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Ratio of Reserves to Note and Deposit Liabilities, Federal Reserve Banks for United States (M14072USM156NNBR)

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

Units: Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

Ratios Through 1920 Were Computed From Monthly Averages Of Weekly Data For Reserves And Note And Deposit Liabilities. Deposit Liabilities For 1915-June 1917 Were Computed From Items Listed In Weekly Condition Statements. January And February 1921 Reserves Are For $3,300,000, The Average Daily Amount Of Gold Held Abroad By The Federal Reserve Banks. Data For 1921-1948 Are Monthly Averages Of Daily Figures. Source: Federal Reserve Board, Data For 1914-February 1921: Computed By NBER. Data For March 1921-1935: Federal Reserve Bulletins. Data For 1936-1941: Banking And Monetary Statistics. Data For 1942-1948: Unpublished Frb Data.

This NBER data series m14072 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 14 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter14.html.

NBER Indicator: m14072

Suggested Citation:

National Bureau of Economic Research, Ratio of Reserves to Note and Deposit Liabilities, Federal Reserve Banks for United States [M14072USM156NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M14072USM156NNBR, .

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.

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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, .

Monetary Base: Total (BOGMBASE)

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.

The monetary base equals currency in circulation plus reserve balances.

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Suggested Citation:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Monetary Base: Total [BOGMBASE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGMBASE, .