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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                                                        May 3, 2012
 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)
  2011-Apr.                   1526480             1508637               74514             1451966             2489298               17842
       May                    1587576             1572431               75072             1512505             2559321               15146
       June                   1666349             1653106               77615             1588734             2644620               13243
                                                                                                                                         
       July                   1696473             1684077               78344             1618129             2680642               12395
       Aug.                   1666949             1655115               83585             1583364             2657378               11834
       Sep.                   1642710             1631135               91718             1550992             2638581               11575
                                                                                                                                         
       Oct.                   1638605             1627395               93287             1545318             2639138               11210
       Nov.                   1591978             1581637               94060             1497919             2598948               10341
       Dec.                   1597183             1587657               94866             1502318             2610831                9526
                                                                                                                                         
  2012-Jan.                   1614015             1605401               94458             1519557             2637184                8614
       Feb.                   1658308             1650375               98083             1560226             2691725                7933
       Mar.                   1607990             1600660               98290             1509700             2650330                7330
                                                                                                                                         
       Apr. p                 1584740             1577875               98441             1486299             2632704                6865

 Two weeks ending(7)                                                                                                                           
  2012-Mar.  7                1645100             1637546               98169             1546931             2683732                7554
            21                1604726             1597325               98830             1505896             2646453                7401
                                                                                                                                         
       Apr.  4                1586583             1579510               97619             1488964             2632377                7074
            18                1608320             1601311               98315             1510005             2656010                7009
                                                                                                                                         
       May   2p               1556616             1549989               98862             1457755             2605622                6627
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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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                                                              Borrowings from the Federal Reserve(1)                    
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      Date                                                                             Term                    
                                                                                   Asset-Backed      Other     
                            Total        Primary        Secondary     Seasonal      Securities       credit   
                                                                                       Loan        extensions 
                                                                                    Facility(2)                                                                                               
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 Month(3)                                                                                                               
  2011-Apr.                   17842            14              0              8          17820              0       
       May                    15146            10              1             20          15115              0       
       June                   13243            24              0             42          13178              0       
                                                                                                                    
       July                   12395             7              0             73          12315              0       
       Aug.                   11834             5              0             92          11737              0       
       Sep.                   11575            19              0             81          11474              0       
                                                                                                                    
       Oct.                   11210            19              0             50          11140              0       
       Nov.                   10341            20              0             20          10301              0       
       Dec.                    9526           103              0             23           9400              0       
                                                                                                                    
  2012-Jan.                    8614            27              0              7           8580              0       
       Feb.                    7933            13              0              1           7920              0       
       Mar.                    7330            12              0              4           7314              0       
                                                                                                                    
       Apr. p                  6865            21              0              9           6834              0       
                                                                                                                    
 Two weeks ending(4)                                                                                                
  2012-Mar.  7                 7554            12              0              2           7541              0       
            21                 7401            16              0              5           7381              0       
                                                                                                                    
       Apr.  4                 7074             7              0              5           7062              0       
            18                 7009             5              0              8           6997              0       
                                                                                                                    
       May   2p                6627            46              0             13           6570              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, 
    and Maiden Lane III 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 the 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 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to eligible borrowers through the Term 
    Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility.
 3. Prorated averages of biweekly averages.
 4. 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)                                                                                
  2011-Apr.             1527990      1510148         76025      2496493      1484148        55376        43842         11534
       May              1589835      1574689         77330      2566392      1546511        54769        43324         11445
       June             1665944      1652700         77209      2647989      1622463        55273        43480         11793
                                                                                                                            
       July             1696685      1684289         78556      2683800      1652339        56029        44346         11683
       Aug.             1666693      1654859         83329      2656915      1621202        56772        45492         11280
       Sep.             1643584      1632009         92592      2637039      1597072        56907        46512         10395
                                                                                                                            
       Oct.             1639017      1627807         93699      2637427      1592546        57552        46471         11081
       Nov.             1592522      1582181         94604      2602090      1546226        57416        46296         11120
       Dec.             1598832      1589306         96514      2618061      1550155        60590        48677         11913
                                                                                                                            
  2012-Jan.             1619310      1610696         99752      2640859      1569024        61467        50286         11181
       Feb.             1660035      1652102         99810      2694627      1609888        61361        50148         11213
       Mar.             1606480      1599150         96779      2654544      1558004        59244        48476         10769
                                                                                                                            
       Apr. p           1586889      1580024        100590      2639741      1538004        58991        48885         10106

 Two weeks ending(10)                                                                                                                    
  2012-Mar.  7          1647449      1639895        100518      2689550      1600037        57341        47412          9929         3468
            21          1599293      1591892         93397      2648591      1551496        59644        47797         11847         3562
                                                                                                                                         
       Apr.  4          1587863      1580790         98899      2638375      1537693        60018        50170          9847         3303
            18          1604750      1597741         94745      2660046      1556965        59111        47785         11326         3486
                                                                                                                                         
       May   2p         1565727      1559100        107973      2616508      1515986        58510        49741          8768         3416
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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)
  2011-Apr.                        1527606              1509763                75640              2493684
       May                         1589302              1574156                76798              2563466
       June                        1665318              1652075                76584              2645014
                                                                                                         
       July                        1695924              1683529                77795              2680745
       Aug.                        1665771              1653937                82407              2653782
       Sep.                        1642536              1630961                91544              2633802
                                                                                                         
       Oct.                        1637816              1626605                92498              2634065
       Nov.                        1591130              1580789                93211              2598604
       Dec.                        1597433              1587907                95115              2614580
                                                                                                         
  2012-Jan.                        1619106              1610492                99548              2638513
       Feb.                        1659884              1651951                99658              2692563
       Mar.                        1606213              1598884                96513              2652424
                                                                                                         
       Apr. p                      1586453              1579588               100154              2637509

 Two weeks ending(6)                                                       
  2012-Mar.  7                     1647240              1639686               100309              2687462
            21                     1599038              1591638                93142              2646476
                                                                                                         
       Apr.  4                     1587539              1580466                98575              2636225
            18                     1604387              1597378                94382              2657878
                                                                                                         
       May   2p                    1565167              1558540               107413              2614174
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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. 

 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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