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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
F o r Immediate R e l e a s e
March 2 8 , 1980

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

4 weeks ended

Week ended
Mar. 26

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended
March 2 6 , 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
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Seasonal iy adjusted annual rates

Levels

Mar. 19

Mar. 26

F e b . 27

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

43,616
40,956
43,469
156,810

43,943
40,942
43,720
156,994

43,645
40,743
43,391
156,546

43,373
41,811
43,184
155,577

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

43,163
40,503
43,016
156 , 358

43,554
40,553
43,331
156,604

43,247
40,345
42,992
156,147

43,058
41,497
42,869
155,262

1.4
-12.0
2.4
7.9

4 weeks ended

Week ended

, March 1 9 , 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates

Mar. 19p
Mar. 12p
Mar. 19p
Feb. 2Op
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Monetary aggregates
M-1A (Currency plus demand deposits)
M-1B (M~l plus other checkable
deposits

375.0

376.2

375.1

376.0

6.0

4.5

6.8

391.9

393.3

391.9

392.4

6.5

4.9

8.0

Week ended
4 weeks ended
Mar. 19 | Mar. 26
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 4
3-month CD rate (secondary market)
3-month Eurodollar rate
U.S. Government bond rate 5

7.8
5.5
0.5
0.9
7.5
5.2
8.0
8.4
Average of 4 weeks ended

2660
177
17.78
15.61

16.81

17.63
18.99
12.65

3001
155
16.24
14.80
17.10
18.04
18.98

12.28

2902
146

16.66

15.14
16.57
17.31
18.43
12.46

1562
93
13.98
12.69
13.60
14.10
15.12

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1 =

12.16

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 $ 413
million in the week ending March 2 6 , 1980
and $ 351
million in the week
ending March 1 9 , 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 1 9 , 1980 bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $ 2 2 , 4 3 7
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.