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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                      December 21, 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-Nov.                     45423        45297        43635         1788       784153          126           20            0          106
       Dec.                     45312        45143        43403         1909       787091          169           97            0           72
                                                                                                                                             
  2006-Jan.                     44045        43935        42459         1586       791978          110           78            0           32
       Feb.                     44166        44113        42616         1550       796564           53           21            2           30
       Mar.                     43702        43533        42198         1504       799139          169          119            0           50
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr.                     44609        44361        42783         1826       801975          248          164            0           84
       May                      45041        44866        43243         1797       806474          175           24            0          151
       June                     45412        45159        43627         1785       805529          253           16            0          237
                                                                                                                                             
       July                     44201        43851        42650         1551       803676          350           39            0          312
       Aug.                     42803        42435        41257         1547       804057          369           26            0          343
       Sep.                     42882        42479        41119         1762       803750          403           66            0          338
                                                                                                                                             
       Oct.                     42782        42553        41101         1681       804946          229           24            0          205
       Nov.                     43196        43036        41496         1700       808254          160           48            0          112
 2 weeks ending(7)
  2006-Oct. 25                  41386        41184        40020         1365       804115          202           22            0          181
                                                                                                                                             
       Nov.  8                  43328        43157        41747         1580       806997          171           33            0          138
            22                  42703        42542        41182         1521       807512          161           52            0          109
                                                                                                                                             
       Dec.  6                  43927        43780        41796         2131       810807          147           56            0           92
            20p                 42109        41899        40671         1438       809234          210          127            0           83
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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-Nov.                44628        44502        42840       792945        10137        49206        34490        14715
       Dec.                45406        45237        43497       802305        10047        51318        35359        15959
                                                                                                                           
  2006-Jan.                47183        47073        45597       804295        10277        52084        36906        15178
       Feb.                44661        44608        43110       804429         9415        53311        35246        18065
       Mar.                42755        42586        41251       806247         9133        49627        33622        16005
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                44737        44490        42911       808428        10287        48389        34450        13939
       May                 45445        45270        43648       811899        10649        48301        34796        13505
       June                45067        44814        43282       812229         9920        48992        35147        13845
                                                                                                                           
       July                44862        44512        43311       811769         9631        49621        35232        14389
       Aug.                42597        42228        41050       809821         8877        50245        33720        16525
       Sep.                42595        42192        40833       810001         9128        49420        33468        15953
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                41741        41512        40060       809239         8255        50121        33486        16635
       Nov.                42219        42059        40519       815393         8453        48975        33766        15209
 2 weeks ending(10)
  2006-Oct. 25             42028        41826        40663       808899         8136        49538        33892        15646           80
                                                                                                                                        
       Nov.  8             41847        41676        40266       810688         8445        48470        33402        15068          -33
            22             41437        41277        39916       814544         7844        49587        33593        15994           76
                                                                                                                                        
       Dec.  6             43959        43812        41827       821583         9526        48409        34433        13976           83
            20p            40112        39902        38674       820462         7195        50332        32917        17415          306
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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)
  2005-Nov.                44342        44216        42555         783948
       Dec.                45163        44994        43254         793377
                                                                         
  2006-Jan.                47111        47001        45525         795218
       Feb.                44674        44622        43124         796168
       Mar.                42777        42608        41272         798221
                                                                         
       Apr.                44762        44514        42936         800904
       May                 45469        45294        43672         804710
       June                45098        44846        43313         804909
                                                                         
       July                44896        44546        43345         804646
       Aug.                42628        42259        41081         802749
       Sep.                42628        42225        40866         803115
                                                                         
       Oct.                41768        41539        40087         802291
       Nov.                42244        42084        40544         808531
 2 weeks ending(6)
  2006-Oct. 25             42054        41852        40689         801977
                                                                         
       Nov.  8             41869        41698        40288         803744
            22             41460        41300        39939         807715
                                                                         
       Dec.  6             43990        43843        41859         814744
            20p            40141        39931        38703         813435
  
 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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