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USFinancialData May 10, 2012 Advance Edition Calendar of Releases Titles for the current week are links to their respective releases. MONDAY* TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY* FRIDAY May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 7 Consumer Credit (Mar) A: $21.3B PF: $9.8B Initial Claims (5/5) A: 367K PF: 370K A: N/A PPI (Apr) PF: 0.0% International Trade (Mar) A: -$51.8B PF: -$50.0B Core PPI (Apr) A: N/A PF: 0.2% Import Prices (Apr) PF: -0.1% A: -0.5% Treasury Budget (Apr) A: $59.1B PF: $30.0B May 14 May 15 Retail Sales (Apr) CF: N/A PF: 0.3% May 16 Housing Starts (Apr) CF: N/A PF: 670K May 17 May 18 Initial Claims (5/12) CF: N/A PF: N/A Building Permits (Apr) Business Inventories (Mar) PF: 0.5% CF: N/A PF: 725K CF: N/A CF: N/A CPI (Apr) PF: 0.2% CPI Core (Apr) CF: N/A PF: 0.2% Industrial Production (Apr) CF: N/A PF: 0.4% Capacity Utilization (Apr) CF: N/A PF: 78.8% FOMC Minutes (previous meeting) May 21 May 22 Existing Home Sales (Apr) CF: N/A May 23 New Home Sales (Apr) CF: N/A May 24 May 25 Initial Claims (5/19) 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 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Adjusted Monetary Base Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 2800 2700 2600 2500 2400 2300 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 Adjusted Monetary Base To the average of two maintenance periods ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending: 05/04/11 07/27/11 10/05/11 11/02/11 11/30/11 12/28/11 02/08/12 10/05/11 13.5 11/02/11 11.1 -6.7 11/30/11 5.9 -10.4 -12.5 12/28/11 3.9 -10.3 -11.7 -16.4 02/08/12 8.0 -2.2 1.7 2.5 14.6 03/07/12 9.7 1.2 6.0 7.7 18.3 32.0 04/04/12 6.2 -2.3 0.3 0.6 6.6 11.9 -2.6 05/02/12 5.4 -2.3 -0.1 0.1 4.8 8.4 -2.7 03/07/12 -15.2 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Adjusted Reserves Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 1750 1700 1650 1600 1550 1500 1450 1400 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2011 Apr May 2012 Adjusted Reserves To the average of two maintenance periods ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending: 05/04/11 07/27/11 10/05/11 11/02/11 11/30/11 12/28/11 02/08/12 10/05/11 18.7 11/02/11 15.0 -9.4 11/30/11 7.9 -14.2 -17.1 12/28/11 4.2 -15.2 -17.9 -24.4 02/08/12 7.8 -6.9 -4.1 -4.3 7.7 03/07/12 9.4 -3.3 0.9 1.9 12.9 29.2 04/04/12 5.1 -7.1 -5.2 -5.5 0.7 7.3 -7.5 05/02/12 3.3 -8.1 -6.8 -7.3 -2.7 1.5 -10.6 03/07/12 -25.0 Research Division 4 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data MZM Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 11000 10800 10600 10400 10200 10000 9800 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 MZM To the average of four weeks ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending: 05/02/11 07/25/11 10/03/11 11.8 10/31/11 10.9 9.8 11/28/11 10.2 9.0 10/03/11 10/31/11 11/28/11 12/26/11 02/06/12 03/05/12 6.0 12/26/11 9.6 8.2 5.5 5.4 02/06/12 10.2 9.4 8.3 9.0 10.1 03/05/12 9.6 8.7 7.4 7.7 8.2 9.6 04/02/12 9.2 8.3 7.1 7.3 7.6 8.5 4.5 04/30/12 8.9 7.9 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.6 4.5 5.0 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data M2 Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 10000 9800 9600 9400 9200 9000 8800 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2011 Apr May 2012 M2 To the average of four weeks ending: Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending: 05/02/11 07/25/11 10/03/11 10/03/11 13.9 10/31/11 12.7 12.5 11/28/11 11.8 11.1 6.3 10/31/11 12/26/11 10.8 9.6 5.3 4.9 02/06/12 11.4 10.8 8.4 9.1 11/28/11 12/26/11 02/06/12 03/05/12 10.1 03/05/12 10.7 9.8 7.5 7.8 8.2 10.2 04/02/12 10.1 9.1 6.9 7.1 7.2 8.3 3.6 04/30/12 9.7 8.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 7.6 4.1 4.5 Research Division 6 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Composition of Federal Reserve Assets End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of Dollars 4000 Short-Term Lending to Financial Firms and Markets 3500 Rescue Operations Operations Focused on Longer-Term Credit Conditions Traditional Portfolio 3000 Traditional Portfolio and Long-Term Assets 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Composition of Federal Reserve Liabilities End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of Dollars 3500 Source Base (not adjusted for reserve requirement changes) Treasury Financing Account 3000 Traditional Liabilities and Capital Account 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 7 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Reserve Bank Credit and Federal Reserve Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities Averages of Daily Figures Billions of dollars 3000 2700 2400 Reserve Bank Credit 2100 U.S. Treasury Securities 1800 1500 1200 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May Apr May 2012 Term Deposits Held by Depository Institutions End of Period Wednesday Figures Billions of dollars 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Research Division 8 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Federal Reserve Holdings of Agency Debt and Mortgage-Backed Securities Averages of Daily Figures Millions of Dollars 1200 1000 Mortgage-Backed Securities 800 600 400 200 Purchases of Agency Debt 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 Maturity Distribution of U.S. Treasury Securities Held by the Federal Reserve Billions of Dollars 800 700 600 500 1 Year or Less 5 to 10 Years 400 300 1 to 5 Years Over 10 Years 200 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 9 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Yields on Selected Securities Averages of Daily Figures Percent 6 5 Corporate Aaa 4 Prime Rate 3 2 2-Year Swap 1 30-Day Nonfinancial Commercial Paper 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May Apr May 2012 Percent 5 4 3 10-Year Treasury 2 1 Federal Funds Rate FFR Target Range | || 3-Month Treasury || | | | 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Research Division 10 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Corporate Bond Yields Relative to Yields on 10 - Year Treasury Securities Averages of Daily Figures Percent 4 3 Baa - 10Y 2 Aaa - 10Y 1 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May Apr May 2012 Interest Rates on 30 - Year Conforming and Jumbo Mortgages Averages of Daily Figures Percent 6.0 5.5 Jumbo 5.0 4.5 Conforming 4.0 3.5 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 11 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Treasury Note Yields Averages of Daily Figures Percent 5 4 30-Year 3 10-Year 2 5-Year 1 0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Apr May Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Apr May Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Apr May 2011 Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yields Averages of Daily Figures Percent 3 30-Year 2 1 10-Year 0 5-Year -1 -2 Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2011 Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spreads Averages of Daily Figures Percent 3.0 30-Year 2.5 10-Year 2.0 5-Year 1.5 1.0 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Research Division 12 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Rates on Federal Funds Futures Contracts Daily Data Percent 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 Jul 2012 | | | 0.10 Jun 2012 May 2012 0.05 FFR Target Rate Range 0.00 Dec Jan Feb Mar 2011 Apr May 2012 Rates on Federal Funds Futures on Selected Dates Percent 0.17 Week Ending: 03/15/12 04/12/12 05/09/12 0.16 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.12 May 2012 Jun 2012 Jul 2012 Aug 2012 Sep 2012 Oct 2012 Contract Month Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 13 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite Averages of Daily Figures Closing Price February 5, 1971 = 100 15000 3200 14000 3000 NASDAQ (right scale) 13000 2800 12000 2600 Dow Jones (left scale) 11000 2400 10000 2200 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 Wilshire 5000 and Standard & Poor's 500 Averages of Daily Figures January 2, 1980 = 1078.29 1941-43 = 10 15000 1500 Wilshire** (left scale) 14000 1400 13000 1300 S&P* (right scale) 12000 1200 11000 1100 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 *Copyright 2011 The 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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 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Crude Oil Spot Prices West Texas Intermediate, Averages of Daily Figures Dollars per barrel 115 110 105 100 95 90 85 80 75 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Oct Dec Jan Feb Mar 2011 Apr May 2012 Crude Oil Futures Prices West Texas Intermediate Dollars per barrel 107 106 05/02/2012 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 05/09/2012 98 97 96 Jun Jul Aug Sep 2012 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2013 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 15 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Natural Gas Spot Prices Henry Hub, Averages of Daily Figures Dollars per million btu 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Oct Dec Jan Feb Mar 2011 Apr May 2012 Natural Gas Futures Prices Henry Hub Dollars per million btu 3.6 3.4 3.2 05/09/2012 3.0 2.8 2.6 05/02/2012 2.4 2.2 Jun Jul Aug Sep 2012 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2013 Research Division 16 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate Indexes Averages of Daily Figures March 1973=100 January 1987=100 85 105 81 101 Broad Index (right scale) 77 97 73 93 Major Index (left scale) 69 89 65 85 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 Exchange Rates Averages of Daily Figures Euro/US$ Yen/US$ 0.80 91 Euro (left scale) 0.75 87 0.70 83 Japan (right scale) 0.65 79 0.60 75 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 17 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Currency Component of M1 Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 1050 1030 1010 990 970 950 930 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 Savings and Small Time Deposits Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 1200 6500 1100 6000 Savings (right scale) 1000 5500 900 5000 Small Time (left scale) 800 4500 700 4000 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 Research Division 18 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Institutional and Retail Money Funds Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 2100 1900 Institutional Money 1700 1500 1300 1100 900 Retail Money 700 500 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May Apr May 2012 Total Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks Averages of Daily Figures Billions of dollars 21 18 15 12 9 6 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 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 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Bank Loans and Credit All Commercial Banks in the United States, Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 9700 7200 9600 7100 9500 7000 9400 6900 Loans and Leases (right scale) 9300 6800 Bank Credit (left scale) 9200 6700 9100 6600 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May 2012 Commercial and Industrial Loans Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars Billions of dollars 1425 775 1395 750 1365 725 1335 700 1305 675 Large Banks (right scale) 1275 650 All Banks (left scale) 1245 625 1215 600 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 2012 Research Division 20 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Commercial Paper Outstanding of Nonfinancial Companies Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 2011 Mar Apr May Apr May 2012 Commercial Paper Outstanding: Financial and Asset-Backed Seasonally Adjusted Billions of dollars 700 600 Financial 500 400 Asset-Backed 300 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2011 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012 Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 21 updated through 05/10/12 U.S. Financial Data Interest Rates Percent 30-Day Comm. Paper 90-Day CDs Feb 17 0.13 0.28 0.58 3.84 5.15 24 0.12 0.29 0.60 3.85 5.15 2 0.13 0.29 0.56 3.82 9 0.12 0.27 0.56 3.88 16 0.13 0.29 0.61 23 0.15 0.30 30 0.13 0.31 Mar Apr May Federal Funds 3-Month Treasury Bill 2-Year Treasury Securities 5-Year Treasury Securities 10-Year Treasury Securities 30-Year Treasury Securities 3.65 0.12 0.11 0.29 0.84 1.97 3.12 3.69 0.09 0.09 0.31 0.89 2.01 3.15 5.08 3.72 0.09 0.09 0.30 0.86 1.97 3.09 5.11 3.84 0.11 0.08 0.31 0.87 2.00 3.14 4.05 5.28 3.95 0.12 0.09 0.36 1.06 2.21 3.34 0.63 4.09 5.34 4.01 0.15 0.09 0.39 1.16 2.32 3.40 0.58 4.00 5.25 4.02 0.14 0.08 0.34 1.05 2.22 3.31 2-Year Corporate Corporate Municipal Interest Rate Swap Aaa Bonds Baa Bonds Bonds 6 0.12 0.30 0.61 4.03 5.29 4.08 0.12 0.08 0.34 1.02 2.21 3.33 13 0.15 0.29 0.58 3.94 5.19 3.97 0.14 0.09 0.29 0.88 2.04 3.17 20 0.12 0.29 0.57 3.93 5.15 3.90 0.15 0.08 0.27 0.86 2.00 3.13 27 0.13 0.28 0.57 3.95 5.15 3.86 0.13 0.09 0.26 0.84 1.98 3.12 4 0.13 0.27 0.55 3.95 5.15 3.81 0.14 0.09 0.27 0.82 1.95 3.12 11 * 0.12 0.27 0.57 3.88 5.09 . 0.16 0.09 0.27 0.78 1.89 3.04 *Averages of rates available Money Stock and Components Reserves and Base Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Mar 19 Apr M2 MZM 9774.2 10804 Currency 1028 Small Time Savings Retail Money 730.6 6206.2 634.3 Institutional Money 1760.7 26 9812.7 10833 1031 726.7 6231.7 635.9 1747.1 2 9834.5 10854 1033 723.9 6232.8 634.5 1743.6 9 9828.3 10838 1032 721.5 6233.8 634.9 1730.8 16 9854.6 10854 1034 718.5 6254.1 634.0 1717.5 23 9814.2 10847 1036 715.3 6207.2 635.7 1748.2 30 9871.3 10909 1036 713.2 6272.8 633.3 1750.9 Bank Loans and Credit Feb Mar Apr May 8 Adjusted Monetary Base Adjusted Reserves 2688.346 1651.04 22 2752.954 1687.66 7 2722.028 1694.37 21 2691.832 1657.89 4 2658.651 1623.20 18 2691.303 1615.88 2 2646.361 1619.81 Exchange Rates Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted Major Exchange Broad Exchange Exchange Rate: Euro/$ Rate Index Rate Index Exchange Rate: Yen/$ Bank Credit Loans and Leases C&I Loans (All) C&I Loans (Large) Comm. Paper (sa) Mar 28 9624.6 7021.4 1399.5 743.6 179.5 7.077 Mar 23 73.0 98.8 0.756 83.1 Apr 4 9649.5 7016.6 1408.1 749.6 176.1 7.070 30 72.8 98.7 0.751 82.7 11 9658.4 7026.8 1414.9 753.9 175.4 7.057 6 73.0 98.8 0.758 82.2 18 9653.7 7038.0 1412.4 751.0 180.7 6.961 13 73.1 99.3 0.763 81.0 25 9654.9 7040.4 1413.4 754.3 181.1 6.626 20 72.9 99.2 0.762 81.1 27 72.5 98.9 0.757 81.0 4 72.5 98.8 0.759 80.1 May Total Borrowings 2 . . . . 184.1 6.628 9 . . . . 189.2 6.482 Apr May 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. 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