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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
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 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                           May 18, 2000
 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       total6     adjustment    seasonal    Liquidity
                                                                                base5                                             Facility7
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  1999-Apr.                43979        43812           42820         1159       528233          166          128           39             
       May                 44360        44233           43105         1256       534029          127           39           89             
       June                42867        42722           41606         1261       537147          145           18          127             
                                                                                                                                           
       July                41978        41669           40902         1076       541250          309           83          226             
       Aug.                42067        41723           40938         1129       544629          344           72          271             
       Sep.                42113        41774           40916         1197       550218          338           56          282             
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                40943        40661           39790         1153       557753          281           52          221            8
       Nov.                41198        40962           39864         1334       569657          236          157           71            7
       Dec.                41520        41200           40209         1311       590652          320          179           67           74
                                                                                                                                           
  2000-Jan.                43147        42773           41121         2025       591303          374          296           31           46
       Feb.                41483        41376           40367         1117       572627          108           45           44           19
       Mar.                40343        40164           39117         1226       570249          179          101           71            7
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40937        40633           39772         1165       573563          304          184          120            0
 Two weeks ending
  2000-Mar. 22             39674        39467           38548         1125       569237          207          133           67            7
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.  5             41262        41073           39608         1654       571812          189          104           85            0
            19             39982        39614           38898         1083       573788          368          264          104            0
                                                                                                                                           
       May   3             42006        41730           40958         1047       574072          276          120          156             
            17p            39949        39647           39033          916       578190          303           65          238             
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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. Total borrowing includes borrowing under the extended credit program.
 7. Borrowing at the discount window under the terms and conditions established for Century Date Change Special Liquidity Facility in effect
    from October 1, 1999 through April 7, 2000.

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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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  1999-Apr.                43645        43478        42486       533491         9238        42166        34407         7759
       May                 44875        44747        43619       539984        10070        42590        34805         7786
       June                42394        42249        41133       542818         8539        42623        33856         8768
                                                                                                                           
       July                41802        41493        40726       548065         7797        44080        34005        10075
       Aug.                41871        41527        40742       550860         7802        44603        34069        10533
       Sep.                41787        41449        40590       555185         7698        44447        34089        10359
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                40702        40420        39549       562639         6768        47030        33933        13096
       Nov.                40944        40709        39610       579016         6285        50754        34660        16094
       Dec.                41643        41323        40332       607926         5260        60499        36384        24116
                                                                                                                           
  2000-Jan.                44304        43931        42279       604769         5207        73899        39097        34802
       Feb.                42088        41980        40971       579138         5073        63746        37015        26732
       Mar.                39756        39577        38531       576923         6526        48929        33230        15699
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40593        40289        39428       577920         7089        46444        33505        12940
 Two weeks ending
  2000-Mar. 22             39129        38922        38003       576673         6267        48679        32862        15817          -69
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr.  5             40511        40322        38856       577085         7188        48594        33323        15271           64
            19             39600        39232        38516       578091         6715        47133        32885        14248           90
                                                                                                                                        
       May   3             41896        41620        40848       578082         7520        44591        34376        10215           71
            17p            40850        40547        39933       583811         7622        44116        33228        10888           92
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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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  1999-Apr.                43671        43504        42512         526774
       May                 44908        44781        43652         533116
       June                42434        42290        41173         535881
                                                                         
       July                41848        41539        40772         540979
       Aug.                41923        41579        40794         543869
       Sep.                41848        41510        40651         548126
                                                                         
       Oct.                40768        40487        39616         555512
       Nov.                41016        40780        39682         571891
       Dec.                41719        41398        40407         600457
                                                                         
  2000-Jan.                44294        43921        42269         597034
       Feb.                42099        41991        40982         571798
       Mar.                39776        39597        38550         570046
                                                                         
       Apr.                40619        40315        39454         571114
 Two weeks ending
  2000-Mar. 22             39148        38941        38022         569838
                                                                         
       Apr.  5             40534        40345        38880         570115
            19             39627        39260        38544         571330
                                                                         
       May   3             41921        41645        40873         571293
            17p            40879        40577        39963         576918
  
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 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.
 Note: Current and historical H.3 data are available each week on the Federal Reserve 
       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 
       series. For information about individual copies or subscriptions, contact 
       Publications Services at the Federal Reserve Board (phone 202-452-3245, 
       fax 202-728-5886). For paid electronic access to current and historical data, 
       call STAT-USA at 1-800-782-8872 or 202-482-1986.`

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