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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
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For Immediate Release

H.9 (511)

March 21, 1980

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

March 12

4 weeks ended
March 19

Feb. 20

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

43,931
40,930
43,720
157,124

43,365
39,926
43,226
156,044

43,613
40,862
43,455
156,384

43,376
41,873
43,060
155,375

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

43,541
40,540
43,330
156,734

42,998
39,559
42,859
155.677

43,243
40,491
43,085
156.014

43,067
41,564
42,751
155.065

Week ended

4 weeks ended

March 12p
March 5p March 12p
Feb. 13p
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Monetary aggregates
M-1A (Currency plus demand deposits)
M-1B (M-1A plus other checkable
deposits)

3.2
7.8
5.6
-6.9
1.2
1.3
8.4
4.2
5.5
8.4
8.2
8.6
Average of 4 weeks ended
March 12, 1980
from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks
26 weeks
52 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates

376.3

374.6

375.8

374.5

6.8

5.1

7.1

393.3

391.4

392.5

390.9

7.4

5.5

8.4

Week ended
4 weeks ended
March 19 I March 12 March 19 1 Feb. 20
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 rate5

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended
March 19, 1980
from 4 weeks averages
13 weeks
26 weeks
52 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonally adjusted annual rates

3001
155
16.24
14.80
17.10
18.04
18.98

12.28

3439
139
16.45
15.51
17.01
17.60
18.58
12.55

2751
129
15.87
14.64
16.01
16.73
17.80
12.51

1503
88
13.71
12.33
13.21
13.62
14.61
11.71

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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 $ 351
million in the week ending March 19, 1980
and $ 329
million in the week
ending March 12, 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 March 12, 1980 bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $ 22,818
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-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.