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`For release at
4:30 p.m., EDT
March 26, 2009


The Board's H.3 statistical release, "Aggregate Reserves of Depository
Institutions and the Monetary Base," has been modified to include information
related to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).  Credit was
extended under the TALF for the first time on March 25, 2009.

The TALF will help market participants meet the credit needs of households and
businesses of all sizes by supporting the issuance of asset-backed securities
(ABS) collateralized by loans of various types to consumers and businesses.
Under the TALF, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York  finances the purchase of
eligible ABS by lending to holders of certain highly rated ABS backed by newly
and recently originated consumer and business loans.  This lending will be
reported in "Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility" in table 1a. 

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 FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1                                                                                                For release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE                                                     March 26, 2009
 Adjusted for changes in reserve requirements(1)                                                                                              
 Seasonally adjusted unless noted otherwise
 Millions of dollars
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                                             Reserves of depository institutions                             
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                                                                                                                              Total borrowings    
      Date                      Total            Nonborrowed           Required            Excess,            Monetary            from the    
                                 (2)                 (3)                                     NSA                base          Federal Reserve,    
                                                                                             (4)                 (5)                NSA     
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 Month(6)
  2008-Feb.                     42826              -17331               41100                1726              821355               60157
       Mar.                     44299              -50224               41321                2978              825910               94523
                                                                                                                                         
       Apr.                     43561              -91848               41716                1846              824631              135410
       May                      44128             -111652               42115                2013              827170              155780
       June                     43364             -127914               41089                2275              832490              171278
                                                                                                                                         
       July                     43330             -122334               41353                1977              838062              165664
       Aug.                     44559             -123520               42568                1991              842815              168078
       Sep.                    102784             -187321               42733               60051              905174              290105
                                                                                                                                         
       Oct.                    315516             -332803               47612              267904             1130304              648319
       Nov.                    609937              -88849               50883              559053             1433490              698786
       Dec.                    820942              167376               53530              767412             1651175              653565
                                                                                                                                         
  2009-Jan.                    858416              294920               60167              798248             1700800              563496
       Feb.                    700963              118466               57460              643503             1554120              582497

 Two weeks ending(7)                                                                                                                           
  2009-Jan. 28                 852384              287286               59339              793045             1699216              565099
                                                                                                                                         
       Feb. 11                 673861              112529               62455              611406             1522792              561332
            25                 727031              138121               53598              673433             1582773              588910
                                                                                                                                         
       Mar. 11                 678690               48513               57172              621518             1535273              630177
            25p                824555              219707               53362              771194             1684939              604849
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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, refer to table 3.)
 2. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted required reserves plus unadjusted excess 
    reserves. (Also, refer to footnote 2 in table 2 and footnote 2 in table 3.)
 3. Seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted nonborrowed reserves equal seasonally adjusted, break-adjusted total reserves less unadjusted total
    borrowings from the Federal Reserve.
 4. Excess reserves NSA equals unadjusted total reserves (table 2, column 1) less unadjusted 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, refer to 
    footnote 3 in table 2 and footnote 4 in table 3.)
 6. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 7. Averages of daily figures.
 
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 H.3 (502)
 Table 1a                                                                                                
 AGGREGATE RESERVES OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MONETARY BASE                                                          
 Not seasonally adjusted
 Millions of dollars
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                                                                             Other borrowings from the Federal Reserve(1)                                      
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      Date                  Total                                                      Primary dealer    Asset-Backed      Credit                            
                          borrowings    Term                                              and other    Commercial Paper  extended to      Term        Other     
                           from the    auction      Primary     Secondary    Seasonal   broker-dealer    Money Market     American    Asset-Backed    credit   
                           Federal     credit                                              credit         Mutual Fund   International  Securities   extensions 
                           Reserve                                                           (2)          Liquidity      Group, Inc.      Loan                
                                                                                                           Facility         (3)         Facility             
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 Month(4)                                                                                                                                                    
  2008-Feb.                  60157        60000          155            0            3                                                                         
       Mar.                  94523        75484         1617            0            6         16168                                                     1249  
                                                                                                                                                               
       Apr.                 135410       100000         9624            0           21         25764                                                        0  
       May                  155780       127419        14076            0           47         14238                                                        0  
       June                 171278       150000        14225           70           75          6908                                                        0  
                                                                                                                                                               
       July                 165664       150000        15204          107           98           255                                                        0  
       Aug.                 168078       150000        17980            1           97             0                                                        0  
       Sep.                 290105       149814        32632           35           87         53473         31877           22187                          0  
                                                                                                                                                               
       Oct.                 648319       244778        94017           38           28        114953        117457           77047                          0  
       Nov.                 698786       393088        95839          117            8         60655         71009           78070                          0  
       Dec.                 653565       438327        88245           52            3         47631         32102           47206                          0  
                                                                                                                                                               
  2009-Jan.                 563496       403523        70436           39            1         33061         17745           38690                          0  
       Feb.                 582497       438822        65463           11            3         26250         13533           38414                          0  
                                                                                                                                                                
 Two weeks ending(5)                                                                                                                                            
  2009-Jan. 28              565099       415945        63304           54            1         32367         15038           38391                          0  
                                                                                                                                                               
       Feb. 11              561332       412883        66000           20            3         28035         16046           38345                          0  
            25              588910       447563        65200            6            3         25810         12629           37701                          0  
                                                                                                                                                               
       Mar. 11              630177       493145        64724            0            2         21766          8542           41998                          0  
            25p             604849       468589        64233            6            3         19882          8204           43597           337            0  
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 1. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has extended credit to Maiden Lane LLC, Maiden Lane II LLC, Maiden Lane III LLC, and Commercial Paper Funding
    Facility LLC, as discussed in the notes to the Board's H.4.1 statistical release, "Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and 
    Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks."  Consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, the assets and liabilities of these LLCs have
    been consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the FRBNY because the FRBNY is either the sole or primary beneficiary of the LLCs.  As a consequence
    of this consolidation, the extensions of credit from the FRBNY to these LLCs are eliminated from the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, and, thus, the loans
    are not included in borrowed reserves.
 2. Includes credit extended through the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and credit extended to certain other broker-dealers.
 3. Excludes credit extended to consolidated LLCs as described in footnote 1 above.
 4. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 5. 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
      Date                Total     Nonborrowed   Required     Monetary      balances       Total       satisfy      Surplus      carryover
                           (2)                                   base       with F.R.                  required        (7)        of reserve
                                                                 (3)          Banks                    reserves                    balances
                                                                               (4)                        (6)                         (8)  
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 Month(9)                                                                                
  2008-Feb.               42799       -17358         41073       828694         8148        53645        34651         18994
       Mar.               42714       -51810         39735       832358         9754        50439        32960         17479
                                                                                                                            
       Apr.               43504       -91906         41658       830495         9255        49306        34250         15057
       May                45106      -110674         43093       833974         9689        48564        35417         13147
       June               43923      -127355         41649       839084         9178        49302        34745         14557
                                                                                                                            
       July               44106      -121558         42129       846455         9338        49195        34768         14427
       Aug.               44107      -123972         42116       847290         9419        50132        34688         15445
       Sep.              102568      -187537         42517       908029        67178        50440        35390         15049
                                                                                                                            
       Oct.              314909      -333410         47005      1132519       278033        51722        36876         14846
       Nov.              609506       -89280         50453      1441048       571066        53021        38440         14581
       Dec.              821226       167661         53814      1663833       783537        53672        37689         15983
                                                                                                                            
  2009-Jan.              860686       297189         62437      1709744       820941        53882        39745         14137
       Feb.              701241       118743         57738      1558886       662248        54357        38993         15364

 Two weeks ending(10)                                                                                                                    
  2009-Jan. 28           860553       295454         67507      1706991       819332        53517        41221         12297         1860
                                                                                                                                         
       Feb. 11           673210       111878         61804      1525627       632642        57184        40568         16617         2161
            25           728707       139797         55274      1589276       690647        53041        38061         14980         1618
                                                                                                                                         
       Mar. 11           675845        45668         54327      1539016       638274        50132        37571         12561         1590
            25p          823648       218800         52455      1689244       786776        51662        36872         14790         1487
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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
                         ----------------------------------------------------------------
      Date                           Total             Nonborrowed            Required            Monetary
                                      (2)                                        (3)                base
                                                                                                    (4) 
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 Month(5)
  2008-Feb.                          42796               -17361                41070               821917
       Mar.                          42709               -51814                39731               825559
                                                                                                         
       Apr.                          43487               -91922                41642               823379
       May                           45075              -110705                43062               826882
       June                          43890              -127388                41616               831974
                                                                                                         
       July                          44059              -121605                42083               839215
       Aug.                          44046              -124032                42055               840149
       Sep.                         102507              -187598                42456               900649
                                                                                                         
       Oct.                         314834              -333485                46930              1125965
       Nov.                         609416               -89369                50363              1435217
       Dec.                         821135               167570                53723              1659219
                                                                                                         
  2009-Jan.                         860652               297156                62404              1705311
       Feb.                         701238               118741                57735              1554430

 Two weeks ending(6)                                                       
  2009-Jan. 28                      860551               295453                67506              1702587
                                                                                                         
       Feb. 11                      673207               111875                61801              1521197
            25                      728704               139794                55271              1584802
                                                                                                         
       Mar. 11                      675840                45664                54323              1534550
            25p                     823643               218795                52450              1684779
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 Note: Current and historical H.3 data are available each week on the Federal Reserve Board's website
       (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. 

 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 4).
 3. To adjust required reserves for discontinuities due to regulatory changes 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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