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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                           May 18, 2006
 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)
  2005-Apr.                     46393        46261        44719         1673       766866          132           52            0           80
       May                      45949        45810        44416         1534       768389          139            6            0          133
       June                     46425        46176        44649         1776       771184          249           85            0          164
                                                                                                                                             
       July                     45792        45368        44057         1736       772686          425          176           12          237
       Aug.                     44683        44321        43060         1623       774833          362           63            3          297
       Sep.                     45697        45365        43653         2044       778203          332           12            5          315
                                                                                                                                             
       Oct.                     44943        44660        43046         1897       780199          284           35           29          220
       Nov.                     44775        44649        42980         1796       783505          126           20            0          106
       Dec.                     44809        44641        42861         1949       786588          169           97            0           72
                                                                                                                                             
  2006-Jan.                     44129        44019        42689         1440       792075          110           78            0           32
       Feb.                     44193        44141        42639         1555       796597           53           21            2           30
       Mar.                     43700        43531        42202         1498       799039          169          119            0           50
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr. p                   44577        44329        42763         1814       801956          248          164            0           84
 2 weeks ending(7)
  2006-Mar. 15                  43752        43691        42026         1726       798790           61           15            0           46
            29                  43526        43279        42352         1174       799159          247          193            0           54
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr. 12                  44316        43869        42207         2110       800658          447          381            0           67
            26                  44152        44049        42687         1466       801746          103           16            0           87
                                                                                                                                             
       May  10p                 46845        46689        44700         2145       806586          156           33            0          124
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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)                                                                                
  2005-Apr.                46654        46523        44981       775283        12939        45342        33715        11627
       May                 46474        46335        44941       775653        12015        45628        34460        11169
       June                46096        45847        44320       779530        11220        46280        34876        11404
                                                                                                                           
       July                46468        46043        44733       782494        10851        47278        35617        11662
       Aug.                44862        44499        43238       782660        10346        48159        34516        13643
       Sep.                45612        45280        43568       785659        11140        47282        34472        12809
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                44113        43830        42216       786531         9630        49515        34483        15032
       Nov.                43997        43871        42201       792310         9500        49202        34497        14705
       Dec.                44909        44740        42960       801800         9541        51302        35368        15934
                                                                                                                           
  2006-Jan.                47287        47177        45846       804402        10382        52040        36904        15136
       Feb.                44693        44641        43139       804464         9450        53260        35243        18017
       Mar.                42751        42582        41253       806149         9113        49587        33638        15949
                                                                                                                           
       Apr. p              44703        44455        42889       808395        10254        48360        34449        13911
 2 weeks ending(10)
  2006-Mar. 15             40230        40170        38504       805417         8987        48410        31244        17167          100
            29             45188        44941        44014       806719         9137        50783        36051        14733          271
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr. 12             41169        40722        39059       806977         9246        48675        31924        16752           30
            26             47469        47366        46003       809176        10950        48259        36519        11740          252
                                                                                                                                        
       May  10p            45626        45470        43481       809915        10843        47772        34784        12989           68
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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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 H.3 (502)
 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)
  2005-Apr.                46575        46444        44902         766275
       May                 46360        46221        44826         766893
       June                45968        45720        44192         770864
                                                                         
       July                46310        45885        44574         773642
       Aug.                44661        44298        43038         773624
       Sep.                45398        45066        43354         776936
                                                                         
       Oct.                43870        43586        41973         777640
       Nov.                43711        43585        41915         783314
       Dec.                44666        44497        42717         792872
                                                                         
  2006-Jan.                47215        47105        45774         795325
       Feb.                44707        44654        43152         796205
       Mar.                42772        42603        41274         798123
                                                                         
       Apr. p              44728        44480        42914         800871
 2 weeks ending(6)
  2006-Mar. 15             40248        40188        38522         797284
            29             45211        44964        44037         798754
                                                                         
       Apr. 12             41195        40748        39085         799262
            26             47493        47390        46027         801577
                                                                         
       May  10p            45647        45491        43502         803226
  
 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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