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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

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For Immediate Release
H.9 (511)

May 23, 1980

WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BANKING AND CREDIT MEASURES
Averages of daily figures
Week ended
May 21

May 14

Levels
4 weeks ended
May 21

April 23

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

44,775
43,936
44,550
158,716

43,902
42,881
43,860
157,618

44,428
42,965
44,232
158,232

44,875
42,506
44,561
157,744

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

43,709
42,870
43,484
157,649

42,917
41,896
42,875
156,633

43,414
41,950
43,218
157.217

43,458
41,089
43,144
156.327

Week ended

4 weeks ended

May 14
May 7
May 14
April 16
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Monetary aggregates
M-1A (Currency plus demand deposits)
M-1B (M-1 A plus other checkable deposits)

370.0
387.3

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 rate5

839
41
10.71
8.58
9.43
9.72
11.09
10.59

368.7
371.3
373.3
388.7
386.4
391.0
4 weeks ended
Week ended
April 23
May 21 I May 14
Mav 21
Not seasonally adjusted
1021
47
10.85
8.52
9.41
9.81

11.16
10.42

1463
104
12.41
9.48
10.74
11.11
12.63
10.60

Percent change
Average of 4 weeks ended
May 21, 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
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Seasonal y adjusted annual rates

3.8
3.2
5.9
3.7
7.6
6.3
4.4
4.3
5.7
5.6
6.5
8.2
Average of 4 weeks ended
May 14, 1980
from 4 weeks averages
52 weeks
26 weeks
13 weeks
previous
previous
previous
Seasonal y adjusted annual rates
-6.2
-4.5

-0.2
0.9

3.5
4.5

2370
155
18.59
14.00
16.76
17.14
18.67
11.71

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 $1031 million in the week ending May 21, 1980
and $ 952 million in the week ending May 14, 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 May 14, 1980
bank-related commercial paper outstanding was $22964 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.