12.1

9.8
6.0
9.8
10.4

Average of 4 Weeks "Ended Jan. 10. 1973 from 4 Week Averages
13 weeks previous | 26 weeks previous | 52 weeks previous

10.4
12.2
15.2

9.4
11.6
14.3

10.5
11.6
15.0

797
-515
5.22
5.00
5.32
5.29
5.96
5.89

SA--Seasonally a d j u s t e d .
NSA--Not s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d
1 / Includes required r e s e r v e s a g a i n s t Euro-dollar borrowings and b a n k - r e l a t e d commercial paper. Reserves Available to Support P r i v a t e Nonbank Deposits are
required r e s e r v e s f o r p r i v a t e demand d e p o s i t s , t o t a l time and savings d e p o s i t s , nondeposit sources s u b j e c t t o r e s e r v e requirements and excess r e s e r v e s .
Reserve aggregates r e f l e c t t h e change i n Regulation D e f f e c t i v e November 9, which reduced required r e s e r v e s by about $3.2 b i l l i o n . Per cent annual r a t e s
of growth f o r required res erv es and o t h e r r e s e r v e aggregates have been a d j u s t e d t o remove the e f f e c t of t h i s s t r u c t u r a l change.
Adjusted t o include c e r t a i n r e s e r v e d e f i c i e n c i e s on which p e n a l t i e s can be waived f o r a t r a n s i t i o n period in connection with bank adaptation to Regulation J
as amended e f f e c t i v e November 9, 1972. The adjustment amounted t o $450 m i l l i o n from November 9 t o December 27, and $279-million t h e r e a f t e r .
Implementation of revised Regulation J on November 9, because of i t s e f f e c t s on c l e a r i n g accounts on bank balance s h e e t s , had the e f f e c t of r a i s i n g demand
d e p o s i t s as c a l c u l a t e d f o r i n c l u s i o n in" money supply. However, t h e r e s u l t i n g increase has been eliminated from c u r r e n t money supply data (beginning with
t h e week ended November 15) in order to avoid a d i s c o n t i n u i t y in t h e s e r i e s . The upward adjustment of money supply as a r e s u l t of revised Regulation J w i l l
be incorporated in the s t a t i s t i c s a t the time of the r e g u l a r annual benchmark and seasonal adjustment review. At the same time, h i s t o r i c a l f i g u r e s w i l l a l s o
be revised on a c o n s i s t e n t b a s i s . The forthcoming adjustments t o the f i g u r e s stemming from the change in Regulation J w i l l p r i m a r i l y a f f e c t the l e v e l of
t h e s e r i e s and w i l l themselves have minimal e f f e c t s on r a t e s of change.
Includes member bank d e p o s i t s , b a n k - r e l a t e d commercial paper, Euro-dollar borrowings of U.S. banks, and c e r t a i n nondeposit items.
On Jan. 10
b a n k - r e l a t e d commercial paper amounted t o 2,726
million.
of range-of o f f e r i n g r a t e s of n e g o t i a b l e c e r t i f i c a t e s of d e p o s i t with 3-month m a t u r i t y in secondary market.
Average
Daily average y i e l d on 20-year bonds.
Source: U.S. Treasury
NOTE; All percentage changes are a t s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d annual r a t e s , not compounded.
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