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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 18, 2010
 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)
  2009-Feb.                    699935              117438               56486              643449             1555039              582497
       Mar.                    779497              167385               54891              724605             1640732              612111
                                                                                                                                         
       Apr.                    881019              322825               56658              824362             1747298              558194
       May                     900866              375418               56797              844068             1768832              525448
       June                    809196              370473               57840              751355             1679687              438722
                                                                                                                                         
       July                    794995              428033               62015              732980             1666475              366961
       Aug.                    828466              497017               62639              765827             1703377              331450
       Sep.                    922473              615646               62408              860065             1800961              306827
                                                                                                                                         
       Oct.                   1056405              791347               61673              994732             1936564              265058
       Nov.                   1140488              923181               63200             1077288             2018813              217307
       Dec.                   1138597              968670               63188             1075410             2017685              169927
                                                                                                                                         
  2010-Jan.                   1108870              966727               62857             1046013             1986798              142142
       Feb. p                 1224495             1113268               62399             1162096             2109334              111227

 Two weeks ending(7)                                                                                                                           
  2010-Jan. 13                1067205              902226               62503             1004702             1943682              164979
            27                1126565             1001265               63167             1063397             2005372              125300
                                                                                                                                         
       Feb. 10                1182347             1055474               62918             1119429             2061918              126874
            24                1253693             1150798               61414             1192278             2141197              102895
                                                                                                                                         
       Mar. 10p               1227673             1126398               64546             1163127             2116350              101275
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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          Term                           
                          borrowings    Term                                              and other    Commercial Paper   extended to   Asset-Backed   Other     
                           from the    auction      Primary     Secondary    Seasonal   broker-dealer    Money Market      American      Securities    credit   
                           Federal     credit                                              credit         Mutual Fund    International      Loan     extensions 
                           Reserve                                                           (2)          Liquidity      Group, Inc.,     Facility,             
                                                                                                           Facility         net(3)          net(4) 
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 Month(5)                                                                                                                                                 
  2009-Feb.                 582497       438822        65463           11            3         26250         13533            38414                        0  
       Mar.                 612111       477049        62513            9            3         20292          7857            43328           1061         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
       Apr.                 558194       444933        47324           45            2         10918          4267            45057           5649         0  
       May                  525448       403970        40124           14           10           701         23347            44915          12367         0  
       June                 438722       316868        37302           21           32             0         18891            43057          22552         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
       July                 366961       255119        34366           66           80             0          6230            43108          27993         0  
       Aug.                 331450       224490        32147          600          110             0           184            40021          33898         0  
       Sep.                 306827       196731        29243          554          111             0            79            39074          41036         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
       Oct.                 265058       155396        25163          402           82             0            28            41222          42765         0  
       Nov.                 217307       110049        20434           38           67             0             0            43222          43497         0  
       Dec.                 169927        82014        19025          518           37             0             0            22023          46310         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
  2010-Jan.                 142142        54209        16407          965            5             0             0            23213          47342         0  
       Feb. p               111227        23677        14258          873            1             0             0            25544          46874         0  
                                                                                                                                                               
 Two weeks ending(6)                                                                                                                                           
  2010-Jan. 13              164979        75918        18477          960           11             0             0            22188          47426         0  
            27              125300        38531        14984          979            0             0             0            23430          47376         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
       Feb. 10              126874        38531        14665          932            1             0             0            25788          46956         0  
            24              102895        15426        14112          857            0             0             0            25499          47002         0  
                                                                                                                                                              
       Mar. 10p             101275        15425        13752          779            7             0             0            25093          46221         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. Includes outstanding principal and capitalized interest net of unamortized deferred commitment fees and allowance for loan restructuring. Excludes credit 
    extended to consolidated LLCs as described in footnote 1 above.
 4. Includes credit extended by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to eligible borrowers through the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, net of 
    unamortized deferred administrative fees.
 5. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 6. 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)                                                                                
  2009-Feb.              700803       118306         57355      1561592       662039        56796        38764         18031
       Mar.              778037       165926         53432      1646838       740909        53154        37128         16026
                                                                                                                            
       Apr.              881836       323642         57474      1752737       844595        51843        37241         14602
       May               902944       377496         58876      1774878       865427        51384        37518         13866
       June              809862       371139         58506      1684027       772065        52336        37796         14540
                                                                                                                            
       July              796552       429590         63572      1673096       758878        51721        37674         14047
       Aug.              828798       497349         62971      1706184       790761        51986        38038         13948
       Sep.              922627       615801         62562      1800143       884158        52094        38469         13625
                                                                                                                            
       Oct.             1056820       791762         62088      1935893      1017783        53053        39037         14016
       Nov.             1141517       924210         64229      2022198      1102297        52829        39219         13610
       Dec.             1140469       970542         65060      2026252      1099826        55212        40643         14568
                                                                                                                            
  2010-Jan.             1112370       970228         66357      1994864      1070730        55806        41640         14166
       Feb. p           1225443      1114216         63347      2114550      1183771        56642        41673         14970

 Two weeks ending(10)                                                                                                                    
  2010-Jan. 13          1066318       901339         61616      1953488      1026674        55829        39645         16185         2233
            27          1134458      1009159         71061      2013015      1091739        54865        42720         12145         1961
                                                                                                                                         
       Feb. 10          1184732      1057858         65303      2065807      1140387        59028        44345         14683         2299
            24          1254264      1151369         61985      2147641      1214155        55733        40109         15624         1926
                                                                                                                                         
       Mar. 10p         1226352      1125078         63225      2120593      1185885        53861        40467         13394         1992
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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
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      Date                           Total             Nonborrowed            Required            Monetary
                                      (2)                                        (3)                base
                                                                                                    (4) 
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 Month(5)
  2009-Feb.                         700681               118184                57232              1557066
       Mar.                         777806               165695                53201              1642239
                                                                                                         
       Apr.                         881422               323228                57061              1748069
       May                          902370               376922                58302              1770181
       June                         809183               370461                57828              1679356
                                                                                                         
       July                         795675               428713                62695              1667795
       Aug.                         827725               496276                61898              1700693
       Sep.                         921404               614578                61339              1795459
                                                                                                         
       Oct.                        1055423               790366                60692              1931552
       Nov.                        1139921               922614                62633              2017961
       Dec.                        1138730               968803                63320              2021919
                                                                                                         
  2010-Jan.                        1112259               970117                66246              1991886
       Feb. p                      1225421              1114194                63325              2111787

 Two weeks ending(6)                                                       
  2010-Jan. 13                     1066068               901089                61366              1950218
            27                     1134449              1009150                71052              2010248
                                                                                                         
       Feb. 10                     1184715              1057842                65287              2063043
            24                     1254240              1151346                61962              2144879
                                                                                                         
       Mar. 10p                    1226320              1125046                63193              2117831
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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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