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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
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 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                           May 16, 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-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       634386           67           34           33            0
                                                                                                                                           
  2002-Jan.                41510        41460           40105         1405       640873           50           33           17            0
       Feb.                41362        41332           39989         1373       646217           30           12           17            0
       Mar.                40985        40906           39570         1415       649656           79           59           20            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40730        40659           39525         1205       653962           71           21           50            0
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Mar. 20             40682        40658           39394         1288       648882           24            4           20            0
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.  3             41032        40852           39383         1649       651535          180          157           23            0
            17             40771        40724           39645         1126       653530           47            2           45            0
                                                                                                                                           
       May   1             40616        40545           39429         1187       654987           71           10           62            0
            15p            38769        38669           37596         1173       652647          100            6           95            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-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       648725         9059        43918        31896        12023
                                                                                                                           
  2002-Jan.                43474        43424        42069       653300        10009        45730        33465        12266
       Feb.                42396        42366        41023       654931         9277        45697        33119        12578
       Mar.                40268        40190        38853       658768         9147        42634        31122        11512
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40865        40794        39660       663336         9738        42014        31127        10887
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Mar. 20             39133        39109        37845       657765         8571        42270        30562        11708           12
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr.  3             40953        40773        39304       661168         9494        43065        31459        11606          -92
            17             39610        39563        38483       663228         9327        41728        30283        11445           84
                                                                                                                                        
       May   1             42196        42125        41009       663953        10237        42080        31960        10120           41
            15p            38847        38747        37674       662422         8504        41831        30343        11488           19
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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-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         639894
                                                                         
  2002-Jan.                43460        43411        42055         644285
       Feb.                42377        42347        41004         645708
       Mar.                40238        40159        38823         649220
                                                                         
       Apr.                40817        40746        39612         653250
 Two weeks ending
  2002-Mar. 20             39104        39080        37816         648395
                                                                         
       Apr.  3             40917        40737        39267         651127
            17             39568        39521        38441         653147
                                                                         
       May   1             42138        42067        40952         653851
            15p            38785        38685        37612         652306
  
 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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