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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                           June 3, 2004
 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)
  2003-Apr.                     40696        40666        39153         1543       696642           29            8            0           21
       May                      40884        40829        39263         1621       700151           55            3            0           53
       June                     42348        42186        40485         1862       702786          161           87            0           74
                                                                                                                                             
       July                     43314        43183        41379         1935       705363          130           21            0          110
       Aug.                     45581        45252        41814         3767       710239          329          168           15          146
       Sep.                     44289        44109        42779         1510       712134          181           23            0          158
                                                                                                                                             
       Oct.                     43394        43287        41921         1473       715868          107           13            0           94
       Nov.                     43034        42966        41544         1489       718989           68           25            0           43
       Dec.                     42827        42781        41788         1038       720960           46           17            0           29
                                                                                                                                             
  2004-Jan.                     43152        43046        42253          899       722547          106           93            0           13
       Feb.                     42916        42874        41715         1201       724061           42           28            0           14
       Mar.                     44612        44561        42854         1758       725595           51           23            0           28
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr.                     45591        45505        43836         1755       728640           86           29            0           57
 2 weeks ending(7)
  2004-Mar. 31                  44628        44573        42950         1677       726814           55           19            0           36
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr. 14                  45140        45061        43228         1912       728144           79           35            0           45
            28                  46047        45956        44415         1632       728910           91           25            0           66
                                                                                                                                             
       May  12                  45555        45456        44038         1517       730216           99           11            0           88
            26p                 44591        44479        42930         1661       732275          112            3            0          109
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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)                                                                                
  2003-Apr.                41177        41147        39634       709103        10600        41902        30576        11326
       May                 41786        41730        40164       712768        11414        41548        30372        11177
       June                41861        41699        39998       714370        11307        41925        30554        11371
                                                                                                                           
       July                43593        43463        41659       717038        12179        42650        31414        11237
       Aug.                46105        45776        42338       720544        14142        43019        31963        11056
       Sep.                44437        44257        42927       720731        12491        43075        31946        11129
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                43127        43019        41653       724402        11606        43380        31520        11859
       Nov.                42651        42582        41161       729494        11525        42598        31126        11472
       Dec.                42925        42879        41887       737597        10845        44077        32080        11997
                                                                                                                           
  2004-Jan.                45404        45298        44505       736217        11528        46583        33876        12707
       Feb.                43778        43736        42577       734800        10819        46429        32959        13470
       Mar.                44049        43997        42291       736248        11932        44402        32117        12285
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                45964        45878        44208       740115        14000        42843        31963        10879
 2 weeks ending(10)
  2004-Mar. 31             45283        45228        43606       737859        11972        45134        33311        11823          113
                                                                                                                                        
       Apr. 14             43224        43145        41311       739522        12087        42794        31137        11658          137
            28             48901        48810        47268       740644        16022        42961        32879        10083          204
                                                                                                                                        
       May  12             44590        44491        43073       740564        13243        42359        31347        11012          165
            26p            48026        47915        46365       744769        14999        43779        33028        10752          104
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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)
  2003-Apr.                41018        40989        39476         697745
       May                 41565        41510        39944         701463
       June                41600        41439        39738         703193
                                                                         
       July                43268        43137        41333         705643
       Aug.                45711        45382        41945         709012
       Sep.                43982        43802        42472         708992
                                                                         
       Oct.                42613        42505        41139         712616
       Nov.                42083        42015        40594         717168
       Dec.                42431        42385        41392         725184
                                                                         
  2004-Jan.                45339        45233        44440         725090
       Feb.                43713        43671        42512         723834
       Mar.                43942        43891        42184         725446
                                                                         
       Apr.                45796        45710        44041         729729
 2 weeks ending(6)
  2004-Mar. 31             45161        45106        43484         727309
                                                                         
       Apr. 14             43087        43008        41175         728877
            28             48707        48616        47075         730558
                                                                         
       May  12             44383        44284        42866         729879
            26p            47791        47680        46130         734839
  
 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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       back to January 1959, and weekly data are available back to January 1975 for most 
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