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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
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 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                         April 18, 2002
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1                                                                                              
 Averages of daily figures, seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise
 Millions of dollars
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                               Reserves of depository institutions                            Borrowings of depository institutions from
                                                                                                         the Federal Reserve, NSA
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      Date             total2    nonborrowed3      required    excess NSA4     Monetary      total      adjustment    seasonal    extended
                                                                                base5                                              credit  
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  2001-Mar.                38460        38402           37061         1399       592272           58           38           20            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                38568        38517           37291         1277       595638           51           15           35            0
       May                 38316        38103           37297         1019       598894          213          134           79            0
       June                39066        38836           37704         1362       602835          229          110          120            0
                                                                                                                                           
       July                39785        39502           38377         1408       608105          283          109          174            0
       Aug.                40079        39895           38870         1209       616025          183           19          164            0
       Sep.                58214        54829           39195        19019       639692         3385         3292           93            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                45655        45528           44334         1321       630435          127           60           67            0
       Nov.                40904        40820           39417         1487       629468           84           51           33            0
       Dec.                41099        41032           39459         1641       634382           67           34           33            0
                                                                                                                                           
  2002-Jan.                41510        41460           40105         1405       640703           50           33           17            0
       Feb.                41362        41332           39989         1373       645836           30           12           17            0
       Mar.                40974        40895           39573         1401       649237           79           59           20            0
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Feb. 20             41226        41189           39811         1414       645641           37           17           20            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Mar.  6             41603        41582           40322         1281       647613           22            9           13            0
            20             40684        40660           39396         1289       648477           24            4           20            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.  3             40999        40819           39390         1609       651091          180          157           23            0
            17p            40773        40726           39652         1121       653640           47            2           45            0
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 1. Reserves and monetary base figures incorporate adjustments for discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with regulatory changes in reserve 
    requirements. (For more information, see Table 3).
 2. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted required reserves plus unadjusted excess 
    reserves. (Also, see footnote 2 on Table 2 and footnote 2 on Table 3.)
 3. Seasonally  adjusted, break-adjusted nonborrowed reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves less unadjusted total
    borrowings of depository institutions from the Federal Reserve.
 4. Excess reserves NSA equals unadjusted total reserves (Table 2, column 1) less adjusted required reserves (Table 2, column 3).
 5. The seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted monetary base consists of (1) seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves plus (2)
    the seasonally adjusted currency component of the money stock plus (3), for all quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction 
    Accounts, Other Deposits and Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose vault cash exceeds their required reserves, the 
    seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted difference between current vault cash and the amount applied to satisfy current reserve requirements. 
    (Also see footnote 3 on Table 2 and footnote 4 on Table 3.)
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 Table 2
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1 
 Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                    Reserves of depository institutions                                          Vault cash5
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                                                                            Reserve                  used to                 Net carryover
      Date              total2   nonborrowed     required  Monetary base3  balances       total      satisfy      surplus7    of reserve
                                                                           with F.R.                required                  balances8
                                                                            Banks4                  reserves6
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  2001-Mar.                37723        37666        36324       598195         6733        44127        30991        13136
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                38589        38538        37312       601841         6860        43672        31729        11943
       May                 39374        39161        38355       605475         7604        43267        31771        11497
       June                38217        37988        36855       608812         7043        43139        31174        11966
                                                                                                                           
       July                39337        39054        37929       615577         7693        43910        31644        12266
       Aug.                39668        39484        38459       622038         7578        44007        32090        11917
       Sep.                57567        54182        38549       645728        25633        43436        31934        11502
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                45061        44934        43739       636374        12552        45021        32509        12512
       Nov.                40158        40074        38672       637738         8944        43065        31214        11851
       Dec.                40955        40888        39315       648721         9059        43918        31896        12023
                                                                                                                           
  2002-Jan.                43474        43424        42069       653131        10009        45730        33465        12266
       Feb.                42396        42366        41023       654552         9277        45697        33119        12578
       Mar.                40257        40179        38857       658350         9134        42634        31124        11510
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Feb. 20             41598        41562        40184       654924         8984        45420        32614        12806           92
                                                                                                                                        
       Mar.  6             41663        41642        40382       656311         9854        42694        31809        10885          114
            20             39135        39111        37846       657359         8571        42270        30564        11706           12
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr.  3             40919        40739        39310       660725         9457        43065        31462        11602          -93
            17p            39611        39564        38491       663282         9325        41728        30286        11442           85
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 1. Reflects actual required reserves, with no adjustments to eliminate the effects of discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with 
    regulatory changes in reserve requirements.
 2. Reserve balances with Federal Reserve Banks plus vault cash used to satisfy reserve requirements.
 3. The monetary base, not break-adjusted and not seasonally adjusted, consists of (1) total reserves plus (2) required clearing balances
    and adjustments to compensate for float at Federal Reserve Banks plus (3) the currency component of the money stock plus (4), for all 
    quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits and Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose 
    vault cash exceeds their required reserves, the difference between current vault cash and the amount applied to satisfy current reserve 
    requirements. Currency and vault cash figures are measured over computation periods ending on Mondays.
 4. Excludes required clearing balances and adjustments to compensate for float and includes other off-balance sheet "as-of" adjustments.
 5. Vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements. It includes only vault cash held by those banks and thrifts that are not exempt
    from reserve requirements. Dates refer to the maintenance periods in which the vault cash can be used to satisfy reserve requirements.
 6. All vault cash held during the lagged computation period by "bound" institutions (i.e., those whose required reserves exceed their vault 
    cash) plus the amount of vault cash applied during the maintenance period by "nonbound" institutions (i.e., those whose vault cash 
    exceeds their required reserves) to satisfy current reserve requirements.
 7. Total vault cash eligible to satisfy reserve requirements, held by depository institutions not exempt from reserve requirements, minus the
    amount used to satisfy reserve requirements.
 8. Consists of carryover only at depository institutions maintaining reserves on the basis of two-week maintenance periods. Reflects excess (+) 
    or deficit (-) reserves eligible to be carried forward into the two-week reserve maintenance period ending on the date shown.
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 Table 3
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements1 
 Averages of daily figures, not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                      Reserves of depository institutions
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      Date              total2   nonborrowed    required3    Monetary base4
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  2001-Mar.                37753        37696        36354         591357
                                                                         
       Apr.                38631        38581        37354         594914
       May                 39430        39217        38410         598559
       June                38283        38054        36921         601667
                                                                         
       July                39418        39135        38009         608235
       Aug.                39759        39576        38550         614551
       Sep.                57676        54291        38657         637970
                                                                         
       Oct.                45188        45061        43867         628265
       Nov.                40287        40203        38801         629770
       Dec.                41073        41007        39433         639890
                                                                         
  2002-Jan.                43460        43411        42055         644117
       Feb.                42377        42347        41004         645328
       Mar.                40227        40148        38826         648802
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Feb. 20             41580        41543        40165         645505
                                                                         
       Mar.  6             41639        41617        40358         647245
            20             39106        39082        37817         647990
                                                                         
       Apr.  3             40883        40703        39274         650684
            17p            39569        39522        38449         653201
  
 1. Figures reflect adjustments for discontinuities, or "breaks", associated with 
    regulatory changes in reserve requirements.
 2. Break-adjusted total reserves equal break-adjusted required reserves (Table 3, 
    column 3) plus excess reserves NSA (Table 1, column 5).
 3. To adjust required reserves for discontinuities due to regulatory changes in 
    in reserve requirements, a multiplicative procedure is used to estimate what 
    required reserves would have been in past periods had current reserve 
    requirements been in effect. Break-adjusted required reserves are equal to 
    break-adjusted required reserves against transactions deposits.
 4. The break-adjusted monetary base equals (1) break-adjusted total reserves plus 
    (2) the (unadjusted) currency component of the money stock plus (3), for all 
    quarterly reporters on the "Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits and 
    Vault Cash" and for all those weekly reporters whose vault cash exceeds their 
    required reserves, the break-adjusted difference between current vault cash and 
    the amount applied to satisfy current reserve requirements.
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