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USFinancialData March 27, 2014 Advance Edition Calendar of Releases Titles for the current week are links to their respective releases. MONDAY* March 24 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY* FRIDAY March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 New Home Sales (Feb) A: 440K PF: 445K Durable Goods (Feb) A: 2.2% PF: 1.0% Initial Claims (3/22) A: 311K PF: 325K A: 2.6% GDP (Q4) PF: 2.7% Corporate Profits (Q4) March 31 April 1 Construct Spending (Feb) CF: N/A PF: 0.2% April 2 Factory Orders (Feb) CF: N/A PF: 0.9% Personal Income (Feb) A: N/A PF: 0.2% Consumption (Feb) A: N/A PF: 0.3% Core PCE (Feb) A: N/A PF: 0.1% April 3 April 4 Initial Claims (3/29) CF: N/A PF: N/A Nonfarm Payrolls (Mar) CF: N/A PF: 190K ISM Index (Mar) PF: 53.6 CF: N/A International Trade (Feb) CF: N/A PF: -$38.9B Private Payrolls (Mar) CF: N/A PF: 195K Latest Issue National Economic Trends ISM Non Mfg Index (Mar) CF: N/A PF: 53.0 Unemployment Rate (Mar) CF: N/A PF: 6.6% Latest Issue Monetary Trends April 7 Consumer Credit (Feb) CF: N/A April 8 April 9 FOMC Minutes (previous meeting) April 10 April 11 Initial Claims (4/5) CF: N/A CF: N/A Import Prices (Mar) CF: N/A Core PPI (Mar) CF: N/A PPI (Mar) Treasury Budget (Mar) CF: N/A DEFINITIONS: A, actual value; PF, previous week’s forecast; CF, current week’s forecast; K, thousand; M, million; B, billion. *The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System provides H.3, H.4.1, and H.6 releases each Thursday and H.10 and H.15 releases each Monday. 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To be added to our free email notification list, please visit our web site at research.stlouisfed.org/publications/usfd. updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Adjusted Monetary Base Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 4100 4000 3900 3800 3700 3600 3500 3400 3300 3200 3100 3000 2900 2800 2700 2600 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2013 Jan Feb Mar 2014 Adjusted Monetary Base To the average of two maintenance periods ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending: 03/20/13 06/12/13 08/21/13 09/18/13 10/16/13 11/13/13 12/25/13 08/21/13 41.3 09/18/13 41.6 38.9 10/16/13 39.9 36.8 36.1 11/13/13 39.1 36.0 35.0 31.2 12/25/13 34.1 29.8 25.8 21.3 18.1 01/22/14 32.7 28.4 24.5 20.8 18.3 13.0 02/19/14 33.1 29.4 26.5 23.7 22.4 19.7 28.1 03/19/14 33.4 30.2 27.9 25.7 25.0 23.3 31.0 01/22/14 37.5 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Adjusted Reserves Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 2800 2700 2600 2500 2400 2300 2200 2100 2000 1900 1800 1700 1600 1500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Adjusted Reserves To the average of two maintenance periods ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending: 03/20/13 06/12/13 08/21/13 09/18/13 10/16/13 11/13/13 12/25/13 08/21/13 64.9 09/18/13 64.9 59.2 10/16/13 60.4 53.1 48.5 11/13/13 61.2 55.7 54.6 49.8 12/25/13 53.2 45.8 40.0 33.6 01/22/14 48.2 40.2 33.2 27.1 25.2 11.4 02/19/14 46.6 39.0 32.7 27.6 26.3 16.4 17.7 03/19/14 49.3 43.2 38.8 35.2 35.5 29.2 37.1 01/22/14 33.5 55.5 Research Division 4 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data MZM Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 12600 12500 12400 12300 12200 12100 12000 11900 11800 11700 11600 11500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2013 Jan Feb Mar 2014 MZM To the average of four weeks ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending: 03/18/13 06/10/13 08/19/13 09/16/13 10/14/13 11/11/13 12/23/13 08/19/13 6.4 09/16/13 6.2 10/14/13 7.1 8.0 9.0 11/11/13 7.0 7.6 8.0 9.5 12/23/13 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.6 4.1 01/20/14 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.9 4.0 3.2 02/17/14 6.6 6.9 6.8 7.1 5.8 5.8 8.1 03/17/14 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.8 5.6 5.6 7.0 01/20/14 6.5 8.6 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data M2 Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 11200 11100 11000 10900 10800 10700 10600 10500 10400 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 M2 To the average of four weeks ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending: 03/18/13 06/10/13 08/19/13 09/16/13 10/14/13 11/11/13 12/23/13 08/19/13 5.8 09/16/13 5.7 6.1 10/14/13 6.1 6.6 6.8 11/11/13 6.4 7.0 7.4 8.6 12/23/13 5.8 6.1 5.9 6.1 01/20/14 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.6 4.8 3.3 02/17/14 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.8 6.4 5.8 8.1 03/17/14 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.3 5.8 7.3 01/20/14 5.1 9.0 Research Division 6 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Composition of Federal Reserve Assets End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of Dollars 4500 Market Adjustment to Treasury and MBS Portfolio Short-Term Lending to Financial Firms and Markets 4000 Rescue Operations Operations Focused on Longer-Term Credit Conditions 3500 Traditional Portfolio Traditional Portfolio and Long-Term Assets 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Composition of Federal Reserve Liabilities End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of Dollars 4500 Source Base (not adjusted for reserve requirement changes) 4000 Treasury Financing Account Traditional Liabilities and Capital Account 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 7 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Reserve Bank Credit and Federal Reserve Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities Averages of Daily Figures Billions of dollars 4500 4200 3900 Reserve Bank Credit 3600 3300 3000 2700 2400 2100 U.S. Treasury Securities 1800 1500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Term Deposits Held by Depository Institutions End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of dollars 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division 8 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Federal Reserve Holdings of Agency Debt and Mortgage-Backed Securities Averages of Daily Figures Millions of Dollars 1800 1500 Mortgage-Backed Securities 1200 900 600 300 Purchases of Agency Debt 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Maturity Distribution of U.S. Treasury Securities Held by the Federal Reserve Billions of Dollars 900 800 700 600 500 1 Year or Less 5 to 10 Years 400 1 to 5 Years 300 Over 10 Years 200 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121 2 3 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 9 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Yields on Selected Securities Averages of Daily Figures Percent 5 4 Corporate Aaa Prime Rate 3 2 1 2-Year Swap 30-Day Nonfinancial Commercial Paper 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Percent 4 3 10-Year Treasury 2 1 Federal Funds Rate FFR Target Range | | 3-Month Treasury || | | | 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division 10 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Corporate Bond Yields Relative to Yields on 10 - Year Treasury Securities Averages of Daily Figures Percent 3.5 Baa - 10Y 3.0 2.5 Aaa - 10Y 2.0 1.5 Feb Jan Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Interest Rates on 30 - Year Conforming and Jumbo Mortgages Averages of Daily Figures Percent 5.3 4.8 Jumbo 4.3 3.8 Conforming 3.3 2.8 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 11 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Treasury Note Yields Averages of Daily Figures Percent 4 30-Year 3 10-Year 2 5-Year 1 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2014 Mar Nov Dec Jan Feb 2014 Mar Dec Jan Feb 2014 Mar 2013 Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yields Averages of Daily Figures Percent 2 1 30-Year 0 10-Year -1 5-Year -2 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 2013 Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads Averages of Daily Figures Percent 3.0 30-Year 2.5 10-Year 2.0 5-Year 1.5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Research Division 12 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Rates on Federal Funds Futures Contracts Daily Data Percent 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 May 2014 0.10 Mar 2014 || Apr 2014 0.05 FFR Target Rate Range 0.00 Nov Oct Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Rates on Federal Funds Futures on Selected Dates Percent 0.12 0.11 Week Ending: 01/29/14 02/27/14 03/26/14 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 Mar 2014 Apr 2014 May 2014 Jun 2014 Jul 2014 Aug 2014 Contract Month Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 13 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite Averages of Daily Figures Closing Price February 5, 1971 = 100 18000 4500 17000 4200 16000 3900 Dow Jones (left scale) 15000 3600 14000 3300 NASDAQ (right scale) 13000 3000 12000 2700 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Wilshire 5000 and Standard & Poor's 500 Averages of Daily Figures January 2, 1980 = 1078.29 1941-43 = 10 21000 2000 20000 1900 19000 1800 18000 1700 S&P* (right scale) 17000 1600 Wilshire** (left scale) 16000 1500 15000 1400 14000 1300 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2013 Jan Feb Mar 2014 *Copyright 2011 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 14 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Crude Oil Spot Prices West Texas Intermediate, Averages of Daily Figures Dollars per barrel 110 105 100 95 90 85 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Feb Jan 2013 Mar 2014 Crude Oil Futures Prices West Texas Intermediate Dollars per barrel 101 99 03/19/2014 97 95 93 03/26/2014 91 89 May Jun Jul Aug Sep 2014 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr 2015 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 15 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Natural Gas Spot Prices Henry Hub, Averages of Daily Figures Dollars per million btu 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Feb Jan 2013 Mar 2014 Natural Gas Futures Prices Henry Hub Dollars per million btu 4.8 4.7 4.6 03/19/2014 03/26/2014 4.5 4.4 Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2014 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2015 Research Division 16 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate Indexes Averages of Daily Figures March 1973=100 January 1987=100 85 105 Broad Index (right scale) 81 101 77 97 73 93 Major Index (left scale) 69 89 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Exchange Rates Averages of Daily Figures Euro/US$ Yen/US$ 0.90 105 0.85 99 Japan (right scale) 0.80 93 0.75 87 Euro (left scale) 0.70 81 0.65 75 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 17 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Currency Component of M1 Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 1210 1200 1190 1180 1170 1160 1150 1140 1130 1120 1110 1100 1090 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Savings and Small Time Deposits Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 1100 7500 1000 7000 900 6500 Savings (right scale) 800 6000 700 5500 Small Time (left scale) 600 5000 500 4500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division 18 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Institutional and Retail Money Funds Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 1900 1700 Institutional Money 1500 1300 1100 900 Retail Money 700 500 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Total Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks Averages of Daily Figures Billions of dollars 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Note: Total borrowings include loans to depository institutions for primary, secondary, and seasonal credit, primary dealer and other broker-dealer credit. This category also contains asset-backed commercial paper money market mutual fund liquidity facility, credit extended to American International Group, Inc.,net, term asset-backed securities loan facility, and other credit extensions. Term auction credit is excluded. Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 19 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Bank Loans and Credit All Commercial Banks in the United States, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 10300 7550 10250 7500 10200 7450 Loans and Leases (right scale) 10150 7400 10100 7350 10050 7300 10000 7250 Bank Credit (left scale) 9950 7200 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Commercial and Industrial Loans Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 1710 920 1670 900 1630 880 Large Banks (right scale) 1590 860 1550 840 All Banks (left scale) 1510 820 1470 800 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division 20 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Commercial Paper Outstanding of Nonfinancial Companies Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2013 Feb Mar 2014 Commercial Paper Outstanding: Financial and Asset-Backed Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 650 600 550 500 Financial 450 400 350 Asset-Backed 300 250 200 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2013 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2014 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 21 updated through 03/27/14 U.S. Financial Data Interest Rates Percent Jan Feb Mar 30-Day Comm. Paper 90-Day CDs 3 0.05 . 0.49 4.55 5.35 10 0.05 . 0.51 4.53 17 0.05 . 0.50 24 0.04 . 0.51 31 0.05 . 7 0.06 . 14 0.06 21 28 Federal Funds 3-Month Treasury Bill 2-Year Treasury Securities 5-Year Treasury Securities 10-Year Treasury Securities 30-Year Treasury Securities 4.75 0.08 0.07 0.39 1.73 3.01 3.93 5.28 4.68 0.08 0.05 0.41 1.71 2.96 3.87 4.48 5.19 4.55 0.07 0.04 0.40 1.65 2.86 3.78 4.46 5.13 4.50 0.07 0.04 0.40 1.65 2.82 3.70 0.48 4.45 5.10 4.48 0.07 0.04 0.36 1.55 2.73 3.65 0.44 4.45 5.09 4.46 0.07 0.07 0.31 1.48 2.68 3.63 . 0.45 4.50 5.13 4.46 0.06 0.04 0.33 1.53 2.75 3.69 0.06 . 0.45 4.48 5.13 4.44 0.06 0.05 0.33 1.54 2.73 3.70 0.05 . 0.45 4.37 5.06 4.38 0.07 0.05 0.34 1.52 2.69 3.64 2-Year Corporate Corporate Municipal Interest Rate Swap Aaa Bonds Baa Bonds Bonds 7 0.07 . 0.47 4.38 5.07 4.41 0.07 0.05 0.35 1.55 2.71 3.65 14 0.05 . 0.50 4.41 5.10 4.47 0.08 0.05 0.36 1.59 2.72 3.66 21 0.06 . 0.52 4.42 5.11 4.51 0.08 0.06 0.42 1.67 2.74 3.64 28 * 0.06 . 0.57 4.35 5.02 . 0.08 0.05 0.46 1.74 2.73 3.57 *Averages of rates available Money Stock and Components Reserves and Base Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Feb Mar Small Time Adjusted Reserves Savings 529.6 7108.0 626.2 1786.3 Dec 25 3670.218 2486.42 1165 529.0 7226.8 628.9 1778.8 Jan 8 3665.730 2480.00 1170 526.4 7280.5 631.7 1785.8 22 3819.205 2646.97 Currency Institutional Money Adjusted Monetary Base Retail Money M2 MZM 3 11058 12315 1166 10 11099 12349 17 11136 12395 24 11127 12344 1177 524.0 7264.4 627.3 1740.3 3 11114 12366 1181 520.9 7152.6 624.6 1773.7 10 11137 12393 1186 519.9 7200.7 623.3 1775.1 17 11150 12413 1191 517.7 7270.5 622.3 1781.3 Feb Mar 5 3788.916 2585.14 19 3883.440 2646.25 5 3897.571 2715.99 19 3963.298 2771.25 Exchange Rates Bank Loans and Credit Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Bank Credit Loans and Leases C&I Loans (All) C&I Loans (Large) Comm. Paper (sa) Total Borrowings Feb 12 10164.3 7437.0 1644.1 887.7 243.6 0.102 19 10208.0 7474.8 1654.9 893.2 250.0 26 10205.6 7464.5 1661.0 894.8 5 10234.1 7490.3 1674.8 899.8 12 10255.7 7503.2 1670.3 895.7 Mar Major Exchange Exchange Broad Exchange Exchange Rate: Rate: Euro/$ Yen/$ Rate Index Rate Index Feb 7 77.5 103.5 0.738 101.7 0.101 14 77.1 103.1 0.733 102.3 244.8 0.100 21 77.0 103.1 0.728 102.4 242.4 0.100 28 77.0 103.2 0.728 102.2 241.5 0.105 7 76.8 103.1 0.725 102.5 19 . . . . 247.7 0.109 Mar 14 76.7 103.0 0.719 102.6 26 . . . . 261.9 0.106 21 76.8 103.3 0.721 101.9 Research Division 22 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 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 Reuters 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: The asset groups are aggregates of the following categories on the H.4.1: Short-term lending to financial firms and markets is the sum of repurchase agreements, term auction credit, commercial paper funding facility, central bank liquidity swaps, money market investor funding facility, other loans (less AIG loan), and other assets. Rescue operations is the sum of credit extended to AIG, and net Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis portfolio holdings of Maiden Lanes I, II, III, and preferred interests in AIA Aurora and ALICO Holdings. Operations focused on long term credit conditions is the sum of Federal Reserve agency obligations held outright, mortgage backed securities, the term asset-backed securities loan facility (TALF), and the TALF LLC. Traditional portfolio is the sum of treasury securities, gold certificate account, special drawing rights, coin, items in process of collection, and bank premises. On the liability side, Source base is the sum of deposits of depository institutions and Federal Reserve notes. Treasury financing account appears on the H.4.1. Traditional liabilities and capital account is the sum of deferred availability cash items, foreign official account deposits, U.S. Treasury general account, accrued dividends, reverse repurchase agreements, other deposits, and capital accounts. H.4.1 data are not seasonally adjusted. Page 8: Federal Reserve Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities include nominal securities, 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 Deposits Held by Depository Institutions are interest-bearing deposits with a specific maturity date offered by the Federal Reserve Banks. For more information on the Term Deposit Facility, see http://www.frbservices.org/centralbank/term_deposit_facility.html. Page 9: Current data appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.4.1 release. For more information, see http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/recentactions.htm. Page 10: 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 11: Yields on the 10-year U.S. Treasury security, Aaa- and Baarated corporate bonds, and the interest rate on 3-year conforming mortgages appear in the Federal Reserve Board’s H.15 release. The interest rates on jumbo mortgages (typically, mortgages in excess of $417,000) are listed in the Wall Street Journal. Page 12: Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yields are the most recently issued inflation-indexed bonds of 5- ,10- , and 30-year original maturities. Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads equal the difference between yields on the most recently issued inflation-indexed bonds and the unadjusted Treasury Note Yields of similar maturities. Page 13: 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 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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 18: 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. 23 U.S. Financial Data Page 19: 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. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Adjusted monetary base, adjusted reserves, and MZM. Total Borrowings include loans to depository institutions for (i) primary, secondary, and seasonal credit and (ii) primary dealer and other broker-dealer credit. This category also includes the assetbacked commercial paper money market mutual fund liquidity facility, credit extended to American International Group, Inc., term assetbacked securities loan facility, and other credit extensions. Term auction credit is excluded. Data and recent information regarding Federal Reserve lending programs appear in the Federal Reserve Board's H.4.1 release at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/Current/. Standard & Poor’s Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index. Page 20: 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 21: Current data appear at www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp/outstandings.htm. Page 22: 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. Sources Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Monetary aggregates and components: H.6 release. Bank credit: H.8 release. Total Borrowings and Federal 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. Chicago Board of Trade Federal funds futures contract. Dow Jones Indexes Dow Jones Industrial Average. 24 NASDAQ Stock Market, Incorporated NASDAQ Composite. U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. inflation-indexed security yields. Wall Street Journal Jumbo mortgage interest rates, oil (West Texas intermediate) and natural gas (Henry Hub) spot and futures prices. Wilshire Associates Incorporated (www.wilshire.com) Wilshire 5000 . References Anderson, Richard G. and Robert H. 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Government Printing Office, Serial No. 102-82. Note: Articles from this Bank’s Review are available on the Internet at research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/. Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis