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`For Release at
															4:30 P.M. EST
															November 4, 1999
		
H.3

	
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     Because of the Veterans' Day holiday on Thursday, November 11, 1999 and the Thanksgiving Day holiday on Thursday, November 25, 1999, the H.3 statistical release will be published on Friday, November 12, 1999 and Friday, November 26, 1999, respectively.
   
  
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 FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                       November 4, 1999
 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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                                                                                                                                  Special 
      Date             total2    nonborrowed3      required   excess NSA4     Monetary       total6     adjustment    seasonal    Liquidity
                                                                                base5                                             Facility7
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  1998-Oct.                44405        44231           42831         1574       505843          174           67          107             
       Nov.                44497        44414           42873         1624       509144           83           47           37             
       Dec.                44902        44785           43319         1583       512321          117          101           15             
                                                                                                                                           
  1999-Jan.                45125        44920           43591         1534       516807          206          199            7             
       Feb.                44551        44435           43336         1215       520843          116          106            9             
       Mar.                43717        43652           42412         1305       524233           65           47           18             
                                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                43979        43812           42820         1159       528741          166          128           39             
       May                 44360        44233           43105         1256       534860          127           39           89             
       June                42867        42722           41606         1261       537625          145           18          127             
                                                                                                                                           
       July                41978        41669           40902         1076       541202          309           83          226             
       Aug.                42067        41723           40938         1129       544414          344           72          271             
       Sep.                42113        41774           40916         1197       549517          338           56          282             
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct. p              40938        40657           39799         1139       556741          281           52          221            8
 Two weeks ending
  1999-Sep.  8             42756        42438           41548         1207       546824          318           35          284             
            22             42132        41809           41110         1022       548982          323           48          276             
                                                                                                                                           
       Oct.  6             41435        41050           39943         1491       553145          385           91          294            1
            20             40695        40431           39582         1113       555749          265           21          244            1
                                                                                                                                           
       Nov.  3p            40977        40731           39996          980       559966          246           72          153           22
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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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  1998-Oct.                44117        43943        42543       511359         9027        43268        35089         8179
       Nov.                44152        44069        42528       516958         8855        43104        35297         7807
       Dec.                45018        44902        43435       525062         9021        44305        35997         8308
                                                                                                                           
  1999-Jan.                46345        46139        44811       527587         9658        45499        36687         8812
       Feb.                45237        45122        44022       526850         8578        46468        36660         9809
       Mar.                43121        43056        41816       530303         8851        42898        34270         8628
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                43645        43478        42486       533491         9238        42164        34407         7757
       May                 44875        44747        43619       539984        10070        42459        34805         7654
       June                42394        42249        41133       542818         8539        42632        33856         8776
                                                                                                                           
       July                41802        41493        40726       548065         7797        44059        34005        10054
       Aug.                41871        41527        40742       550858         7802        44664        34069        10595
       Sep.                41787        41449        40590       555141         7698        44519        34089        10430
                                                                                                                           
       Oct. p              40697        40416        39558       562233         6766        47013        33932        13082
 Two weeks ending
  1999-Sep.  8             42596        42278        41388       553109         8470        43774        34126         9648           82
            22             41766        41443        40744       555231         7440        44556        34327        10229          199
                                                                                                                                        
       Oct.  6             41016        40631        39524       557018         7380        45199        33636        11563          -60
            20             40527        40263        39414       562263         6531        47350        33997        13353          205
                                                                                                                                        
       Nov.  3p            40741        40495        39761       565041         6730        47576        34011        13565          119
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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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  1998-Oct.                44201        44027        42627         504465
       Nov.                44243        44160        42619         510137
       Dec.                45118        45002        43535         518278
                                                                         
  1999-Jan.                46340        46135        44806         520009
       Feb.                45249        45133        44034         519699
       Mar.                43141        43076        41836         523353
                                                                         
       Apr.                43671        43504        42512         526774
       May                 44908        44781        43652         533116
       June                42434        42290        41173         535881
                                                                         
       July                41848        41539        40772         540979
       Aug.                41923        41579        40794         543867
       Sep.                41848        41510        40651         548083
                                                                         
       Oct. p              40764        40483        39625         555106
 Two weeks ending
  1999-Sep.  8             42653        42335        41446         546177
            22             41827        41504        40804         548247
                                                                         
       Oct.  6             41081        40696        39589         549702
            20             40596        40331        39483         555219
                                                                         
       Nov.  3p            40806        40560        39826         557910
  
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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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