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`FEDERAL RESERVE STATISTICAL RELEASE
  
 H.3 (502)
 Table 1	                                                                                            For Release at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
                                                                                                                      September 1, 2005
 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)
  2004-Aug.                     45480        45229        43898         1582       747476          251           18            0          233
       Sep.                     46488        46153        44833         1655       751494          335           97            0          238
                                                                                                                                             
       Oct.                     46344        46165        44587         1757       754085          179           15            0          164
       Nov.                     46368        46185        44585         1784       758452          183          105            0           78
       Dec.                     46798        46735        44889         1909       758601           63           11            0           52
                                                                                                                                             
  2005-Jan.                     47477        47415        45736         1741       761158           62           39            0           23
       Feb.                     45962        45920        44467         1495       764307           42           26            0           16
       Mar.                     46811        46762        45029         1782       766512           49           13            0           37
                                                                                                                                             
       Apr.                     46585        46453        44916         1669       767418          132           52            0           80
       May                      45886        45747        44364         1522       768399          139            6            0          133
       June                     46682        46433        44907         1774       771684          249           85            0          164
                                                                                                                                             
       July                     46102        45677        44370         1732       772345          425          176           12          237
       Aug. p                   44556        44193        42918         1637       774624          362           63            3          297
 2 weeks ending(7)
  2005-July  6                  47997        47517        46018         1979       773375          480          279            0          201
            20                  43834        43513        42510         1324       770339          321           90            0          232
                                                                                                                                             
       Aug.  3                  47954        47428        45839         2116       774336          527          230           34          264
            17                  42665        42308        41340         1325       772721          357           79            0          279
            31p                 45718        45386        43870         1848       776589          333           11            0          322
                                                                                                                                             
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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)                                                                                
  2004-Aug.                45841        45590        44259       757143        12386        45050        33455        11595
       Sep.                46500        46165        44846       760962        13012        44849        33489        11360
                                                                                                                           
       Oct.                45665        45486        43908       763578        11926        46667        33739        12928
       Nov.                45629        45446        43845       768774        12088        45578        33541        12037
       Dec.                46850        46787        44940       774773        12047        47261        34803        12458
                                                                                                                           
  2005-Jan.                50440        50378        48699       773245        14075        47677        36365        11311
       Feb.                46716        46675        45221       772482        12272        47657        34445        13213
       Mar.                46033        45984        44251       773845        12060        46740        33973        12767
                                                                                                                           
       Apr.                46675        46544        45006       775318        12965        45330        33710        11620
       May                 46477        46338        44955       775685        12046        45590        34431        11159
       June                46100        45851        44325       779560        11249        46238        34850        11387
                                                                                                                           
       July                46475        46050        44743       782633        10882        47235        35593        11642
       Aug. p              44876        44513        43238       782729        10381        48119        34494        13625
 2 weeks ending(10)
  2005-July  6             47441        46961        45461       781861        11230        48100        36211        11889          112
            20             43639        43318        42315       782623         9361        46924        34279        12645           23
                                                                                                                                        
       Aug.  3             49558        49031        47442       783069        12628        47160        36930        10231         -132
            17             41449        41092        40124       782498         8581        49267        32868        16399          231
            31p            47299        46967        45451       782887        11701        47177        35599        11578            9
                                                                                                                                        
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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)
  2004-Aug.                45559        45307        43977         746652
       Sep.                46190        45855        44535         750547
                                                                         
       Oct.                45321        45142        43564         752756
       Nov.                45233        45050        43450         758335
       Dec.                46523        46460        44613         764658
                                                                         
  2005-Jan.                50370        50308        48629         763777
       Feb.                46691        46650        45196         763228
       Mar.                45994        45945        44212         764699
                                                                         
       Apr.                46606        46474        44937         766317
       May                 46382        46243        44860         766942
       June                45990        45741        44216         770909
                                                                         
       July                46342        45917        44610         773803
       Aug. p              44714        44352        43077         773728
 2 weeks ending(6)
  2005-July  6             47322        46842        45342         773509
            20             43520        43199        42195         773547
                                                                         
       Aug.  3             49400        48873        47284         774291
            17             41297        40940        39973         773278
            31p            47127        46795        45280         774057
                                                                         
  
 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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