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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                          March 3, 2005
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1)                                                                                              
 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                   total(2)     non-         required       excess     Monetary        total      primary    secondary     seasonal
                                       borrowed(3)                    NSA(4)      base(5)  
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 Month(6)
  2004-Feb.                     42999        42957        41805         1194       724921           42           28            0           14
       Mar.                     44739        44688        42933         1806       727274           51           23            0           28
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr.                     45688        45602        43881         1807       730894           86           29            0           57
       May                      45390        45279        43747         1643       734655          112            9            0          103
       June                     45935        45755        44047         1888       739415          180           40            0          140
                                                                                                                                             
       July                     45733        45488        44022         1711       745562          245           42            0          203
       Aug.                     44754        44502        43203         1551       747145          251           18            0          233
       Sep.                     46252        45917        44686         1566       751644          335           97            0          238
                                                                                                                                             
       Oct.                     46035        45856        44318         1717       754141          179           15            0          164
       Nov.                     45946        45763        44174         1772       758179          183          105            0           78
       Dec.                     46596        46533        44681         1915       758273           63           11            0           52
                                                                                                                                             
  2005-Jan.                     47664        47602        45922         1742       760941           62           39            0           23
       Feb. p                   45730        45688        44199         1530       768417           42           26            0           16
 2 weeks ending(7)
  2005-Jan.  5                  48328        48274        46219         2108       757608           54           14            0           40
            19                  45826        45767        44040         1786       757821           59           40            0           20
                                                                                                                                             
       Feb.  2                  49531        49462        47993         1538       765972           69           49            0           21
            16                  43589        43559        42119         1470       763138           30           16            0           15
                                                                                                                                             
       Mar.  2p                 47593        47542        45994         1599       774983           51           35            0           17
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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.)
 6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 7. Averages of daily figures.
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 H.3 (502)
 Table 2
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Not adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1) 
 Not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                    Reserves of depository institutions                                          Vault cash(5)
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                                                                            Reserve                  used to                 Net carryover
      Date              total(2) nonborrowed     required     Monetary     balances       total      satisfy      surplus(7)  of reserve
                                                               base(3)     with F.R.                required                  balances(8)
                                                                            Banks(4)                reserves(6)
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 Month(9)                                                                                
  2004-Feb.                43863        43821        42670       734913        10896        46439        32967        13473
       Mar.                44173        44122        42368       736436        12044        44424        32129        12295
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                46060        45974        44253       740311        14090        42852        31971        10881
       May                 46336        46224        44693       743748        14080        43053        32255        10797
       June                45566        45386        43678       749333        13058        43619        32507        11112
                                                                                                                           
       July                46192        45947        44481       756482        12793        44483        33399        11084
       Aug.                45497        45246        43946       756869        12111        45056        33386        11670
       Sep.                46453        46118        44887       760992        13037        44840        33416        11424
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                45678        45499        43961       763673        12019        46654        33660        12994
       Nov.                45581        45398        43808       768802        12113        45564        33467        12096
       Dec.                46770        46707        44855       774748        12018        47253        34752        12501
                                                                                                                           
  2005-Jan.                50398        50336        48655       773230        14033        47663        36365        11298
       Feb. p              46702        46660        45172       776335        12251        47640        34451        13188
 2 weeks ending(10)
  2005-Jan.  5             49177        49123        47068       778416        12375        48851        36802        12050           60
            19             46732        46673        44945       771416        12279        46765        34453        12312          101
                                                                                                                                        
       Feb.  2             55184        55115        53645       773185        16770        48216        38414         9802          172
            16             43495        43465        42024       770769        10207        48295        33288        15007          261
                                                                                                                                        
       Mar.  2p            49031        48980        47432       783354        13883        46780        35148        11632          168
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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.
 9. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
10. Averages of daily figures.
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 Table 3
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1)
 Not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                      Reserves of depository institutions
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      Date              total(2) nonborrowed    required(3)  Monetary base(4)
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 Month(5)
  2004-Feb.                43798        43756        42605         723947
       Mar.                44067        44015        42261         725635
                                                                         
       Apr.                45893        45807        44086         729925
       May                 46110        45998        44466         733468
       June                45298        45118        43411         738794
                                                                         
       July                45858        45614        44148         745959
       Aug.                45105        44854        43554         746326
       Sep.                46018        45683        44453         750522
                                                                         
       Oct.                45200        45021        43483         752790
       Nov.                45037        44854        43265         758299
       Dec.                46329        46266        44414         764583
                                                                         
  2005-Jan.                50311        50249        48569         763754
       Feb. p              46636        46594        45106         767055
 2 weeks ending(6)
  2005-Jan.  5             49079        49026        46971         768353
            19             46615        46556        44828         761716
                                                                         
       Feb.  2             55137        55068        53599         764216
            16             43438        43408        41967         760967
                                                                         
       Mar.  2p            48950        48899        47351         774631
  
 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.
 5. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 6. Averages of daily figures.
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       Board's web site (http://www.federalreserve.gov/). Monthly data are available 
       back to January 1959, and weekly data are available back to January 1975 for most 
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