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(a) Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted (M1486BUSM156NNBR)
Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1918-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1944. Data Are Monthly Averages Of Daily Figures. Source: Data Are Computed By NBER From Federal Reserve Board Data. This NBER data series m14086b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html. NBER Indicator: m14086b

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    (a) Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted (M1486AUSM156NNBR)
    Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1918-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1944. Data Were Computed From Estimated Figures For Time Deposits And Net Demand Deposits. Data Are Monthly Averages Of Weekly Figures. Source: Computed By NBER From Federal Reserve Board Data. This NBER data series m14086a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html. NBER Indicator: m14086a

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      (a) Reserves of Depository Institutions: Total, Billions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted (TOTRESNS)
      H.6 Technical Q&As (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/h6_technical_qa.htm) posted on August 20, 2020. Total reserves equal reserve balances plus, before April 2020, vault cash used to satisfy reserve requirements. For questions on the data, please contact the data source (https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ContactUs/feedback.aspx?refurl=/releases/h6/%). For questions on FRED functionality, please contact us here (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/contactus/).</p>

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      The Board of Governors discontinued the H.3 statistical release on September 17, 2020. For more information, please see the announcement (https://www.federalreserve.gov/feeds/h3.html) posted on August 20, 2020.

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        Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States  (M1486BUSM156NNBR)

        Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

        Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

        Units:  Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

        Frequency:  Monthly

        Notes:

        Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1918-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1944. Data Are Monthly Averages Of Daily Figures. Source: Data Are Computed By NBER From Federal Reserve Board Data.

        This NBER data series m14086b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html.

        NBER Indicator: m14086b

        Suggested Citation:

        National Bureau of Economic Research, Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States [M1486BUSM156NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1486BUSM156NNBR, April 3, 2025.

        Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States  (M1486AUSM156NNBR)

        Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

        Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

        Units:  Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

        Frequency:  Monthly

        Notes:

        Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1918-1928 (2)--Original Data, 1929-1944. Data Were Computed From Estimated Figures For Time Deposits And Net Demand Deposits. Data Are Monthly Averages Of Weekly Figures. Source: Computed By NBER From Federal Reserve Board Data.

        This NBER data series m14086a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html.

        NBER Indicator: m14086a

        Suggested Citation:

        National Bureau of Economic Research, Percentage of Reserves Held to Reserves Required, All Member Banks, Federal Reserve System for United States [M1486AUSM156NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1486AUSM156NNBR, April 3, 2025.

        Reserves of Depository Institutions: Total  (TOTRESNS)

        Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)  

        Release: H.6 Money Stock Measures  

        Units:  Billions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

        Frequency:  Monthly

        Notes:

        The Board of Governors consolidated this series onto the H.6 statistical release, "Money Stock Measures", after the H.3 statistical release was discontinued. For more information on the consolidated H.6 release, see the H.6 Technical Q&As posted on August 20, 2020.

        Total reserves equal reserve balances plus, before April 2020, vault cash used to satisfy reserve requirements.

        For questions on the data, please contact the data source. For questions on FRED functionality, please contact us here.

        Suggested Citation:

        Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Reserves of Depository Institutions: Total [TOTRESNS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTRESNS, April 3, 2025.

        Required Reserves of Depository Institutions (DISCONTINUED)  (REQRESNS)

        Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)  

        Release: H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base  

        Units:  Billions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

        Frequency:  Monthly

        Notes:

        The Board of Governors discontinued the H.3 statistical release on September 17, 2020. For more information, please see the announcement posted on August 20, 2020.

        Suggested Citation:

        Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Required Reserves of Depository Institutions (DISCONTINUED) [REQRESNS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REQRESNS, April 3, 2025.

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