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USFinancialData

May 12, 2005
Advance Edition

Calendar of Releases
Titles for the current week are links to their respective releases.

MONDAY*

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY*

FRIDAY

May 10

May 11

May 12

May 13

May 9

International Trade (Mar)
A: –$55.0B P: –$61.1B

Business Inventories (Mar)
A: N/A
P: 0.6%

Treasury Budget (Apr)
A: $57.7B
P: $57.5B

May 16

Initial Claims (5/7)
A: 340K
P: 327K
Retail Sales (Apr)
A: 1.4%
P: 0.8%

Import Prices (Apr)
A: N/A
P: 0.4%

May 17
Housing Starts (Apr)
F: N/A
P: 1.94M

May 18
F: N/A

CPI (Apr)
P: 0.4%

May 19

May 20

Initial Claims (5/14)
F: N/A
P: 330K

Latest issue:
Monetary Trends

Leading Indicators (Apr)
F: N/A
P: –0.2%

May 24

May 25

May 26

Existing Home Sales (Apr)
F: N/A

New Home Sales (Apr)
F: N/A

Initial Claims (5/21)
F: N/A

FOMC Minutes
(previous meeting)

Durable Goods (Apr)
F: N/A

F: N/A

Building Permits (Apr)
F: N/A
P: 2.02M
F: N/A

PPI (Apr)
P: 0.4%

Industrial Production (Apr)
F: N/A
P: 0.3%
Capacity Utilization (Apr)
F: N/A
P: 79.5%

May 23

GDP (Q1)

May 27
Personal Income (Apr)
F: N/A
Consumption (Apr)
F: N/A

Corporate Profits (Q1)
Help Wanted Index (Apr)

DEFINITIONS: A, actual value; P, previous week’s forecast; F, 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.
Forecast data are from Thomson Financial. ©Thomson Financial, 2004. All Rights Reserved. Use, duplication, or sale of this service or the
data contained herein, except as described in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Subscription Agreement, is strictly prohibited.

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Contents
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3
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5
6
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8
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10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19

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
Large Time Deposits, Retail Money Funds, and Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks
Bank Loans
Commercial Paper
Reference Tables
Notes

Conventions used in this publication:
1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are weekly and seasonally adjusted.
2. For pages 7, 10, 11 (top chart), 12 (top chart), 13, and 18 (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
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Adjusted Monetary Base
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
810

800

790

780

770

760

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Adjusted Monetary Base
To the average of
two maintenance
periods ending:

Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending:
05/12/04

08/04/04

10/13/04

11/10/04

12/08/04

10/13/04

6.0
5.6

3.7

2.6

01/05/05

3.5

0.9

-2.2

-4.3

02/16/05

5.4

4.2

3.9

4.4

4.9

03/16/05

4.9

3.6

3.1

3.3

3.4

03/16/05

4.0

12/08/04

02/16/05

6.7

11/10/04

01/05/05

9.8

04/13/05

4.5

3.2

2.7

2.8

2.8

7.1

0.1

05/11/05

4.3

3.0

2.5

2.5

2.4

5.7

0.4

0.8

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Adjusted Reserves
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
102

100

98

96

94

92

90

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

2004

Apr

May

2005

Adjusted Reserves
To the average of
two maintenance
periods ending:

Compounded annual rates of change, average of two maintenance periods ending:
04/28/04

07/21/04

09/29/04

10/27/04

11/24/04

12/22/04

09/29/04

3.1

2.3

11/24/04

5.1

5.8

-7.7

12/22/04

5.8

6.7

-1.9

14.9

02/02/05

6.3

7.2

1.6

12.4

9.8

03/02/05

0.1

-1.4

-9.1

-4.1

-9.9

03/02/05

10.2

10/27/04

02/02/05

-17.0

03/30/05

0.7

-0.4

-6.7

-2.1

-6.3

-10.6

-23.1

04/27/05

0.3

-0.8

-6.4

-2.4

-5.9

-9.2

-17.2

1.5

Research Division

4

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

MZM
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
6800

6700

6600

6500

6400

6300

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

MZM
To the average
of four weeks
ending:

Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending:
05/03/04

10/04/04

3.7

07/26/04

11/01/04

2.9
3.2

3.0

11/01/04

11/29/04

12/27/04

02/07/05

03/07/05

2.4

11/29/04

10/04/04

1.7

12/27/04

3.2

3.1

2.4

4.3

02/07/05

2.8

2.4

1.6

2.4

1.5

03/07/05

1.9

1.3

0.1

0.5

-0.7

-2.5

04/04/05

1.9

1.3

0.3

0.6

-0.3

-1.5

-2.6

05/02/05

1.7

1.2

0.3

0.5

-0.3

-1.1

-1.7

0.6

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

5

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

M2
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
6600

6500

6400

6300

6200

6100

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

2004

Apr

May

2005

M2
To the average
of four weeks
ending:

Compounded annual rates of change, average of four weeks ending:
05/03/04

10/04/04

5.0

11/01/04

4.9

5.3

11/29/04

5.2

5.7

5.9

07/26/04

10/04/04

11/01/04

11/29/04

12/27/04

5.2

5.6

5.7

5.1

5.4

5.3

5.5

4.4

4.4

3.9

3.7

2.7

03/07/05

4.8

03/07/05

02/07/05

6.2

02/07/05

12/27/04

1.7

04/04/05

4.4

4.4

4.0

3.8

3.1

2.5

1.0

05/02/05

4.1

4.0

3.5

3.3

2.6

2.0

0.8

2.5

Research Division

6

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Yields on Selected Securities
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
7

Corporate Aaa
6

5

Prime Rate
4

2-Year Swap
3

2

Commercial Paper
1

0

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Oct

Sep

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

Apr

May

2005

Percent
6

5

10-Year Treasury
4

3

Federal Funds Rate

|

2

3-Month Treasury

|
|

1

Intended Federal Funds Rate
0

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar
2005

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data
10-Year Treasury Note Yield
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
6

5

4

3

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar
2005

Apr

May

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar
2005

Apr

May

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar
2005

Apr

May

2004

10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
4

3

2

1

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

10-Year Inflation-Indexed Treasury Yield Spread
Averages of Daily Figures
Percent
4

3

2

1

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Research Division

8

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Rates on Federal Funds Futures Contracts
Daily Data
Percent
3.4

Jul 2005
3.2

Jun 2005
3.0

May 2005
2.8

2.6

2.4

Intended Target Rate
2.2

2.0

1.8

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

2004

Apr

May

2005

Rates on Federal Funds Futures on Selected Dates
Percent
3.7

3.6

Week Ending:
03/16/05
04/14/05
05/11/05

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

2.9

May 2005

Jun 2005

Jul 2005

Aug 2005

Sep 2005

Oct 2005

Contract Month

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

9

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ Composite
Averages of Daily Figures
Closing Price

February 5, 1971 = 100

11500

2300

10750

2150

Dow Jones (left scale)

10000

2000

NASDAQ (right scale)
9250

1850

8500

1700

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Wilshire 5000 and Standard & Poor's 500
Averages of Daily Figures
January 2, 1980 = 1078.29

1941-43 = 10

12500

1250

S&P* (right scale)
12000

1200

11500

1150

11000

1100

10500

1050

Wilshire** (left scale)
10000

1000

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

2004

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2005

*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
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Crude Oil Spot Prices
West Texas Intermediate, Averages of Daily Figures
Dollars per barrel
58

54

50

46

42

38

34

Mar

Apr

Jun

May

Jul

Aug

Sep

Nov

Oct

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

2004

Apr

May

2005

Crude Oil Futures Prices
West Texas Intermediate
Dollars per barrel
54

05/04/2005
53

05/11/2005

52

51

50

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep
2005

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2006

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

11

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Natural Gas Spot Prices
Henry Hub, Averages of Daily Figures
Dollars per million btu
8

7

6

5

4

Mar

Apr

Jun

May

Jul

Aug

Sep

Nov

Oct

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

2004

Apr

May

2005

Natural Gas Futures Prices
Henry Hub
Dollars per million btu
8.3

8.1

7.9

7.7

7.5

7.3

7.1

05/11/2005
6.9

05/04/2005
6.7

6.5

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep
2005

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2006

Research Division

12

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Trade-Weighted Exchange Rate Indexes
Averages of Daily Figures
March 1973=100

January 1987=100

100

120

95

115

Broad Index (right scale)
90

110

85

105

Major Index (left scale)
80

100

75

95

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Exchange Rates
Averages of Daily Figures
Euro/US$

Yen/US$

0.90

116

0.85

112

Japan (right scale)

0.80

108

Euro (left scale)

0.75

104

0.70

100

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

13

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Currency Component of M1
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
710

700

690

680

670

660

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Savings and Small Time Deposits
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars

Billions of dollars

890

3700

870

3600

Savings (right scale)
850

3500

830

3400

810

3300

Small Time (left scale)
790

3200

770

3100

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Research Division

14

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Large Time Deposits and Retail Money Funds
Averages of Daily Figures, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars

Billions of dollars

1250

950

1200

900

1150

850

Large Time (left scale)
1100

800

1050

750

1000

700

Retail Money (right scale)
950

650

900

600

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Nov

Oct

Dec

Feb

Jan

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Total Borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks
Averages of Daily Figures
Billions of dollars
0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

15

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Bank Loans and Credit
All Commercial Banks in the United States, Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars

Billions of dollars

7200

5700

7000

5500

6800

5300

Bank Credit (left scale)
6600

5100

6400

4900

Loans and Leases (right scale)
6200

4700

6000

4500

5800

4300

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Commercial and Industrial Loans
Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars

Billions of dollars

1000

525

975

500

950

475

Large Banks (right scale)

925

450

900

425

All Banks (left scale)
875

400

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

2005

Research Division

16

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

updated through
05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data

Commercial Paper of Nonfinancial Companies
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
160

150

140

130

120

110

100

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

2004

Mar

Apr

May

Apr

May

2005

Commercial Paper of Financial Companies
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Billions of dollars
1400

1350

1300

1250

1200

1150

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
2004

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar
2005

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05/12/05

U.S. Financial Data
Interest Rates
Percent
2-Year
Interest
Corporate Corporate Municipal
Rate Swap Aaa Bonds Baa Bonds
Bonds

90-Day
CDs

Feb 18

2.48

2.77

3.73

5.20

5.79

4.35

2.50

2.54

3.40

3.77

4.16

4.61

25

2.50

2.83

3.84

5.30

5.91

4.42

2.52

2.65

3.50

3.89

4.28

4.74

4

2.58

2.89

3.93

5.34

5.95

4.50

2.51

2.70

3.58

4.00

4.37

4.79

Mar

Federal
Funds

3-Month
Treasury
Bill

2-Year
Treasury
Securities

30-Day
Comm.
Paper

5-Year
Treasury
Securities

10-Year
Treasury
Securities

20-Year
Treasury
Securities

11

2.61

2.93

4.02

5.35

5.97

4.57

2.50

2.70

3.66

4.11

4.45

4.84

18

2.68

2.99

4.10

5.40

6.05

4.56

2.55

2.74

3.73

4.18

4.51

4.91

25

2.74

3.02

4.20

5.48

6.17

4.63

2.71

2.80

3.83

4.27

4.59

4.98

1

2.74

3.05

4.25

5.44

6.17

4.61

2.77

2.76

3.84

4.24

4.55

4.93

8

Apr

2.74

3.06

4.15

5.43

6.13

4.56

2.81

2.73

3.74

4.13

4.48

4.87

15

3.08

4.10

5.36

6.08

4.49

2.76

2.72

3.65

4.02

4.37

4.79

2.89

3.10

3.95

5.27

6.01

4.42

2.78

2.84

3.57

3.90

4.26

4.68

29

2.93

3.14

4.01

5.23

5.97

4.37

2.74

2.85

3.64

3.91

4.24

4.64

6

2.97

3.17

4.01

5.25

6.02

4.38

2.96

2.82

3.65

3.88

4.22

4.64

13 *

May

2.81

22

2.97

3.19

4.07

5.23

6.05

.

2.99

2.84

3.71

3.94

4.24

4.65

*Averages of rates available

Money Stock and Components

Reserves and Base

Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted

Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted

Savings

Large
Time

Adjusted
Monetary
Base

Retail
Money

Adjusted
Reserves

M2

MZM

Currency

Small
Time

Mar 21

6477.9

6651.4

704.5

852.9

3545.0

1149.4

702.7

Feb 16

796.915

92.571

28

6501.8

6682.9

706.3

855.1

3551.3

1158.5

702.4

Mar

2

803.661

96.080

Apr

6464.7

6655.7

704.9

857.5

3533.5

1165.8

703.6

16

798.620

93.849

6455.7

6639.0

702.9

861.9

3549.6

1193.3

703.0

30

804.335

95.850

18

6485.9

6669.5

704.2

866.0

3565.8

1209.4

702.8

13

798.841

93.791

25
May

4
11

6480.0

6659.1

705.9

870.0

3534.3

1212.8

707.5

27

803.526

95.287

2

6479.0

6652.8

706.3

874.0

3539.8

1204.1

706.5

May 11

800.756

.

Bank Loans and Credit

Apr

Exchange Rates

Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted
Broad
Major
Exchange
Rate:
Exchange Exchange
Rate Index Rate Index
Euro/$

Bank
Credit

Loans and
Leases

C&I
Loans
(All)

C&I
Loans
(Large)

Comm.
Paper
(nsa)

Total
Borrowings

Mar 30

7007.4

5000.8

956.7

478.6

134.3

0.059

1

82.0

110.0

0.774

107.4

Apr

6

7036.2

5025.2

962.2

481.1

144.7

0.069

8

82.4

110.2

0.777

108.4

13

7027.7

5029.6

967.5

485.4

149.6

0.280

15

82.5

110.1

0.775

107.8

Apr

Exchange
Rate:
Yen/$

20

May

7054.0

5030.7

968.6

482.6

153.8

0.085

22

81.9

109.6

0.766

106.8

27

7058.3

5042.0

973.4

483.6

154.0

0.102

29

82.2

109.7

0.773

105.7

4
11

.
.

.
.

.
.

.

151.8

0.111

.

150.3

0.134

May

6

82.3

109.6

0.776

104.9

13 *

82.4

109.7

0.779

105.6

*Averages of rates available
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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.
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

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recently issued inflation-indexed bond of 10-year original maturity.
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 release.
Large Time Deposits are deposits of $100,000 or more. Retail Money
Funds are included in M2. Retail money funds were originally called
general purpose and broker/ dealer money market funds. Large time
deposits and retail money funds are at all depository institutions.
As of January 9, 2003, Total Borrowings includes primary, secondary,
and seasonal credit. Prior to that, borrowings include seasonal,
adjustment, and extended credit.
Page 16: 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 17: Current data appear at
www.federalreserve.gov/releases/cp/table1.htm.
Page 18: 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: 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.
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NASDAQ Stock Market, Incorporated
NASDAQ Composite®.
Standard & Poor’s
Standard & Poor’s 500 composite index.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. inflation-indexed security yields.

____ and ____(2001). “Retail Sweep Programs and Bank Reserves,
1994-1999,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review,
January/February, pp. 51-72.
____ 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.

Wall Street Journal
Oil (West Texas intermediate) and natural gas (Henry Hub) spot
and futures prices.

Motley, Brian (1988). “Should M2 Be Redefined?” Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco Economic Review, Winter, pp. 33-51.

Wilshire Associates Incorporated (www.wilshire.com)
Wilshire 5000 ®.

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.

References
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.

Note: Articles from this Bank’s Review are available on the Internet
at research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/.

____ 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.

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