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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
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 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                        August 31, 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-July                42035        41726           40911         1124       540488          309           83          226             
       Aug.                41910        41566           40750         1160       544354          344           72          271             
       Sep.                41772        41434           40563         1209       550333          338           56          282             
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                41339        41058           40189         1150       557847          281           52          221            8
       Nov.                41560        41325           40231         1330       569432          236          157           71            7
       Dec.                41742        41422           40435         1307       591188          320          179           67           74
                                                                                                                                           
  2000-Jan.                43116        42742           41095         2020       591966          374          296           31           46
       Feb.                41636        41529           40525         1112       573493          108           45           44           19
       Mar.                40463        40284           39258         1205       571369          179          101           71            7
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40929        40625           39784         1145       572873          304          184          120            0
       May                 41357        40995           40414          943       574149          362           86          276             
       June                39958        39478           38894         1064       575634          479           90          389             
                                                                                                                                           
       July                40249        39679           39190         1059       577273          570           60          510             
 Two weeks ending
  2000-June 28             40526        40055           39326         1200       576921          471           43          428             
                                                                                                                                           
       July 12             39946        39357           38784         1162       576963          589          117          472             
            26             40214        39665           39239          975       577700          549           22          527             
                                                                                                                                           
       Aug.  9             41074        40493           40026         1047       576825          581           27          555             
            23p            39490        38927           38512          978       577817          564           12          552             
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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-July                41762        41452        40637       548006         7745        44081        34017        10064
       Aug.                41702        41358        40542       550773         7721        44603        33981        10622
       Sep.                41314        40976        40105       555336         7646        44448        33669        10779
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                40733        40451        39583       562681         6777        47039        33956        13083
       Nov.                40970        40735        39641       578975         6283        50830        34688        16142
       Dec.                41655        41334        40348       607935         5263        60630        36392        24238
                                                                                                                           
  2000-Jan.                44235        43862        42215       604630         5171        74017        39064        34953
       Feb.                42097        41989        40985       579208         5074        63770        37023        26747
       Mar.                39752        39573        38547       577125         6515        48952        33237        15715
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                40593        40289        39448       578333         7081        46457        33512        12945
       May                 41558        41196        40616       580088         7661        44644        33898        10746
       June                39217        38738        38153       581433         6460        44561        32757        11803
                                                                                                                           
       July                39659        39089        38600       583829         6573        45476        33086        12390
 Two weeks ending
  2000-June 28             39746        39275        38545       580777         6413        45099        33333        11766           46
                                                                                                                                        
       July 12             39266        38677        38103       584961         6524        45784        32742        13042          110
            26             39572        39023        38596       583049         6388        44921        33184        11738           16
                                                                                                                                        
       Aug.  9             40849        40268        39802       583296         7212        46291        33638        12654           16
            23p            38795        38232        37817       582761         6601        45398        32195        13203           32
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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-July                41899        41590        40775         541017
       Aug.                41861        41518        40702         543894
       Sep.                41496        41158        40287         548405
                                                                         
       Oct.                40935        40653        39785         555697
       Nov.                41195        40960        39866         572012
       Dec.                41889        41568        40581         600632
                                                                         
  2000-Jan.                44232        43859        42212         596903
       Feb.                42104        41996        40992         571863
       Mar.                39764        39585        38559         570237
                                                                         
       Apr.                40610        40306        39465         571513
       May                 41579        41217        40636         573256
       June                39241        38762        38177         574549
                                                                         
       July                39688        39118        38628         577031
 Two weeks ending
  2000-June 28             39771        39300        38570         573895
                                                                         
       July 12             39293        38704        38131         577990
            26             39600        39051        38625         576337
                                                                         
       Aug.  9             40879        40298        39832         576677
            23p            38827        38263        37848         575942
  
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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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