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MonetaryTrends
February 2013

This publication contains charts and tables
compiled by the Data Desk staff
of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
The data are related to U.S. monetary and financial conditions,
with an emphasis on various measures of the monetary policy stance.

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Monetary and Financial Indicators at a Glance
Monetary Aggregates and Their Components
Reserves Markets and Short-Term Credit Flows
Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
Measures of Expected Inflation
Interest Rates
Policy-Based Inflation Indicators
Implied Forward Rates, Futures Contracts, and Inflation-Indexed Securities
Velocity, Gross Domestic Product, and M2
Bank Credit
Stock Market Index and Foreign Inflation and Interest Rates
Reference Tables
Definitions, Notes, and Sources

Conventions used in this publication:
1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are monthly.
2. Shaded areas indicate recessions, as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
3. Percent change at an annual rate is the simple, not compounded, monthly percent change multiplied by 12. For
example, using consecutive months, the percent change at an annual rate in x between month t –1 and the current
month t is: [(xτ /x τ – 1 )–1] × 1200. Note that this differs from National Economic Trends. In that publication, monthly
percent changes are compounded and expressed as annual growth rates.
4. The percent change from year ago refers to the percent change from the same period in the previous year. For example,
the percent change from year ago in x between month t –12 and the current month t is: [(xτ /x τ – 12 )–1] × 100.
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02/05/13

Monetary Trends

M2 and MZM

Treasury Yield Curve

Billions of dollars

Percent

12000

3.0

11500
2.5

Week Ending Friday:
02/03/12
01/04/13
02/01/13

11000

MZM

10500

2.0

10000
1.5

9500

M2
9000
1.0
8500
8000

0.5

2009

2010

2011

5y

2012

Adjusted Monetary Base

7y

10y

20y

Real Treasury Yield Curve

Percent change at an annual rate

Percent
1.0

150

0.5

Week Ending Friday:
02/03/12
01/04/13
02/01/13

75
0.0

0

-0.5

-1.0
-75
-1.5

-150

-2.0

2009

2010

2011

5y

2012

Reserve Market Rates

7y

10y

20y

Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads
Percent

1.00

2.6

Effective Federal Funds Rate
Intended Federal Funds Rate*

2.4

0.75

Week Ending Friday:
02/03/12
01/04/13
02/01/13

Primary Credit Rate
2.2
0.50
2.0
0.25
1.8

0.00

1.6

2010

2011

2012

2013

5y

7y

10y

20y

*Note: Effective December 16, 2008, FOMC reports the Intended
Federal Funds Rate as a range. Currently, Intended Federal Funds
Rate is not plotted on this chart due to the note above.
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Monetary Trends
M1
Percent change from year ago
24
18
12
6
0
-6
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

MZM
Percent change from year ago
25
20
15
10
5
0
-5
95

96

97

M2
Percent change from year ago
12
9
6
3
0
-3
95

96

97

Monetary Services Index - M2
Percent change from year ago
12
9
6
3
0
-3
95

96

97

98

99

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Monetary Trends

Adjusted Monetary Base
Percent change from year ago
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
-20
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

Domestic Nonfinancial Debt

Currency Held by the Nonbank Public

Percent change from year ago

Percent change from year ago

40

15

30

12

20
9

Federal

Total

10

6

0
-10

3
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

Small Denomination Time Deposits

Checkable Deposits

Percent change from year ago

Percent change from year ago

13

40

2011

2012

2011

2012

2011

2012

30
0
20
-13
10
-26

0
2009

2010

2011

2012

Money Market Mutual Fund Shares

2009

2010

Savings Deposits

Percent change from year ago

Percent change from year ago
20.0

30

17.5

15

15.0
0
12.5

Retail Funds
-15

10.0

Institutional Funds
-30

7.5
2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

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Monetary Trends
Adjusted and Required Reserves
Billions of dollars
1800

1200

600

Adjusted

Required

0
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

Total Borrowings, nsa

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

Excess Reserves plus RCB Contracts

Billions of dollars

Billions of dollars
1800

450

1500
1200

300

900
600

150

300
0

0
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

01

02

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

08

09

10

11

12

* Data exclude term auction credit

Nonfinancial Commercial Paper
Percent change from year ago
60
30
0
-30
-60
95

96

97

98

99

00

03

04

As of April 10, 2006, the Federal Reserve Board made major changes to its commercial paper calculations.
For more information, please refer to http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp/about.htm.

Consumer Credit
Percent change from year ago
20

10

0

-10
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

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Monetary Trends

Net Percentage of Domestic Banks Tightening Standards for Commercial and Industrial Loans
Percentage

90

Large & Medium Firms

60
30

Small Firms
0
-30
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

Net Percentage of Domestic Banks Tightening Standards for Commercial Real Estate Loans
Percentage

90
60
30
0
-30
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

Net Percentage of Domestic Banks Tightening Standards for Residential Mortgage Loans
Percentage

80
60
40
20
0
-20
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

10

11

12

13

Net Percentage of Domestic Banks Tightening Standards for Consumer Loans
Percentage

90
60

Credit Card Loans
30
0

Other Consumer Loans
-30
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

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Monetary Trends

CPI Inflation and 1-Year-Ahead CPI Inflation Expectations
Percent
6

CPI Inflation

5

Humphrey-Hawkins CPI Inflation Range
4
3
2

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1

University of
Michigan

0
-1

Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphia

-2

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

11

10

12

13

The shaded region shows the Humphrey-Hawkins CPI inflation range. Beginning in January 2000, the Humphrey-Hawkins inflation range was reported
using the PCE price index and therefore is not shown on this graph.

10-Year Ahead PCE Inflation Expectations and Realized Inflation
Percent
8

6

4

2

Expected

Realized
0
65

70

75

80

85

90

95

00

05

10

See the notes section for an explanation of the chart.

Treasury Security Yield Spreads

Real Interest Rates

Yield to maturity

Percent, Real rate = Nominal rate less year-over-year CPI inflation

4

4

10-Year less 3-Month T-Bill

1-Year Treasury Yield
2
2

0

|
|

0

10-Year less
3-Year Note

-2

04

05

-2

3-Year less 3-Month T-Bill

Federal Funds Rate

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

-4

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

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02/05/13

Monetary Trends

Short-Term Interest Rates
Percent
12
10
8
6

90-Day Commercial Paper

Prime Rate

4
2

3-Month Treasury Yield

0
-2
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

10

11

12

13

Long-Term Interest Rates
Percent
10

Conventional Mortgage
7

||
||

Corporate Aaa
4

10-Year Treasury Yield
1
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

Long-Term Interest Rates

Short-Term Interest Rates

Percent

Percent

8

0.4

Corporate Baa
6

0.3

4

0.2

2

90-Day Commercial Paper

0.1

10-Year Treasury Yield
0

3-Month
Treasury Yield

0.0
2010

2011

2012

2013

2010

2011

2012

2013

FOMC Intended Federal Funds Rate, Discount Rate, and Primary Credit Rate
Percent
8

Intended Federal
Funds Rate

6

Discount Rate

4

Primary Credit
Rate

2
0
96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

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Monetary Trends
Federal Funds Rate and Inflation Targets
Percent
10

4% 3% 2% 1% 0%

Target Inflation Rates

5

Actual
0

-5
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Calculated federal funds rate is based on Taylor's rule.

Components of Taylor's Rule
Actual and Potential Real GDP
PCE Inflation
Billions of chain-weighted 2005 dollars

Percent change from year ago
5

15000

Potential

4

14000
3
13000

2

Actual

1

12000
0
11000

-1
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

See notes section for further explanation.

Monetary Base Growth and Inflation Targets
Percent
30

Target Inflation Rates

15

Actual

0% 1% 2% 3% 4%

0

-15
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Calculated base growth is based on McCallum's rule. Actual base growth is percent change from the previous quarter. Stars represent actual values for
2008:Q4, 2009:Q1, 2009:Q4, 2011:Q1, 2011:Q2 and are 188.02 percent, 60.74 percent, 56.52 percent, 45.94 percent, and 58.74 percent, respectively.

Components of McCallum's Rule
Monetary Base Velocity Growth
Real Output Growth
Percent

Percent

20

10

Recursive Average

10-Year
Moving Average

|

0

|
||

5

-20
0
-40

Change from
a Year Ago

-60

Quarter to Quarter
Growth Rate

-5

-80

-10
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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01/29/13

Monetary Trends

Implied One-Year Forward Rates

Rates on 3-Month Eurodollar Futures

Percent
6

Percent, daily data
0.34

Week Ending:
01/27/12
12/28/12
01/25/13

5
4

Jan 2013

Mar 2013

0.32

3
0.30

2

Feb 2013

1
0

2y

5y

3y

7y

10y

0.28
11/26

Rates on Selected
Federal Funds Futures Contracts

12/03

12/10

12/17

12/24

12/31

01/07

01/14

01/21

01/28

Rates on Federal Funds Futures
on Selected Dates

Percent, daily data

Percent

0.17

0.16

Jan 2013
0.16

01/04/2013

0.15

Feb 2013

0.15

11/02/2012
0.14

0.14

Mar 2013

0.13

11/26

12/03

12/07/2012

0.13
12/10

12/17

12/24

12/31

01/07

01/14

01/21

01/28

Jan

Feb

Apr

Mar

May

Jun

Contract Month

Inflation-Indexed Treasury Securities

Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads

Weekly data

Weekly data

Percent

Percent

4.00

4.00

1.67

1.67

-0.67

-0.67

20

-3.00
2011

15
10

2012
.

2012

2014

5

Maturity

20

-3.00
2011

15
10

2012
.

Note: Yields are inflation-indexed constant maturity
U.S. Treasury securities

2012

2014

5

Horizon

Note: Yield spread is between nominal and inflation-indexed
constant maturity U.S. Treasury securities.

Inflation-Indexed
10-Year Government Notes

Inflation-Indexed
10-Year Government Yield Spreads

Percent, weekly data

Percent, weekly data

3

3

2
2

U.S.

U.S.

1
1
0
0

-1
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Note: Data is temporarily unavailable for the French and U.K. 10-Year Notes and Government Yield Spreads.

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Monetary Trends
Velocity
Nominal GDP/MZM, Nominal GDP/M2 (Ratio Scale)
2.75
2.50

MZM

2.25
2.00

M2

1.75

1.50

1.25
12784

95

13149

96

13515

97

13880

98

14245

99

14610

00

14976

01

15341

02

15706

03

16071

04

16437

05

16802

06

17167

07

17532

08

17898

09

18263

10

18628

11

18993

12

19359

Interest Rates
Percent
8

6

3-Month T-Bill
4

M2 Own
2

MZM Own
0

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

06

07

08

09

10

11

MZM Velocity and Interest Rate Spread

M2 Velocity and Interest Rate Spread

Ratio Scale

Ratio Scale

3.50

12

2.25

Velocity = Nominal GDP / M2

Velocity = Nominal GDP / MZM

05

3.00
2.50

2.00

1.50

2.00

1.75

1.50

1974Q1 to 1993Q4
1994Q1 to present

1974Q1 to 1993Q4
1994Q1 to present
1.25

1.00

-1

0
3
5
6
8
9
10 11
1
2
4
7
Interest Rate Spread = 3-Month T-Bill less MZM Own Rate

-1

0
3
5
6
1
2
4
Interest Rate Spread = 3-Month T-Bill less M2 Own Rate

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02/05/13

Monetary Trends

Gross Domestic Product
Percent change from year ago
10
8
6
4
2
0
-2
-4
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

Dashed lines indicate 10-year moving averages.

Real Gross Domestic Product
Percent change from year ago
6
3
0
-3
-6
95

96

97

98

99

Dashed lines indicate 10-year moving averages.

Gross Domestic Product Price Index
Percent change from year ago
5
4
3
2
1
0
95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

Dashed lines indicate 10-year moving averages.

M2
Percent change from year ago
12
9
6
3
0
95

96

97

98

99

Dashed lines indicate 10-year moving averages.

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01/15/13

Monetary Trends
Bank Credit
Percent change from year ago
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Investment Securities in Bank Credit at Commercial Banks
Percent change from year ago
20
15
10
5
0
-5
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total Loans and Leases in Bank Credit at Commercial Banks
Percent change from year ago
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Commercial and Industrial Loans at Commercial Banks
Percent change from year ago
30
15
0
-15
-30
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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02/05/13

Monetary Trends

Standard & Poor's 500
1800

150

1440

120

Composite Index
(left)
1080

90

720

60

Price/Earnings Ratio
(right)
360

30

0

0

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

Recent Inflation and Long-Term Interest Rates
Consumer Price
Inflation Rates
Percent change from year ago
2012Q1
2012Q2
2012Q3

Long-Term
Government Bond Rates
2012Q4

Oct12

Percent
Nov12
Dec12

United States

2.82

1.90

1.71

1.90

1.75

1.65

Canada

2.34

1.58

1.22

0.94

1.81

France

2.31

2.00

1.98

1.54

2.19

Germany

2.16

1.90

1.92

1.98

1.47

Jan13

1.72

1.91

1.73

.

.

2.14

2.01

.

1.34

1.30

.

Italy

3.24

3.28

3.17

2.47

4.95

4.85

4.54

.

Japan

0.26

0.20

-0.34

.

0.76

0.71

.

.

United Kingdom

3.49

2.74

2.41

2.67

1.76

1.77

1.84

.

* Copyright

, 2011, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD Main Economic Indicators (www.oecd.org).

Inflation and Long-Term Interest Rate Differentials
Percent

Percent
4

2

Canada

U.K.

1
2

Canada

U.K.

0
0

Germany
-1

Japan
Germany

-2

-2

Inflation differential = Foreign inflation less U.S. inflation
Long-term rate differential = Foreign rate less U.S. rate
-3

Japan
-4

2010

2011

2012

2013

2010

2011

2012

2013

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Monetary Trends
Money Stock
M1

MZM

M2

M3*

Bank

Adjusted

Credit

Monetary Base

Reserves

MSI M2**

2008.

1434.280

8705.314

7761.861

.

9103.840

1010.160

232.562

7621.492

2009.

1637.139

9539.557

8383.230

.

9170.403

1796.556

944.783

8242.475

2010.

1741.446

9533.019

8590.497

.

9122.675

2031.689

1144.122

8453.550

2011.

2008.964

10199.42

9218.360

.

9224.228

2538.959

1576.923

9078.800

2012.

2309.592

11054.12

10006.98

.

9718.103

2661.952

1612.186

9861.992

8333.967

2010

1

1699.940

9486.469

8471.527

.

8896.261

2089.170

1217.026

.

2

1709.377

9428.315

8553.025

.

9193.159

2034.258

1158.432

8415.500

.

3

1743.325

9523.133

8609.239

.

9198.484

2003.669

1117.966

8472.700

.

4

1813.143

9694.156

8728.196

.

9202.796

1999.659

1083.064

8592.033

2011

1

1879.454

9817.511

8874.689

.

9134.797

2242.975

1310.572

8737.467

.

2

1926.003

10046.99

9026.168

.

9156.663

2597.817

1647.666

8887.700

.

3

2077.195

10372.95

9400.685

.

9236.276

2680.091

1713.909

9259.867

.

4

2153.205

10560.22

9571.898

.

9369.177

2634.953

1635.546

9430.167

2012

1

2221.848

10787.26

9779.035

.

9543.702

2688.250

1662.914

9635.800

.

2

2249.908

10913.51

9891.751

.

9673.826

2651.079

1616.301

9747.400

.

3

2343.372

11121.75

10057.77

.

9779.087

2651.566

1601.418

9912.200

.

4

2423.240

11393.94

10299.35

.

9875.795

2656.913

1568.112

10152.57

2010 Dec

1840.155

9734.366

8765.825

.

9184.100

2009.295

1072.986

8629.800

2011 Jan

1868.385

9768.774

8829.710

.

9162.054

2057.137

1095.875

8693.100

.

Feb

1878.822

9800.324

8873.224

.

9121.555

2243.572

1327.461

8736.000

.

Mar

1891.154

9883.436

8921.134

.

9120.781

2428.216

1508.380

8783.300

.

Apr

1903.677

9969.752

8968.075

.

9154.947

2531.668

1599.128

8830.100

.

May

1930.417

10052.71

9017.075

.

9155.718

2590.336

1627.328

8878.600

.

Jun

1943.915

10118.50

9093.355

.

9159.325

2671.446

1716.542

8954.400

.

Jul

2003.311

10274.04

9266.617

.

9202.527

2703.445

1737.866

9126.300

.

Aug

2105.149

10392.10

9457.025

.

9244.409

2680.325

1721.223

9315.800

.

Sep

2123.126

10452.70

9478.412

.

9261.891

2656.502

1682.638

9337.500

.

Oct

2137.718

10507.00

9525.155

.

9322.938

2678.391

1706.876

9383.900

.

Nov

2154.064

10556.68

9572.867

.

9379.645

2622.981

1627.608

9431.100

.

Dec

2167.833

10616.96

9617.671

.

9404.948

2603.487

1572.154

9475.500

2012 Jan

2223.246

10753.61

9747.819

.

9474.656

2647.502

1579.762

9604.600

.

Feb

2217.549

10777.60

9777.469

.

9565.020

2733.060

1733.266

9634.400

.

Mar

2224.749

10830.57

9811.817

.

9591.431

2684.187

1675.715

9668.400

.

Apr

2253.053

10873.23

9856.561

.

9636.151

2673.652

1654.855

9712.900

.

May

2243.211

10912.85

9888.167

.

9678.642

2634.871

1588.389

9743.700

.

Jun

2253.459

10954.46

9930.524

.

9706.684

2644.714

1605.659

9785.600

.

Jul

2316.523

11044.48

10004.70

.

9755.858

2669.125

1621.965

9859.500

.

Aug

2331.026

11106.79

10041.83

.

9779.456

2669.356

1626.528

9896.300

.

Sep

2382.566

11213.99

10126.77

.

9801.948

2616.218

1555.761

9980.800

.

Oct

2418.532

11306.97

10220.88

.

9818.696

2648.742

1584.742

10073.90

.

Nov

2395.681

11356.59

10269.14

.

9860.551

2665.094

1581.257

10123.10

.

Dec

2455.507

11518.26

10408.04

.

9948.138

2656.902

1538.338

10260.70

Note: All values are given in billions of dollars. *See table of contents for changes to the series.

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updated through
02/05/13

Monetary Trends
Federal

Primary Prime

3-mo

Funds Credit Rate Rate

CDs

3-mo

Treasury Yields
3-yr

10-yr

Corporate

Municipal

Aaa Bonds Aaa Bonds

Conventional
Mortgage

2008.
2009.
2010.
2011.
2012.

1.93
0.16
0.17
0.10
0.14

2.39
0.50
0.72
0.75
0.75

5.09
3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25

2.97
0.56
0.31
0.30
0.28

1.39
0.15
0.14
0.05
0.09

2.24
1.43
1.11
0.75
0.38

3.67
3.26
3.21
2.79
1.80

5.63
5.31
4.94
4.64
3.67

4.58
4.27
3.90
4.26
3.12

6.04
5.04
4.69
4.46
3.66

2010
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

0.13
0.19
0.19
0.19

0.61
0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25

0.21
0.42
0.34
0.28

0.11
0.15
0.16
0.14

1.47
1.38
0.83
0.74

3.72
3.49
2.79
2.86

5.29
5.04
4.58
4.86

3.93
3.83
3.58
4.24

5.00
4.91
4.45
4.41

2011
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

0.16
0.09
0.08
0.07

0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25

0.28
0.22
0.29
0.42

0.13
0.05
0.02
0.01

1.16
0.95
0.47
0.42

3.46
3.21
2.43
2.05

5.13
5.04
4.46
3.93

4.71
4.50
4.02
3.82

4.85
4.66
4.31
4.01

2012
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

0.10
0.15
0.14
0.16

0.75
0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25
3.25

0.33
0.30
0.27
0.23

0.07
0.09
0.10
0.09

0.42
0.40
0.35
0.36

2.04
1.82
1.64
1.71

3.89
3.80
3.45
3.54

3.31
3.32
3.05
2.81

3.92
3.79
3.55
3.36

2011 Jan
. Feb
. Mar

0.17
0.16
0.14

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.29
0.28
0.28

0.15
0.13
0.10

1.03
1.28
1.17

3.39
3.58
3.41

5.04
5.22
5.13

4.86
4.79
4.47

4.76
4.95
4.84

.
.
.

Apr
May
Jun

0.10
0.09
0.09

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.23
0.21
0.22

0.06
0.04
0.04

1.21
0.94
0.71

3.46
3.17
3.00

5.16
4.96
4.99

4.93
4.33
4.23

4.84
4.64
4.51

.
.
.

Jul
Aug
Sep

0.07
0.10
0.08

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.24
0.29
0.33

0.04
0.02
0.01

0.68
0.38
0.35

3.00
2.30
1.98

4.93
4.37
4.09

4.31
3.90
3.84

4.55
4.27
4.11

.
.
.

Oct
Nov
Dec

0.07
0.08
0.07

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.37
0.41
0.49

0.02
0.01
0.01

0.47
0.39
0.39

2.15
2.01
1.98

3.98
3.87
3.93

3.93
3.79
3.75

4.07
3.99
3.96

2012 Jan
. Feb
. Mar

0.08
0.10
0.13

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.40
0.30
0.29

0.03
0.09
0.08

0.36
0.38
0.51

1.97
1.97
2.17

3.85
3.85
3.99

3.48
3.09
3.37

3.92
3.89
3.95

.
.
.

Apr
May
Jun

0.14
0.16
0.16

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.29
0.29
0.32

0.08
0.09
0.09

0.43
0.39
0.39

2.05
1.80
1.62

3.96
3.80
3.64

3.43
3.20
3.32

3.91
3.80
3.68

.
.
.

Jul
Aug
Sep

0.16
0.13
0.14

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.30
0.26
0.24

0.10
0.10
0.11

0.33
0.37
0.34

1.53
1.68
1.72

3.40
3.48
3.49

3.18
3.01
2.96

3.55
3.60
3.50

.
.
.

Oct
Nov
Dec

0.16
0.16
0.16

0.75
0.75
0.75

3.25
3.25
3.25

0.23
0.23
0.24

0.10
0.09
0.07

0.37
0.36
0.35

1.75
1.65
1.72

3.47
3.50
3.65

2.86
2.76
2.81

3.38
3.35
3.35

2013 Jan

0.14

0.75

3.25

0.23

0.07

0.39

1.91

3.80

.

3.41

Note: All values are given as a percent at an annual rate.

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01/15/13

Monetary Trends

M1

MZM

M2

M3*

Percent change at an annual rate

2008.
2009.
2010.
2011.
2012.

4.51
14.14
6.37
15.36
14.96

14.06
9.58
-0.07
6.99
8.38

6.84
8.01
2.47
7.31
8.55

.
.
.
.
.

2010
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

3.80
2.22
7.94
16.02

-3.03
-2.45
4.02
7.18

0.99
3.85
2.63
5.53

.
.
.
.

2011
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

14.63
9.91
31.40
14.64

5.09
9.35
12.98
7.22

6.71
6.83
16.60
7.29

.
.
.
.

2012
.
.
.

1
2
3
4

12.75
5.05
16.62
13.63

8.60
4.68
7.63
9.79

8.66
4.61
6.71
9.61

.
.
.
.

2010 Dec

11.67

4.37

5.65

.

2011 Jan
. Feb
. Mar

18.41
6.70
7.88

4.24
3.88
10.18

8.75
5.91
6.48

.
.
.

.
.
.

Apr
May
Jun

7.95
16.86
8.39

10.48
9.99
7.85

6.31
6.56
10.15

.
.
.

.
.
.

Jul
Aug
Sep

36.67
61.00
10.25

18.45
13.79
7.00

22.86
24.66
2.71

.
.
.

.
.
.

Oct
Nov
Dec

8.25
9.18
7.67

6.23
5.67
6.85

5.92
6.01
5.62

.
.
.

2012 Jan
. Feb
. Mar

30.67
-3.07
3.90

15.44
2.68
5.90

16.24
3.65
4.22

.
.
.

.
.
.

Apr
May
Jun

15.27
-5.24
5.48

4.73
4.37
4.57

5.47
3.85
5.14

.
.
.

.
.
.

Jul
Aug
Sep

33.58
7.51
26.53

9.86
6.77
11.58

8.96
4.45
10.15

.
.
.

.
.
.

Oct
Nov
Dec

18.11
-11.34
29.97

9.95
5.27
17.08

11.15
5.67
16.23

.
.
.

*See table of contents for changes to the series.

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Definitions
M1: The sum of currency held outside the vaults of depository institutions,
Federal Reserve Banks, and the U.S. Treasury; travelers checks; and demand
and other checkable deposits issued by financial institutions (except demand
deposits due to the Treasury and depository institutions), minus cash items in
process of collection and Federal Reserve float.
MZM (money, zero maturity): M2 minus small-denomination time deposits,
plus institutional money market mutual funds (that is, those included in M3 but
excluded from M2). The label MZM was coined by William Poole (1991); the
aggregate itself was proposed earlier by Motley (1988).
M2: M1 plus savings deposits (including money market deposit accounts)
and small-denomination (under $100,000) time deposits issued by financial
institutions; and shares in retail money market mutual funds (funds with initial
investments under $50,000), net of retirement accounts.
M3: M2 plus large-denomination ($100,000 or more) time deposits; repurchase
agreements issued by depository institutions; Eurodollar deposits, specifically,
dollar-denominated deposits due to nonbank U.S. addresses held at foreign
offices of U.S. banks worldwide and all banking offices in Canada and the
United Kingdom; and institutional money market mutual funds (funds with
initial investments of $50,000 or more).
Bank Credit: All loans, leases, and securities held by commercial banks.
Domestic Nonfinancial Debt: Total credit market liabilities of the U.S.
Treasury, federally sponsored agencies, state and local governments, households,
and nonfinancial firms. End-of-period basis.
Adjusted Monetary Base: The sum of currency in circulation outside Federal
Reserve Banks and the U.S. Treasury, deposits of depository financial institutions at Federal Reserve Banks, and an adjustment for the effects of changes
in statutory reserve requirements on the quantity of base money held by depositories. This series is a spliced chain index; see Anderson and Rasche (1996a,b,
2001, 2003).
Adjusted Reserves: The sum of vault cash and Federal Reserve Bank deposits
held by depository institutions and an adjustment for the effects of changes in
statutory reserve requirements on the quantity of base money held by depositories. This spliced chain index is numerically larger than the Board of
Governors’ measure, which excludes vault cash not used to satisfy statutory
reserve requirements and Federal Reserve Bank deposits used to satisfy required
clearing balance contracts; see Anderson and Rasche (1996a, 2001, 2003).
Monetary Services Index: An index that measures the flow of monetary services received by households and firms from their holdings of liquid assets;
see Anderson, Jones, and Nesmith (1997). Indexes are shown for the assets
included in M2, with additional data at research.stlouisfed.org/msi/index.html.
Note: M1, M2, M3, Bank Credit, and Domestic Nonfinancial Debt are constructed and published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. For details, see Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin,
tables 1.21 and 1.26. MZM, Adjusted Monetary Base, Adjusted Reserves,
and Monetary Services Index are constructed and published by the Research
Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Notes
Page 3: Readers are cautioned that, since early 1994, the level and growth of
M1 have been depressed by retail sweep programs that reclassify transactions
deposits (demand deposits and other checkable deposits) as savings deposits
overnight, thereby reducing banks’ required reserves; see Anderson and Rasche
(2001) and research.stlouisfed.org/aggreg/swdata.html. Primary Credit Rate,
Discount Rate, and Intended Federal Funds Rate shown in the chart Reserve
Market Rates are plotted as of the date of the change, while the Effective
Federal Funds Rate is plotted as of the end of the month. Interest rates in
the table are monthly averages from the Board of Governors H.15 Statistical
Release. The Treasury Yield Curve and Real Treasury Yield Curve show
constant maturity yields calculated by the U.S. Treasury for securities 5, 7, 10,
and 20 years to maturity. Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads are a
measure of inflation compensation at those horizons, and it is simply the
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nominal constant maturity yield less the real constant maturity yield. Daily data
and descriptions are available at research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/. See also Statistical
Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, table 1.35. The 30-year constant
maturity series was discontinued by the Treasury as of February 18, 2002.
Page 5: Checkable Deposits is the sum of demand and other checkable
deposits. Savings Deposits is the sum of money market deposit accounts
and passbook and statement savings. Time Deposits have a minimum initial
maturity of 7 days. Retail Money Market Mutual Funds are included in M2.
Institutional money market funds are not included in M2.
Page 6: Excess Reserves plus RCB (Required Clearing Balance) Contracts
equals the amount of deposits at Federal Reserve Banks held by depository
institutions but not applied to satisfy statutory reserve requirements. (This
measure excludes the vault cash held by depository institutions that is not
applied to satisfy statutory reserve requirements.) Consumer Credit includes
most short- and intermediate-term credit extended to individuals. See Statistical
Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, table 1.55.
Page 7: Data are reported in the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on
Bank Lending Practices.
Page 8: Inflation Expectations measures include the quarterly Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia Survey of Professional Forecasters, the monthly University
of Michigan Survey Research Center’s Surveys of Consumers, and the annual
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) range as reported to the Congress
in the February testimony that accompanies the Monetary Policy Report to
the Congress. Beginning February 2000, the FOMC began using the personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) price index to report its inflation range; the
FOMC then switched to the PCE chain-type price index excluding food and
energy prices (“core”) beginning July 2004. Accordingly, neither are shown
on this graph. CPI Inflation is the percentage change from a year ago in the
consumer price index for all urban consumers. Real Interest Rates are ex post
measures, equal to nominal rates minus year-over-year CPI inflation.
From 1991 to the present the source of the long-term PCE inflation expectations
data is the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Survey of Professional
Forecasters. Prior to 1991, the data were obtained from the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System. Realized (actual) inflation is the annualized rate
of change for the 40-quarter period that corresponds to the forecast horizon (the
expectations measure). For example, in 1965:Q1, annualized PCE inflation
over the next 40 quarters was expected to average 1.7 percent. In actuality,
the average annualized rate of change measured 4.8 percent from 1965:Q1 to
1975:Q1. Thus, the vertical distance between the two lines in the chart at any
point is the forecast error.
Page 9: FOMC Intended Federal Funds Rate is the level (or midpoint of
the range, if applicable) of the federal funds rate that the staff of the FOMC
expected to be consistent with the desired degree of pressure on bank reserve
positions. In recent years, the FOMC has set an explicit target for the federal
funds rate.
Page 10: Federal Funds Rate and Inflation Targets shows the observed
federal funds rate, quarterly, and the level of the funds rate implied by applying
Taylor’s (1993) equation
ft*= 2.5 + π t –1 + (π t –1 – π* )/2 + 100 × (yt –1 – yt –1P )/2
to five alternative target inflation rates, π* = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 percent, where ft* is
the implied federal funds rate, π t –1 is the previous period’s inflation rate (PCE)
measured on a year-over-year basis, yt –1 is the log of the previous period’s
level of real gross domestic product (GDP), and yt –1P is the log of an estimate
of the previous period’s level of potential output. Potential Real GDP is
estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Monetary Base Growth and Inflation Targets shows the quarterly growth
of the adjusted monetary base implied by applying McCallum’s (2000, p. 52)
equation
Δbt = Δxt* − Δvta + λ ( Δxt* − Δxt −1 ),
Δxt* = π * + Δyt*
to five alternative target inflation rates, π* = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 percent, where Δbt
is the implied growth rate of the adjusted monetary base, Δy*t is the 10-year

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Monetary Trends
moving average growth in real GDP, Δνtα is the average base velocity growth
(calculated recursively), Δxt–1 is the lag growth rate of nominal GDP, and
λ = 0.5.
Page 11: Implied One-Year Forward Rates are calculated by this Bank from
Treasury constant maturity yields. Yields to maturity, R(m), for securities with
m = 1,..., 10 years to maturity are obtained by linear interpolation between
reported yields. These yields are smoothed by fitting the regression suggested
by Nelson and Siegel (1987),
R(m) = a0 + (a1 + a2 )(1 – e–m/50 )/(m/50) – a2 × e–m/50,
and forward rates are calculated from these smoothed yields using equation
(a) in table 13.1 of Shiller (1990),
f(m) = [D(m)R(m) – D(m–1)] / [D(m) – D(m–1)],
where duration is approximated as D(m) = (1 – e –R(m) × m)/R(m). These rates
are linear approximations to the true instantaneous forward rates; see Shiller
(1990). For a discussion of the use of forward rates as indicators of inflation
expectations, see Sharpe (1997). Rates on 3-Month Eurodollar Futures and
Rates on Selected Federal Funds Futures Contracts trace through time the
yield on three specific contracts. Rates on Federal Funds Futures on Selected
Dates displays a single day’s snapshot of yields for contracts expiring in the
months shown on the horizontal axis. Inflation-Indexed Treasury Securities
and Yield Spreads are those plotted on page 3. Inflation-Indexed 10-Year
Government Notes shows the yield of an inflation-indexed note that is
scheduled to mature in approximately (but not greater than) 10 years. The
current French note has a maturity date of 7/25/2015, the current U.K. note
has a maturity date of 4/16/2020, and the current U.S. note has a maturity date
of 11/15/2020. Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads and InflationIndexed 10-Year Government Yield Spreads equal the difference between
the yields on the most recently issued inflation-indexed securities and the
unadjusted security yields of similar maturity.
Page 12: Velocity (for MZM and M2) equals the ratio of GDP, measured in
current dollars, to the level of the monetary aggregate. MZM and M2 Own
Rates are weighted averages of the rates received by households and firms
on the assets included in the aggregates. Prior to 1982, the 3-month T-bill
rates are secondary market yields. From 1982 forward, rates are 3-month
constant maturity yields.
Page 13: Real Gross Domestic Product is GDP as measured in chained
2000 dollars. The Gross Domestic Product Price Index is the implicit price
deflator for GDP, which is defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Commerce, as the ratio of GDP measured in current
dollars to GDP measured in chained 2005 dollars.
Page 14: Investment Securities are all securities held by commercial banks
in both investment and trading accounts.
Page 15: Inflation Rate Differentials are the differences between the foreign
consumer price inflation rates and year-over-year changes in the U.S. all-items
Consumer Price Index.
Page 17: Treasury Yields are Treasury constant maturities as reported in the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s H.15 release.

Sources
Agence France Trésor: French note yields.
Bank of Canada: Canadian note yields.
Bank of England: U.K. note yields.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Monetary aggregates and components: H.6 release. Bank credit and components: H.8 release. Consumer credit: G.19 release. Required reserves,
excess reserves, clearing balance contracts, and discount window borrowing:
H.4.1 and H.3 releases. Interest rates: H.15 release. Nonfinancial commercial paper: Board of Governors website. Nonfinancial debt: Z.1 release.
M2 own rate. Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending
Practices.

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Bureau of Economic Analysis: GDP.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI.
Chicago Board of Trade: Federal funds futures contract.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Eurodollar futures.
Congressional Budget Office: Potential real GDP.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Survey of Professional Forecasters
inflation expectations.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Adjusted monetary base and adjusted
reserves, monetary services index, MZM own rate, one-year forward rates.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: International
interest and inflation rates.
Standard & Poor’s: Stock price-earnings ratio, stock price composite index.
University of Michigan Survey Research Center: Median expected price
change.
U.S. Department of the Treasury: U.S. security yields.

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