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April 3, 2008
Advance Edition
Calendar of Releases
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MONDAY*
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY*
FRIDAY
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4
March 31
ISM Index (Mar)
A: 48.6
PF: 48.0
Factory Orders (Feb)
A: -1.3%
PF: -0.6%
Construct Spending (Feb)
A: -0.3%
PF: -1.1%
Initial Claims (3/29)
A: 407K
PF: 366K
Nonfarm Payroll (Mar)
A: N/A
PF: -50K
ISM Non Mfg Index (Mar)
A: 49.6
PF: 49.0
Unemployment Rate (Mar)
A: N/A
PF: 5.0%
April 10
April 11
Latest Issue
National Economic Trends
April 7
April 8
Consumer Credit (Feb)
CF: N/A
PF: $5.3B
FOMC Minutes
(previous meeting)
April 9
Initial Claims (4/5)
CF: N/A
PF: 370K
Import Prices (Mar)
CF: N/A
PF: 1.4%
Treasury Budget (Mar)
CF: N/A
PF: -$73.7B
International Trade (Feb)
CF: N/A
PF: -$58.0B
April 15
April 14
Retail Sales (Mar)
CF: N/A
April 16
CPI (Mar)
PPI (Mar)
CF: N/A
Business Inventories (Feb)
Core PPI (Mar)
CF: N/A
CF: N/A
Latest Issue
Monetary Trends
CF: N/A
April 17
April 18
Initial Claims (4/12)
CF: N/A
Core CPI (Mar)
CF: N/A
Housing Starts (Mar)
CF: N/A
Industrial Production (Mar)
CF: N/A
Current Economic
Conditions (Beige Book)
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Contents
Page
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Adjusted Monetary Base
Adjusted Reserves
MZM
M2
Yields on Selected Securities
Yields on Nominal and Inflation-Indexed Treasury Securities
Federal Funds Futures Market
Equity Price Indices
Crude Oil Prices
Natural Gas Prices
Exchange Rates
Currency, Savings, and Small Time Deposits
Institutional and Retail Money Funds, and Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks
Selected Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Items
Bank Loans
Commercial Paper
Reference Tables
Notes
Conventions used in this publication:
1. Unless otherwise indicated, figure and table data are weekly and seasonally adjusted.
2. For pages 7, 10, 11 (top chart), 12 (top chart), 13, and 19 (top and bottom right tables), the last observation is a daily
average that incorporates all available data at the time of publication, which usually includes observations for the first
three trading days of the week (Monday through Wednesday). The previous observations signify that week’s average.
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updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Adjusted Monetary Base
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
870
865
860
855
850
845
840
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Adjusted Monetary Base
To the average of
two maintenance
periods ending:
Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending:
03/28/07
08/29/07
06/20/07
08/29/07
09/26/07
10/24/07
11/21/07
01/02/08
01/30/08
2.5
09/26/07
1.4
1.5
10/24/07
1.4
1.6
-1.4
11/21/07
1.2
1.2
-1.2
0.6
01/02/08
-0.3
-0.9
-3.6
-3.3
-5.3
01/30/08
1.2
1.2
-0.1
0.9
0.6
1.2
02/27/08
1.0
0.9
-0.3
0.5
0.2
0.5
7.4
03/26/08
1.4
1.5
0.7
1.5
1.4
1.9
7.4
2.8
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
3
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Adjusted Reserves
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
100
98
96
94
92
90
88
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Adjusted Reserves
To the average of
two maintenance
periods ending:
08/29/07
Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending:
03/28/07
06/20/07
08/29/07
09/26/07
10/24/07
11/21/07
01/02/08
01/30/08
10.1
09/26/07
4.8
1.2
10/24/07
0.8
-4.6
-21.0
11/21/07
3.9
1.1
-6.5
1.0
01/02/08
4.2
2.0
-2.7
2.9
15.0
01/30/08
6.5
5.5
3.0
8.9
19.9
15.7
02/27/08
1.0
-1.7
-6.2
-3.5
1.3
-5.9
-13.6
03/26/08
3.3
1.6
-1.3
1.9
7.0
2.3
0.7
-12.4
Research Division
4
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
MZM
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
8800
8600
8400
8200
8000
7800
7600
7400
7200
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
2007
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
MZM
To the average
of four weeks
ending:
Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending:
03/26/07
08/27/07
11.8
09/24/07
12.6
14.5
10/22/07
13.1
15.0
16.9
11/19/07
13.5
15.3
16.8
16.7
12/31/07
13.1
14.3
14.8
14.2
13.1
01/28/08
12.8
13.7
13.8
13.2
12.1
10.4
02/25/08
15.3
17.0
18.4
18.7
19.1
19.8
27.0
03/24/08
16.3
18.2
19.8
20.2
20.8
21.8
27.7
06/18/07
08/27/07
09/24/07
10/22/07
11/19/07
12/31/07
01/28/08
37.7
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
5
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
M2
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
7800
7700
7600
7500
7400
7300
7200
7100
7000
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
M2
To the average
of four weeks
ending:
Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending:
03/26/07
08/27/07
5.4
06/18/07
08/27/07
09/24/07
10/22/07
11/19/07
09/24/07
5.4
5.7
10/22/07
5.2
5.3
11/19/07
5.3
5.4
5.0
4.8
12/31/07
5.4
5.5
5.4
5.3
5.8
01/28/08
5.5
5.6
5.6
5.6
6.0
6.2
12/31/07
01/28/08
4.8
02/25/08
6.7
7.2
7.8
8.2
9.2
10.3
13.5
03/24/08
7.3
8.0
8.7
9.2
10.1
11.2
13.9
17.8
Research Division
6
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Yields on Selected Securities
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
9
Prime Rate
8
7
Corporate Aaa
6
|
5
Commercial Paper
4
2-Year Swap
3
2
1
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
Mar
Apr
2008
Percent
6
Intended Federal Funds Rate
||
Federal Funds Rate
5
|
|
10-Year Treasury
4
3-Month Treasury
3
2
1
0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2008
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
7
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
10-Year Treasury Note Yield
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
6
5
4
3
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Mar
Apr
Mar
Apr
2008
10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
3
2
1
0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2008
10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spread
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
4
3
2
1
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2008
Research Division
8
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Rates on Federal Funds Futures Contracts
Daily Data
Percent
5.0
4.5
Apr 2008
4.0
3.5
Intended Target Rate
3.0
May 2008
|
|
2.5
2.0
Jun 2008
1.5
Nov
Dec
Feb
Jan
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Rates on Federal Funds Futures on Selected Dates
Percent
3.5
Week Ending:
02/05/08
03/05/08
04/02/08
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
Apr 2008
May 2008
Jun 2008
Jul 2008
Aug 2008
Sep 2008
Contract Month
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite
Averages of Daily Figures
Closing Price
February 5, 1971 = 100
14500
2900
14000
2800
Dow Jones (left scale)
13500
2700
13000
2600
NASDAQ (right scale)
12500
2500
12000
2400
11500
2300
11000
2200
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Wilshire 5000 and Standard & Poor's 500
Averages of Daily Figures
January 2, 1980 = 1078.29
1941-43 = 10
16000
1600
15500
1550
Wilshire** (left scale)
15000
1500
14500
1450
S&P* (right scale)
14000
1400
13500
1350
13000
1300
12500
1250
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2007
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
*Copyright 2003 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Standard & Poor's including its subsidiary corporations ("S&P") is a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Reproduction of this data in any form is prohibited without S&P's prior written permission.
**Source: Wilshire Associates Incorporated, www.wilshire.com
Research Division
10
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Crude Oil Spot Prices
West Texas Intermediate, Averages of Daily Figures
Dollars per barrel
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Oct
Sep
Nov
Dec
Feb
Jan
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Crude Oil Futures Prices
West Texas Intermediate
Dollars per barrel
108
106
03/26/2008
104
04/02/2008
102
100
98
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
2008
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2009
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
11
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Natural Gas Spot Prices
Henry Hub, Averages of Daily Figures
Dollars per million btu
10.0
9.5
9.0
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Oct
Sep
Nov
Dec
Feb
Jan
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Natural Gas Futures Prices
Henry Hub
Dollars per million btu
11.00
10.75
10.50
04/02/2008
10.25
10.00
03/26/2008
9.75
9.50
9.25
9.00
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
2008
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2009
Research Division
12
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate Indexes
Averages of Daily Figures
March 1973=100
January 1987=100
90
110
Broad Index (right scale)
85
105
80
100
Major Index (left scale)
75
95
70
90
65
85
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Nov
Oct
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Exchange Rates
Averages of Daily Figures
Euro/US$
Yen/US$
1.00
124
0.95
120
Japan (right scale)
0.90
116
0.85
112
0.80
108
0.75
104
0.70
100
Euro (left scale)
0.65
96
0.60
92
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
13
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Currency Component of M1
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
766
763
760
757
754
751
748
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Savings and Small Time Deposits
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
Billions of dollars
1260
4700
1220
4500
Small Time (left scale)
1180
4300
1140
4100
1100
3900
Savings (right scale)
1060
3700
1020
3500
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
Research Division
14
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Institutional and Retail Money Funds
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
Billions of dollars
2300
1900
2100
1700
1900
1500
Institutional Money (left scale)
1700
1300
1500
1100
1300
900
Retail Money (right scale)
1100
700
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Nov
Oct
Dec
Feb
Jan
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Total Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks
Averages of Daily Figures
Billions of dollars
50
40
30
20
10
0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
Note: Total borrowings include loans to depository institutions for primary, secondary, and seasonal credit, primary dealer credit facility,
and other credit extensions, but exclude term auction credit.
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
15
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Reserve Bank Credit and Federal Reserve Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities
Averages of Daily Figures
Billions of dollars
900
Reserve Bank Credit
850
800
750
700
650
U.S. Treasury Securities
600
550
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
Mar
Apr
2008
Term Auction Credit
Averages of Daily Figures
Billions of dollars
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2008
Research Division
16
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Bank Loans and Credit
All Commercial Banks in the United States, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
Billions of dollars
9550
7750
9300
7500
9050
7250
Bank Credit (left scale)
8800
7000
8550
6750
8300
6500
Loans and Leases (right scale)
8050
6250
7800
6000
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
2008
Commercial and Industrial Loans
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
Billions of dollars
1500
950
1450
900
1400
850
1350
800
All Banks (left scale)
1300
750
1250
700
Large Banks (right scale)
1200
650
1150
600
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2008
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
17
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Commercial Paper of Nonfinancial Companies
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
210
200
190
180
170
160
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2007
Mar
Apr
Mar
Apr
2008
Commercial Paper: Financial and Asset-Backed
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
1200
1100
Asset-Backed
1000
900
Financial
800
700
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2007
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
2008
Research Division
18
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
updated through
04/03/08
U.S. Financial Data
Interest Rates
Percent
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
2-Year
Interest
Corporate Corporate Municipal
Rate Swap Aaa Bonds Baa Bonds
Bonds
Federal
Funds
3-Month
Treasury
Bill
2-Year
Treasury
Securities
5-Year
Treasury
Securities
10-Year
Treasury
Securities
30-Year
Treasury
Securities
4.21
4.23
3.14
2.70
3.13
3.85
4.37
4.15
4.24
3.01
2.48
2.97
3.72
4.30
6.54
4.29
4.00
2.26
2.16
2.74
3.58
4.28
5.38
6.63
4.39
3.50
2.13
2.21
2.84
3.67
4.35
5.40
6.69
4.33
3.01
2.14
1.98
2.72
3.66
4.40
2.72
5.54
6.83
4.47
3.00
2.23
1.92
2.73
3.72
4.53
2.86
5.62
6.93
4.66
2.98
2.18
2.04
2.89
3.85
4.61
3.06
2.82
5.60
6.91
5.11
2.96
1.97
1.94
2.80
3.78
4.59
30-Day
Comm.
Paper
90-Day
CDs
11
4.03
4.32
3.48
5.36
6.53
18
3.75
3.90
3.14
5.29
6.52
25
3.11
3.29
2.76
5.30
1
2.99
3.13
2.88
8
2.93
3.07
2.73
15
2.91
3.06
22
2.90
3.06
29
2.84
7
2.69
2.94
2.60
5.54
6.89
4.92
3.00
1.52
1.60
2.51
3.61
4.53
14
2.47
2.81
2.53
5.53
6.91
4.94
2.97
1.34
1.59
2.47
3.51
4.44
21
2.18
2.62
2.30
5.44
6.82
4.88
2.70
0.81
1.52
2.34
3.39
4.26
28
2.14
2.74
2.55
5.51
6.93
4.96
2.18
1.27
1.75
2.58
3.52
4.33
2.08
2.77
2.60
5.54
6.97
.
2.24
1.38
1.77
2.61
3.54
4.36
4*
*Averages of rates available
Money Stock and Components
Reserves and Base
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Savings
Retail
Money
M2
MZM
Currency
Feb 11
7584.9
8379.6
758.8
1229.7
3945.1
1052.6
2024.4
18
7597.8
8426.0
759.0
1227.0
3952.9
1057.1
2055.2
Mar
Adjusted
Monetary
Base
Adjusted
Reserves
2
848.124
96.139
16
854.436
97.095
Institutional
Money
Small
Time
Jan
25
7631.1
8457.8
758.9
1223.4
3976.2
1063.2
2050.1
30
860.658
97.591
3
7644.8
8513.7
759.8
1220.0
3963.1
1069.7
2088.9
Feb 13
852.802
91.504
10
7650.6
8533.9
761.8
1218.3
3999.3
1070.0
2101.6
27
860.433
94.710
17
7688.6
8586.2
762.1
1216.9
4031.7
1081.5
2114.5
Mar 12
857.565
93.969
24
7720.8
8620.8
763.5
1217.7
4036.8
1095.9
2117.7
26
864.952
96.794
Bank Loans and Credit
Exchange Rates
Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Bank
Credit
Loans and
Leases
C&I
Loans
(All)
C&I
Loans
(Large)
Comm.
Paper
(sa)
Broad
Major
Exchange
Rate:
Exchange Exchange
Rate Index Rate Index
Euro/$
Total
Borrowings
Exchange
Rate:
Yen/$
Feb 20
9329.6
6883.5
1450.1
769.6
192.1
0.223
Feb 22
73.0
98.0
0.677
107.5
27
9366.5
6891.6
1456.0
771.7
194.8
0.173
29
71.5
96.6
0.665
106.4
5
9411.9
6914.1
1462.7
772.6
191.0
0.358
7
70.8
96.1
0.655
103.2
12
9448.4
6887.5
1464.2
774.4
192.2
0.103
14
70.2
95.7
0.646
101.6
19
9490.1
6911.5
1467.5
777.6
198.7
19.049
21
70.0
95.6
0.641
98.5
.
191.7
33.481
28
70.3
95.7
0.639
99.9
.
184.2
45.139
70.7
95.8
0.638
101.5
Mar
26
Apr
2
.
.
.
.
.
.
Mar
Apr
4*
*Averages of rates available
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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U.S. Financial Data
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.
M2: M1 plus savings deposits (including money market deposit
accounts) and small-denomination (less than $100,000) time deposits
issued by financial institutions; and shares in retail money market mutual
funds (funds with initial investments of less than $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).
Notes
Cover Page: Economic forecasts are median responses from the
Thomson Financial Weekly Economic Survey, which is sent out to 20
to 25 Wall Street economists each week (usually on Tuesday). These
forecasts are released on Friday—at which time, Thursday’s USFD
cover page will be updated.
Page 3: Adjusted Monetary Base equals 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,
1996b, 2001, 2003).
Page 4: Adjusted Reserves is defined as 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 series, a
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).
Page 5: MZM includes the zero maturity, or immediately available,
components of M3. MZM equals M2 minus small-denomination time
deposits, plus institutional money market mutual funds (that is, the
money market mutual funds included in M3 but excluded from M2).
The label MZM, or “Money, Zero Maturity,” was coined by William
Poole (1991) for this aggregate, proposed earlier by Motley (1988).
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.
Page 7: Current data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.15
release, except for the Intended Federal Funds Rate. Federal Funds
Rate represents seven-day averages for the week ending two days
earlier than the date shown in the release.
Page 8: 10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield is the most
recently issued inflation-indexed bond of 10-year original maturity.
20
10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spread equals the difference between the yield on the most recently issued 10-year inflationindexed bond and the unadjusted 10-Year Treasury Note Yield of
similar maturity.
Page 9: Rates on 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.
Page 11: Crude Oil (West Texas intermediate) spot and futures prices
are listed in the Wall Street Journal. Spot Prices are weekly averages
of daily prices; Futures Prices are usually taken on Wednesday.
Page 12: Natural Gas (Henry Hub) spot and futures prices are listed
in the Wall Street Journal. Spot Prices are weekly averages of daily
prices; Futures Prices are usually taken on Wednesday.
Page 13: Data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.10 release.
The Major Index comprises 7 currencies. The Broad Index comprises
the Major Index plus 19 additional currencies. Further details may
be found at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/summary/.
Page 14: Data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.6 release.
Savings Deposits is the sum of money market deposit accounts and
passbook and statement savings. Small Time Deposits have a minimum
initial maturity of 7 days. Savings deposits and small time deposits
are at all depository institutions.
Page 15: Data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.6 and H.4.1
releases. Retail Money Funds are included in M2. Institutional
Money Funds are not part of M2; they used to be included in M3,
which was discontinued as of March 23, 2006.
See www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/discm3.htm.
As of December 27, 2007, Loans to Depository Institutions on the
Fed’s Balance Sheet were reclassified as Other Loans. Other Loans
included primary, secondary, and seasonal credit. As of March 20, 2008,
Other Loans were expanded to include funds advanced through the
Primary Credit Dealer Facility and Other Extensions. According
to the Federal Reserve: “The latter category includes credit extensions
such as the arrangements involving JP Morgan Chase & Co. and The
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. that were approved by the Board of
Governors on March 14, 2008, and March 16, 2008.”
See http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/Current/.
Page 16: Federal Reserve Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities
include nominal and inflation-indexed securities and the compensation
that adjusts for the effect of inflation on the original face value of
inflation-indexed securities (inflation compensation). Term Auction
Credit are collateralized, term funds (28-day) that are auctioned to
depository institutions under the temporary Term Auction Facility.
Term Auction Credit became a Federal Reserve balance sheet item as
of December 27, 2007. For more information on the Term Auction
Facility, see http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm.
Page 17: Data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.8 release.
Bank Loans and Credit include foreign-related institutions. Bank
Credit includes loans and leases and securities. All Banks includes
foreign-related institutions. Large Banks are domestically chartered
banks (adjusted for mergers) and report on a weekly basis.
Page 18: Current data appear at
www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp/outstandings.htm.
Page 19: Treasury Security yields are Treasury constant maturities
as reported in the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System’s H.15 release.
The 3-Month Treasury Bill yield is the secondary market yield from
the H.15 release. Federal Funds represents seven-day averages for
the week ending two days earlier than the date shown in the table.
Municipal Bonds represents Bond Buyer’s Average Index of 20
municipal bonds, Thursday data.
Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
U.S. Financial Data
Sources
References
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Monetary aggregates and components: H.6 release. Bank credit: H.8
release. Total Borrowings and Selected Reserve Balance Sheet
Items: H.4.1 release. Interest rates: H.15 release. Exchange rates:
H.10 release. Commercial paper: Board of Governors web site.
Anderson, Richard G. and Robert H. Rasche (1996a). “A Revised
Measure of the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base,” Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April, 78(2), pp. 3-13.
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal funds futures contract.
Dow Jones Indexes
Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Adjusted monetary base, adjusted reserves, and MZM.
____ and ____(1996b). “Measuring the Adjusted Monetary Base in
an Era of Financial Change,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Review, November/ December, 78(6), pp. 3-37.
____ and ____(2001). “Retail Sweep Programs and Bank Reserves,
1994-1999,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review,
January/February, pp. 51-72.
NASDAQ Stock Market, Incorporated
NASDAQ Composite®.
____ and ____ , with Jeffrey Loesel (2003). “A Reconstruction of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base and
Reserves,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review,
September/October, 85(5), pp. 39-70.
Standard & Poor’s
Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index.
Motley, Brian (1988). “Should M2 Be Redefined?” Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco Economic Review, Winter, pp. 33-51.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. inflation-indexed security yields.
Poole, William (1991). Statement before the Subcommittee on
Domestic Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking, Finance
and Urban Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, November 6,
1991. Government Printing Office, Serial No. 102-82.
Wall Street Journal
Oil (West Texas intermediate) and natural gas (Henry Hub) spot
and futures prices.
Note: Articles from this Bank’s Review are available on the Internet
at research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/.
Wilshire Associates Incorporated (www.wilshire.com)
Wilshire 5000 ®.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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