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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release: H.6 Money Stock Measures
Units: Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Monthly
The Board of Governors consolidated this series onto the Statistical Release H.6, "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.
The series equals total balances maintained plus currency in circulation.
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, July 6, 2022.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release: H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base (data not included in press release)
Units: Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Monthly
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.
Series is calculated using data from the H.3 release as Total reserve balances maintained less Reserve balance requirements.
Please note though that this historical concept of "excess reserves" no longer has the same meaning following phase two of the simplification of reserves administration. For more information, see the Reserves Simplification Rule.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Excess Reserves of Depository Institutions (DISCONTINUED) [EXCSRESNS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EXCSRESNS, July 6, 2022.
Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release: H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Units: Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Weekly, Ending Wednesday
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.
Currency in circulation includes paper currency and coin held both by the public and in the vaults of depository institutions. The total includes Treasury estimates of coins outstanding and Treasury paper currency outstanding. This definition of currency in circulation differs from the currency component of the money stock, (CURRENCY), which excludes currency held in vaults of depository institutions.
Effective February 2, 1984, reserve computation and maintenance periods have been changed from weekly to bi-weekly. Series with data prior to February 2, 1984 have different values reported from one week to the next. After February 2, 1984, the value repeats for 2 consecutive weeks.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Monetary Base; Currency in Circulation (DISCONTINUED) [MBCURRCIRW], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MBCURRCIRW, July 6, 2022.
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