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Strictly Confidential (FR)
Class I FOMC
November 16,
1979
MONETARY AGGREGATES AND
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS
Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee
By the staff
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS I - FOMC
November 16,
1979
MONETARY AGGREGATES AND
MONEY MARKET CONDITIONS
Recent developments
(1)
Growth rates for the monetary aggregates during the fourth
quarter of 1979 consistent with the decision by the FOMC at its meeting
on October 6 are shown in the first and second columns of the table
below.
Such growth rates, if attained, would keep expansion in the
aggregates over the year from QIV '78 to QIV '79 within the Committee's
desired longer-run ranges, as shown in columns three and four of the table.
The fourth quarter growth rates, in combination with growth over the first
nine months of the year (shown in column five), would imply rates of expansion
for M-1 and M-3 in the upper halves of their longer-run growth ranges, and for
M-2 at the top of its range.
QIV '79 Target
Growth Rates
Consistent with FOMC
Decision on Oct. 6, 1979
Quarterly
Sept.
Averages
to Dec.
QIV '78 to
QIV '79 Period
Implied
Target
Growth
Ranges
Rates
Addendum:
Growth Rates
from QIV '78
to QIII '79
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
M-1
4.5
6.1
5.3
3 to 6 1/
5.0
M-2
7.6
8.9
8.0
5 to 8
7.5
M-3
7.4
8.4
8.1
6 to 9
7.8
1/
Represents the original 1½ to 4½ percent range specified by the FOMC,
adjusted upward by staff's estimate that ATS effects will reduce
measured M-1 growth by about 1½ percentage points over the longer-run
policy period rather than the 3 percentage points originally estimated
in February.
(2)
The growth rates from September to December in the family
of reserve aggregates needed to attain the Committee's monetary aggregate
objectives were estimated by the staff immediately following the FOMC's
October 6 meeting and took account of the Committee's decision to "bias"
the paths, especially for nonborrowed reserves, toward an immediate tightening
of the money market.
These estimates assumed:
(a) an increase in M-1,
seasonally adjusted,at a steady rate month-by-month (a pattern of money
supply that was roughly consistent with our projected pattern of money
demand);
(b) continuation of the recent patterns of deposit mix; (c) excess
reserves averaging $200 million; and (d)
for purposes of deriving the non-
borrowed path, an increase in the initially contemplated average level of member
bank borrowings to $1.5 billion from the September average of $1.3 billion.
Of course, the actual level of borrowing and money market conditions would
depend on the demand for reserves relative to the nonborrowed reserves
supplied through the open market desk.
(3) As shown in the table below, growth rates in the monetary
aggregates, and in the family of reserve measures, since September have
generally decelerated from the pace of the preceding three months.1/
Non-
borrowed reserves increased by about a 2¼ percent annual rate from
September to the first half of November, slower than the pace given by the
fourth quarter path.
1/
On the other hand, total reserves expanded at about an
Data are expressed as annual rates of growth. This, it should be
recognized, particularly exaggerates swings in the reserve series where
relatively modest changes in borrowings, excess reserves, or deposit mix
can lead to large percentage changes in nonborrowed or total reserves
because the level of the series is relatively small.
11-1/2 percent annual rate over this period, a bit above path.
At the same
time, growth in M-2 has been about equal to path, while growth in M-1 has
1/
been running low.
Expansion in the broader aggregates has been almost
wholly dependent on growth in money market certificates and large CD's,
as the outstanding amount of savings deposits at banks and thrift institutions declined sharply in the wake of the run-up of interest rates.
(The charts on the next two
pages place the recent growth in the monetary
aggregates and bank credit in longer-run perspective.)
Actual
June
to
Sept.
Targeted
Sept.
to
Dec.
Recent Periods
Sept.
Sept. to
to
First Half
Oct.
of Nov.
Monetary Aggregates
M-1
9.5
4.5
2.5
0.9
M-2
12.2
7.6
8.6
7.5
M-3
10.8
7.4
7.5
n.a.
Monetary Base
12.5
8.0
10.6
7.9
Total Reserves
10.6
7.0
20.7
Nonborrowed Reserves
11.7
5.7
1.1
Reserve Measures
11.4
2.2
(4) The Committee at its October 6 meeting had contemplated
a federal funds rate initially around 13 to 13-1/2 percent, within an 11-1/2
to 15-1/2 percent range, and member bank borrowings around $1-1/2 billion-levels reached (as shown in the table below) in the week ended October 17, the
first full statement week after the Committee's decision.
1/
However, over the
Somewhat more reserves than expected have been absorbed by shifts in
the deposit mix, expansion of net interbank deposits, and increased
demand for excess reserves.
Chart 1
CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
Class II - FOMC
11/16/79
Actual and Targeted M-1 and M-2
M-1
Billions of dollars
385
04 '78-Q4 '79
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Chart 2
CONFIDENTIAL (FRI
Class lFOMC
11/16/79
Actual and Targeted M-3 and Bank Credit
Billions of dollars
1640
Q4 '78-Q4 '79
Current Longer-Run Range
7%/% Growth-Sept. to Dec.
S9%
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1620
1580
1560
1540
1520
1500
1480
1978
1979
Billions of dollars
1150
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10'A%
1100
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first half of October, all aggregate reserve measures were running well
above path, partly in consequence of stronger demands for reserves than
expected and partly because the Desk adjusted its operations to take account
of the unsettled conditions in financial markets.
During the second half of
the month, Desk operations were directed more firmly at holding nonborrowed
reserve growth to path levels, or somewhat below, in view of the continued
strength of total reserves.
Operations were accompanied by a sharp rise in
the federal funds rate and in member bank borrowings.
By the last week of
October, the average federal funds rate had increased to about 15½ percent
and member bank borrowings to around $3 billion.
Both the funds rate and
member bank borrowing dropped back in the first half of November, to around
13½ percent and $2 billion, respectively, as banks' demand for reserves eased.
Average Federal
Funds Rate
Member
Bank Borrowings
(Millions of dollars)
October 3
10
17
24
31
11.91
12.00
13.22
15.14
15.61
1,119
938
1,530
2,960
3,056
November 7
14
13.77
13.30
1,928
1,858
(5)
Short-term market interest rates have risen sharply on balance
since the System's October 6 announcement.
Treasury bill rates--which have
displayed a good deal of volatility in response to shifting pressures in the
federal funds market and to unexpected changes in bill supplies--have increased
on balance by about 1 to 1-3/8 percentage points.
Rates on private short-term
instruments have generally posted larger gains--in the 1-3/8 to 1¾ percentage
point range.
(6)
Long-term yields, too, have moved higher since early October.
Yields on Treasury bonds show net gains of about one percentage point; those
on corporate and municipal bonds registered increases of about 1¼ percentage
points and 5/8 percentage points, respectively.
The sharp rise in rates,together
with the generally turbulent market conditions and the cautious attitudes
of underwriters, resulted in the postponement or cancellation by both corporate
and municipal borrowers of a comparatively large number of debt offerings,
especially by lower-rated borrowers.
In its mid-quarter financing the
Treasury decided to offer a standard package of issues--a 3½-year note,
a 10-year note and a 30-year bond--to raise $1.4 billion of new money
and refinance $4.6 billion of maturing debt.
Record yields (for given
maturities) were set on all three issues.
(7)
Expansion of both loans and investments at commercial banks
slowed substantially in October.
Security loans declined sharply, as
security holdings by dealers fell in reaction to uncertain market conditions,
declining security prices, and sharply rising borrowing costs.
Growth in
business loans (net of holdings of acceptances) moderated somewhat from the
recent rapid pace, while real estate lending remained strong.
With
demand and savings deposits declining, banks financed loan growth for the
most part by issuing.money market certificates and large CD's, offering
repurchase agreements, and liquidating bankers
(8)
acceptances.
Conditions in mortgage markets tightened markedly in response
not only to the general rise in interest rates, but also to pressures on
deposit inflows at thrifts and to problems caused by interest rate ceilings.
S&Ls were reported to have sharply curtailed their mortgage commitment
activity after October 6.
The average interest rate on new commitments
at S&Ls rose around 1
percentage points to 12.85 percent, a rate
exceeding usury ceilings in 20 states.
Secondary market rates also rose
rapidly, and the volume of offerings at FNMA auctions surged.
(9)
The foreign exchange value of the dollar rebounded on
average following the October 6 measures, with the weighted average value
of the dollar having risen by nearly 3
percent through November 13, just
prior to announcements concerning the disposition of official Iranian
assets.
Improvement over this period was most substantial against the
yen, which declined by about 9 percent against the dollar.
The dollar rose
only 2 percent against the DM.
.
Most recently, in the wake of the Iranian situation, the value
of the dollar has retraced some of its earlier gains.
(10)
The table on the next page shows seasonally adjusted annual
rates of change, in percent, for selected monetary and financial flows
over various time periods.
Past
Past
Past
1977 &
1978
Average
Twelve
Months
Oct. '79
over
Oct. '78
Six
Months
Oct. '79
over
Apr. '79
Three
Months
Oct. '79
over
July '79
Nonborrowed reserves
5.0
0.2
2.4
5.1
Total reserves
6.0
2.0
7.7
13.3
20.7
Monetary base
8.7
7.6
9.7
12.3
10.6
M-1 (Currency plus demand
deposits 1/)
7.6
4.8
7.9
6.9
2.5
M-2 (M-1 plus time deposits at
commercial banks other than
large CD's)
9.1
7.9
11.0
10.7
8.6
M-3 (M-2 plus deposits at
thrift institutions)
10.5
8.1
9.6
9.5
7.5
M-4 (M-2 plus CD's)
10.3
7.4
9.1
12.3
M-5 (M-3 plus CD's)
11.1
7.8
8.6
10.6
9.3
12.3
13.5
12.9
13.8
7.6
Large CD's
1.4
0.2
-0.7
2.1
3.0
Eurodollars
Other borrowings 3/
0.1
1.2
3.0
1.6
4.0
1.9
4.5
2.4
-1.0
2.5
Nonbank commercial paper
0.2
0.8
1.1
0.9
0.3
Past
Month
Oct. '79
over
Sept. '79
1.1
Concepts of Money
11.3
Bank Credit
Loans and investments of
all commercial banks 2/
Managed Liabilities of Banks
(Monthly average change in
billions)
Memo
Other than interbank and U.S. Government.
Includes loans sold to affiliates and branches.
Primarily Federal funds purchases and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase
NOTE: All items are based on averages of daily figures, except for data on total loans
and investments of commercial banks, commercial paper, and thrift institutions--which are
derived from either end-of-month or Wednesday statement date figures. Growth rates for
reserve measures in this and subsequent tables are adjusted to remove the effect of
discontinuities from breaks in the series when reserve requirements are changed.
1/
2/
3/
Prospective developments
(11)
At its last meeting, the Committee decided on a target
rate of growth in M-1 from September to December on the order of 4
associated with growth in M-2 of about 7½ percent.
percent,
The Committee also
indicated that somewhat slower rates of growth were acceptable.
Of the
alternatives shown below for Committee consideration, alternative B involves
a November-December growth rate for M-1 that achieves a 4½ percent rate of
expansion from September to December, but with an accompanying M-2 growth
above the Committee's earlier target.
Alternative C is based on a lower
M-1 growth rate, and includes an M-2 growth closer to, though still above,
the Committee's earlier objective.
in the aggregates.
Alternative A involves more rapid growth
Because only six weeks are left before the end of the
year, monetary growth rates for the year 1979 may not be substantially
affected by alternative policy courses, although these policies would
have an immediate influence on credit conditions and on the trajectory
of monetary growth entering the new year.
(The tables on pp. 9 and 10
show more detailed figures, including growth rates for the year).
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
Annual growth rates for
November-December 1/
M-1
6
5½
4½
M-2
9½
9
8¼
M-3
8
7½
7
Federal funds rate range between
now and next FOMC meeting
(mid-December)
10½ to 15½
11½ to 15½
11½ to 16
Implied quarterly growth rates
(measured from Sept. to Dec.)
M-1
5
4½
3¾
M-2
M-3
9¼
8
8¾
7½
8¼
7¼
1/ For convenience in communication under a reserve operating target,
monetary growth rates are expressed as point estimates, rather than a
range.
Alternative Levels and Growth Rates for Key Monetary Aggregates
M-1
M-2
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
Alt. A
378.6
378.9
382.4
378.6
378.7
381.4
383.3
953.4
944.0
952.5
384.2
378.6
378.8
382.0
383.8
938.6
944.2
1980
October
November
December
January
960.4
959.7
958.6
1978
QIV
361.0
361.0
361.0
873.2
873.2
873.2
1979
QI
QII
QIII
QIV
359.1
365.9
374.8
380.0
359.1
365.9
374.8
379.8
359.1
365.9
877.1
896.0
922.8
877.1
896.0
922.8
945.0
877.1
896.0
922.8
944.6
1979
374.8
379.6
945.4
Alt.
B
938.6
Alt. C
938.6
943.7
951.1
Growth Rates
Quarterly Average:
1979
QI
QII
QIII
QIV
-2.1
7.6
9.7
5.5
-2.1
7.6
9.7
5.3
-2.1
7.6
9.7
5.1
1.8
8.6
12.0
9.8
1.8
8.6
12.0
9.6
1.8
8.6
12.0
9.4
Annual:
QIV '78-QIV '79
FOMC Target Growth
5.3
8.3
3 to 61
5 to 8
1/ The staff has assumed that over the longer-run policy period from QIV '78 to QIV '79
M-l growth will be reduced by about 1-1/2 percentage points by ATS.
-10Alternative Levels and Growth Rates for Key Monetary Aggregates (cont'd)
Bank Credit
M-3
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
1980
October
November
December
January
1604.4
1612.6
1625.8
1636.4
1604.4
1612.4
1624.6
1635.5
1604.4
1612.0
1623.1
1634.3
1133.6
1141.8
1151.5
1162.0
1133.6
1141.6
1151.0
1161.0
1133.6
1141.4
1150.5
1160.0
1978
QIV
1492.7
1492.7
1492.7
1009.2
1009.2
1009.2
1979
QI
QII
1510.3
1540.0
1580.5
1614.3
1510.3
1540.0
1580.5
1613.8
1510.3
1540.0
1580.5
1613.2
1044.2
1073.6
1109.6
1142.3
1044.2
1073.6
1109.6
1142.1
1044.2
1073.6
1109.6
4.7
7.9
10.5
8.6
4.7
7.9
10.5
8.4
4.7
7.9
10.5
8.2
13.7
11.3
13.4
11.8
13.7
11.3
13.4
11.7
13.7
11.3
13.4
11.6
13.2
13.2
13.1
1979
QIII
QIV
1141.8
Growth Rates
Quarterly Average:
1979
QI
QII
QIII
QIV
Annual:
QIV '78-QIV '79
FOMC Target Growth
8.1
6 to 9
7
to 10k
-11(12)
Alternative B involves acceleration in money growth rates
over the balance of the year from their recent pace, with M-1 expanding
at a 5
percent annual rate on average in November and December and M-2
at a 9 percent rate.
Since the latest data suggest that M-1 in mid-
November is quite low relative to path, a considerable spurt of M-1 growth
in the last half of November and in December is needed to achieve the
objective in this alternative.
This would probably be reflected mainly
in a rapid December growth rate.
(13)
The staff would expect that expansion in the aggregates
as specified under alternative B could be attained by growth (at annual
rates) in the family of reserve measures over November and December as
follows: monetary base, 7
percent; total reserves,7 percent; and non-
borrowed reserves, 15 percent. For purposes of constructing the nonborrowed
reserve path, given the current discount rate, member bank borrowings
were assumed to average $1
billion, the same initial assumption as
adopted by the Committee in early October.
(14)
The increase in M-1 targeted over the balance of the quarter
is consistent with the expected transactions demand for money over the
fourth quarter as a whole, given the GNP projections.
The federal funds
rate under this alternative probably would be around the 13 percent level
early in the period and it might go a bit lower as the period progresses.
If bearish economic news tends to cumulate, interest rates generally might
drop rather substantially and in practice there may also be some sympathetic
further downward pressure on the funds rate.
But any drop in market rates
in general, and concomitant decline in the federal funds rate, would tend
to be more sustained and deeper if economic activity and/or demand for
money in the fourth quarter were substantially weaker than the staff
has projected.
On the other hand, of course, a stronger pace of
-12economic activity and/or inflation than is being projected would probably
be associated with strengthening money demand, stronger bank credit demands,
and renewed upward pressures on the funds rate.
(15)
Bank credit growth is likely to remain near its recent
reduced pace over the weeks ahead, with business loan growth at a more
moderate pace as inventory growth slows further, with consumer loan
growth remaining at a reduced pace in view of already high debt burdens
and the extended decline in real personal income, and with real estate
loan growth beginning to slack off as housing demand weakens.
Bank
acquisitions of securities could pick up, however, especially if the
market becomes even more convinced that the peak in interest rates for
this cycle has been reached.
(16)
Pressures on thrift institutions are unlikely to ease over
the next few weeks under alternative B.
However, if the funds rate drops
a little, and corporate bond yields do decline, mortgage rates could edge
off.
A stabilized market atmosphere would make thrift institutions less
hesitant to commit funds to the mortgage market.
It is not likely,
though, that mortgage market conditions will improve markedly unless
short-term market rates drop significantly and/or adjustments favorable
to thrift institutions are made in deposit ceiling rates.
(17)
The specifications of alternative C involve slower growth
in the monetary aggregates than alternative B, as indicated in the table
in paragraph (11).
Such growth rates would be consistent with expansion
in the monetary base and total reserves over November-December at annual
rates of 7
and 6
percent, respectively.
Given the expected demand for
money, this alternative is likely to be associated with either no change
or some rise in market rates.
On the assumption that adoption of this
-13alternative would mean that the Committee desires greater assurance that
growth rates for the aggregates will not be excessive, the upper limit of
the proposed funds rate range has been raised slightly from that of
alternative B.
Consistent with such an approach, the nonborrowed reserve
path for this alternative has been constructed on the assumption that
borrowings average a shade under $2 billion, implying growth in nonborrowed
reserves of around 8¾ percent over November and December--considerably
less than the alternative B pace.
be around 13
The funds rate initially would probably
percent, or a bit higher, given the present discount rate.
If
the discount rate were raised, in light of a continuing relatively wide gap
between the discount and federal funds rates, additional nonborrowed reserves
would have to be provided unless the Committee wished to tolerate further
upward pressures on market rates--a decision that might depend in part
on the behavior at the time of monetary aggregates, total reserves, and
the monetary base.
(18)
Adoption of alternative C would probably lead to some
rebound in market interest rates, as expectations that interest rates had
already peaked were disappointed.
Pressures on thrift institutions would
be somewhat more intense than under alternative B, mortgage rates would
probably rise a little further, and the bank prime rate would also be under
further upward pressure.
Any increase of interest rates might be quite modest
in magnitude and short-lived, however, if business news were adverse.
Nevertheless, the higher rate levels than under alternative B would tend
to hold down money demanded in early 1980, implying a decline of
interest rates early in the new year if the Committee wishes to provide
-14the reserves needed to keep M-1 in the first quarter of next year on the
midpoint of its longer-run growth path--assumed for these purposes to be
a 6 percent rate of growth.1/
(19)
Provision of reserves needed to attain the specifications
for the monetary aggregates presented under alternative A would appear
to involve an easing in money market conditions.
The growth in the
monetary base and total reserves over November and December implied by
that alternative--at 7¾ and 7½ percent, annual rates, respectively--are
only slightly more rapid than under alternative B.
However, growth in
nonborrowed reserves, at over a 20 percent annual rate, would be considerably more rapid.
Such growth is consistent with an initial decline
in the funds rate to around 12
percent and a drop in member bank borrowing
to around $1 billion or so, given the prevailing 12 percent discount rate.
The funds rate range proposed for this alternative is 10½ to 15½ percent,
involving a reduction in the lower limit as compared with alternative B.
(20)
The approach to open market operations of alternative A
would exert considerably downward pressure on market interest rates generally
as more and more participants came to believe rates had peaked.
This decline
of interest rates would ease cost pressures on banks and thrift institutions,
but would not, given present ceiling rates, substantially increase deposit
flows to thrifts, relative to alternative B, even if the funds rate began to
approach its 10½ percent alternative A lower limit.
1/
The Committee at its July meeting decided that growth of the aggregates
in 1980 would be within the same ranges as for 1979, although with
certain qualifications for changing economic conditions and institutional
changes. The 1979 range of 1½ to 4½ percent for M-1 assumed that ATS
effects would depress M-1 growth by 3 percentage points. It now appears
that ATS effects will be negligible in 1980, implying a 4½ to 7½ percent
M-1 range, centering on 6 percent.
-15(21)
The monetary aggregates targeted over the last two months
of the year under alternative A would not lead to growth in the monetary
aggregates for the year 1979 very much different from that of alternative B,
but the lower interest rates associated with this alternative might tend to
moderate the expected recession in economic activity and tend to increase
the quantity of money demanded in early 1980.
A reasonable implication
of this alternative, therefore, might be a policy in early 1980 that supplied
somewhat more reserves and money than consistent with the assumed 6 percent
midpoint of the Committee's longer-term target for 1980.
Such a policy
early next year would, in turn, imply the need for more constraint on
money growth as the year progressed.
(22)
With regard to effects of monetary policy choices on exchange
markets, some decline of interest rates here might lead to downward pressures
on the exchange value of the dollar, but such pressures probably would not
be significant unless the decline in interest rates were substantial and
accompanied by an acceleration of inflation or of the monetary aggregates.
A rise of interest rates here may help the dollar on exchange markets, but
any tendency for the dollar to rise would be limited to the extent that
other countries raised interest rates or moderated, through exchange market
intervention, declines in the value of their own currencies.
Of course,
exchange market developments over the near-term may be most affected by
further economic and political developments in the Middle East.
-16-
Directive language
(23)
Given below are suggested operational paragraphs for
the directive consistent with the form of the directive adopted at
the meeting on October 6. It calls for restraining expansion of
reserve aggregates to a pace consistent with the desired rates of growth
in M-1, M-2, and M-3 in the fourth quarter of 1979, provided that the
federal funds rate on a weekly average basis remains within a specified
range.
The range for the funds rate adopted on October 6 is shown in
strike-through form.
In the short run, the Committee seeks to restrain expansion
of reserve aggregates to a pace consistent with deceleration in
growth of M-1, M-2, and M-3 in the fourth quarter of 1979 to rates
that would hold growth of these monetary aggregates over the whole
period from the fourth quarter of 1978 to the fourth quarter of
1979 within the Committee's longer-run ranges, provided that
in the period before the next regular meeting the weekly average
federal funds rate remains within a range of 15½]
to
[DEL:
11½
____
The Committee
percent. [DEL:
____
TO
need for
the
will consider
that operations to
appears
it
sypplementary-instructions if
maintain
would
aggregates
reserve
of
restrain expansion
federal
rate
funds
IF
the
near the upper
limit
range.]
its
of
IT APPEARS DURING THE PERIOD BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING THAT
THE CONSTRAINT ON THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE IS
OBJECTIVE FOR THE EXPANSION OF RESERVES,
OPERATIONS IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE
THE MANAGER FOR DOMESTIC
PROMPTLY TO NOTIFY THE CHAIRMAN WHO WILL THEN DECIDE
WHETHER THE SITUATION CALLS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS FROM
THE COMMITTEE.
Appendix I
Implied Velocity Growth Rates
Alt. A
Alt. B
Alt. C
QI
12.3
12.3
12.3
QII
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.4
0.9
1.6
QI
QII
8.3
-2.0
8.3
-2.0
8.3
-2.0
QIII
-1.2
-1.2
-1.2
QIV
-2.9
-2.8
-2.6
V-I (GNP/M-1)
1979
QIII
QIV
V-2 (GNP/M-2)
1979
NOV. 16, 1979
Table 1
Money and Credit Aggregate Measures
Period
Total
ank Reserves
Credit
Nonborrowed
Loans
and
Monetary
Base
Money Stock Measures
Total
M-1
M-2
M-l+
M-3
M-4
M-5
M-6
M-7
Investments
2
1
3
-
4
11
1
IATES OF I IRWH
1ROWTH)
PER CENT ANNUAL
I
ANNUALLY:
1976
1977
1978
0.7
5.3
6.7
0.9
3.1
6.8
6.7
8.3
9.1
7.5
11.1
13.5
5.8
12.6
7.9
7.2
9.3
5.4
10.9
9.8
8.4
12.7
11.7
7.6
5.6
7.6
5.7
8.8
9.0
12.5
13.6
8.0
6.1
6.2
4.4
7.7
8.8
-6.1
4.8
12.8
2.7
-0.6
-1.6
10.2
11.7
10.5
9.9
11.5
10.2
9.9
11.6
11.4
8.3
9.9
10.0
10.4
10.0
9.8
11.3
10.8
5.2
6.3
5.5
6.9
9.4
4.7
7.1
7.7
8.7
8.4
10.9
9.3
7.1
10.1
10.4
SEMI-ANNUALLY:
1ST HALF 1978
2ND HALF 1978
1ST HALF 1979
QUARTERLY:
-3.9
4TH QTR. 1978
0.7
2.6
7.3
12.7
0.6
1ST QTR. 1979
2ND QTR, 1979
3RD QTR. 1979
QUARTERLY-AV:
-4.5
-3.9
10.6
-5.8
-8.3
11.7
4.2
4.7
12.5
13.3
11.9
15.8
-2.4
11.1
9.5
-5.2
7.2
8.0
1.7
11.3
12.2
4.6
9.2
10.8
2.5
4.4
12.4
5.0
5.1
11.0
6.2
6.8
9.8
8.5
9.1
12.7
7.6
9.3
9.3
10.2
9.7
11.1
4.5
3.5
9.3
6.2
4.8
9.0
7.1
6.7
8.5
9.7
8.8
11.2
1978
2.4
4.7
8.5
13.9
4.1
2.7
1ST QTR. 1979
2ND QTR. 1979
3RD QTR. 1979
-3.0
-5.0
6.3
-3.4
-8.8
8.2
5.6
4.0
9.8
:13.7
11.3
13.4
-2.1
7.6
9.7
-5.0
3.7
8.2
1.8
8.6
12.0
4.7
7.9
10.5
5.1
-2.9
0.0
-1.2
14.1
-4.9
8.0
5.9
7.9
14.1
15.4
8.3
1.7
-2.0
2.0
0.8
-4.3
-1.2
6.4
4.8
2.9
8.7
6.7
5.6
5.9
12.9
4.1
8.3
11.6
6.1
7.2
10.0
7.9
8.5
12.7
11.2
5.6
-21.2
2.1
-5.5
-4.7
-1.5
12.7
7.2
11.5
20.7
1.8
-20.9
1.6
8.5
-0.6
12.9
18.7
4.8
3.2
6.2
11.2
12.1
-7.8
-6.8
-1.0
11.4
-2.1
12.3
10.2
6.5
7.2
-4.6
2.9
-3.5
-5.0
-3.7
1.3
17.7
0.7
14.8
10.4
6.8
11.2
2.5
3.8
4.1
-0.4
7.7
-0.5
6.0
11.5
11.5
13.8
11.3
5.6
5.7
3.5
7.0
1.3
7.1
10.6
10.4
11.8
6.5
6.1
6.1
9.2
3.1
8.0
9.5
8.7
11.0
8.4
9.0
8.4
7.9
11.0
5.7
10.4
12.1
11.6
13.8
11.3
4TH QTR.
MONTHLY:
1978--OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
1979--JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.P
OCT. P
1/
2/
P -
-30.3
9.1
20.7
10.0
4.2
1.1
13.9
7.9
13.9
8.8
12.6
13.4
11.6
21.7
10.6
7.6
4.7
BASED ON DATA ADJUSTED FOR CHANGES IN RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
BASED ON QUARTERLY AVERAGE DATA.
PRELIMINARY
I
-1.1
2.3
3.8
14.1
5.4
14.2
12.9
11.0
12.2
8.6
4.8
6.2
10.5
4.9
11.9
11.4
10.0
10.9
7.5
.a
9.3
a
---
- ---
Table 2
NOV.
16,
1979
Money and Credit Aggregate Measures
Dollars
of
Seasonally Adjusted, Billions
lank Reserves 1/
Meney Stack Measures
k
Tot al
Period
Total
_____
borrowed
Base
and
M- 1
n st-
__
M-1+
M-2
M
3
M-4
M-5
M-6
M-7
__
ments
ANNUALLY
37,242
39,179
41,572
37,189
38r610
40,703
120,801
130,896
142,682
808.1
895.9
1018.1
313.8
338.7
361.2
517.2
560.6
587.2
740.6
809.4
875.8
1235.6
1374.3
1500.1
803.0
883.1
972.4
1298.0
1448.0
1596.7
1436.1
1601.8
1762.6
1483.8
1658.1
1848.0
1978--OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
41,674
41,573
41,572
40,397
40,870
40,703
141,052
141,749
142,682
998.3
1011.1
1018.1
361.2
360.6
361.2
589.9
587.8
587.2
870.2
873.7
875.8
1484.8
1493.1
1500.1
958.8
969.1
972.4
1573.4
1588.6
1596.7
1736.7
1751.1
1762.6
1811.8
1830.9
1848.0
1979--JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
41,767
41,028
41,100
40,764
40,055
40,109
143,688
143,619
144,178
1034.5
1045.6
1052.5
359.7
358.6
359.0
583.4
875.0
580.1
579.6
876.7
879.5
1503.7
1509.7
1517.5
975.5
978.8
978.5
1604.2
1611.8
1616.5
1772.1
1781.1
1790.1
1861.8
1874.8
1887.1
APR.
MAY
JUNE
40,910
40,749
40,697
39,993
38,984
39,279
144,749
145,129
145,877
1064.7
1072.5
1083.8
364.3
364.5
369.0
585.1
584.1
590.1
889.8
893.8
904.4
1530.8
1537.0
1552.3
984.8
1803.8
1808.5
1820.5
1904.4
1913.4
989.3
1625.9
1627.6
1637.2
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
41,127
41,375
41,771
39,957
40,290
40,430
147,240
148,725
150,444
1095.9
1106.5
1126.5
372.2
374.3
377.8
595.1
598.3
601.9
914.1
922.5
931.9
1567.0
1580.0
1594.4
998.8
1008.4
1020.0
1651.7
1666.0
1682.4
1834.9
1848.2
1865.1
1949.5
1968.4
1991.1
OCT.
42,492
40,468
151,776
1133.6
378.6
599.6
938.6
1604.4
1029.6
1695.5
1878.2
2009.8
1979-SEPT. 19
26
41,830
42,041
40,068
40,882
150,303
150,702
377.3
377.7
601.6
600.8
931.6
932.8
1019.9
1021.8
OCT.
3P
o0P
17P
24P
31P
42,177
42,324
42,530
42,063
43,185
41,058
41,386
41,000
39,103
40,129
151,375
151,539
151,751
151,208
152,794
379.7
380.5
378.7
376.9
376.2
602.4
603.2
600.5
597.1
594.6
936.7
939.6
938.7
937.1
937.8
1025.9
1029.5
1029.7
1029.0
1030.3
NOV.
7P
14P
42,635
42,272
40,707
40,415
152,390
151,953
379.2
377.4
595.2
592.4
942.2
941.9
1036.1
1976
1977
1978
MONTHLY:
984.4
1930.0
WEEKLY:.
&
1036.1
1
_
h~
A
I
.1A.
NOTES
MEEKLY DATA ARE DAILY AVERAGES FOR STATEMENT WEEKS.
MONTHLY DATA ARE DAILY AVERAGES.
WEEKL Y OATA ARE
M3, MS, M6, NT, TOTAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS AND THRIFT INSTITUTION DEPOSITS.
1/ BASED ON DATA ADJUSTED FOR CHANGES IN RESERVE REQUIREMENTS. DATA SHOWN IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
P - PRELIMINARY
__ _
_
_
NOT AVAILABLE FOR
NOV. 16,
Table 3
1979
Components of Money Stock and Related Measure
Priod
Currncy
Demand
Dmand
1
2
Total
4
5
6
Other
Private
Short Term
Savings
U.S.Gov't Short-term
BondsSecurities
Assets
U
1/
Mutual
Time and Savings Deposits
OSavings
Other Than CDs
ToaDeposits
T
l |CDs
h
Other
Savings
Total
Bank &
Sa&
Shares .
7
8
Credit
Union
Shares
9
10
11
12
(Per cent annual rates of growth)
ANNUALLY
-23.3
12.8
32.8
15.4
14.0
10.2
17.8
19.5
15.0
6.9
6.6
5.4
7.1
12.6
8.9
12.1
13.5
46.7
11.7
18.4
42.6
19.0
8.5
11.5
17.0
12.0
6.3
4.3
12.5
4.9
50.9
33.9
-6.3
17.4
-7.1
8.2
4.5
0.7
39.5
62.2
7.7
4.0
6.2
69.3
1.5
9.8
19.8
0.0
0.0
0.5
36.1
54.9
41.7
51.5
-2.7
60.3
9.5
9.3
10.0
4.6
7.4
6.1
8.1
11.4
12.4
15.0
11.2
9.4
25.0
11.1
2.2
1ST HALF 1978
2ND HALF 1978
9.3
10.2
7.6
4.5
12.2
12.0
7.6
10.7
2.9
1.5
1ST HALF 1979
8.7
0.6
4.8
6.9
7.7
1976
1977
1978
7.5
11.4
15.6
SEMI-ANNUALLY:
QUARTERLY:
9.7
4TH QTR. 1978
1ST QTR. 1979
2ND QTR. 1979
3RD QTR. 1979
7.8
8.5
13.4
-2.7
11.9
-5.3
18.1
36.6
-6.4
12.3
8.2
5.4
0.5
14.1
4.6
11.5
14.0
-9.5
0.2
5.3
15.6
19.4
19.9
9.9
-57.0
15.1
1.7
12.3
10.2
0.2
18.2
25.0
11.8
10.1
4.0
7.3
44.4
29.9
-41.0
-17.7
9.6
6.7
7.5
0.8
8.3
19.3
1.5
0.0
0.0
29.2
46.4
8.0
66.9
49.2
58.3
12.5
9.8
9.5
9.2
4.6
9.1
4.5
3.0
4.5
-11.4
-14.4
45.3
41.3
1.5
-1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.5
28.1
19.2
58.2
55.5
38.2
27.5
-1.2
-11.7
4.7
-1.2
61.9
53.5
42.3
44.5
50.1
53.8
55.9
10.7
9.5
5.9
8.0
QUARTERLY-AV:
4TH QTR. 1978
10.6
1ST QTR. 1979
2ND QTR. 1979
3RD QTR. 1979
9.1
8.1
11.1
-6.2
7.5
9.2
1978--OCT.
NOV.
DEC.
7.6
10.0
11.2
-0.9
-5.9
1979--JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APR.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.P
OCT. P
8.6
8.6
6.1
9.7
6.0
9.5
10.6
14.1
15.1
4.6
8.4
1.2
9.0
4.5
9.3
13.6
-9.6
-3.1
5.5
15.6
18.5
19.2
-1.4
8.5
21.7
5.3
10.0
9.4
3.5
-0.5
-8.5
-7.0
18.5
23.7
11.2
1.4
92.1
15.1
-10.0
-8.3
-0.9
21.3
-1.4
16.8
10.3
4.0
10.2
0.9
9.0
8.6
-1.4
2.1
-1.4
0.8'
12.2
14.6
15.1
16.6
1.6
6.5
5.6
11.8
8.7
13.6
14.8
13.7
12.9
12.8
-11.8
-12.0
-4.9
0.0
-7.2
7.8
9.4
6.6
0.0
12.8
20.0
13.6
19.8
19.9
17.6
18.1
19.4
21.2
32.0
48.4
19.1
-36.4
-48.5
-55.6
-75.5
MONTHLY:
If/'MUNI
*
HflkTS
ARE
B*A
B
UN
CtbInf
PREVIOUS MONTH REPORTED DATA.
2/ BASED ON QUARTERLY AVERAGE DATA.
P - PRELIMINARY.
ltu
MUNIHLT
AVhKAbk
-16.9
WaA"
Ap- Lf-% 9-1MILI
-2.8
17.0
30.7
40.9
L
9.7
9.6
8.9
5.5
3.9
8.1
7.9
7.2
8.8
6.3
I
-4.5
-6.8
16.0
6.8
4.5
17.8
24.2
21.5
12.7
4.2
I
r
75.0
81.1
58.
I
57.9
53.3
Table 4
NOV.
16,
1979
Components of Money Stock and Related Measures
Mutual Credit
Savings
Union Svings
&Bank
S&L Shares Bonds
Savings Debsltt
Time and Tm
Currency Demand
Deposits
Period
Other Than CDs
o
1.
2
3
Total
,'o
4
Savings
.
5
Other
CDs
4
7
1j
Shares
8
9
1
ShortTerm
U.S.
Gov't
Other
Private
Short
term
Total
Non 1
Gov't
Deposit
Funds Demand
Sec _
AssetsV/
10
11
12
I
I Deposits
4
13
ANNUALLY:
80.8
88.6
97.5
233.0
250.1
263.7
489.2
544.4
611.2
426.7
470.7
514.6
202.1
219.7
223.0
224.7
251.0
291.5
62.4
73.7
96.6
456.1
518.3
571.2
38.9
46.6
53.1
71.9
76.6
80.6
66.2
77.2
85.3
47.7
56.3
85.3
54.6
61.8
84.9
11.4
11.7
15.4
MONTHLY:
1978--0CT.
NOV.
DEC.
95.8
96.6
97.5
265.3
264.0
263.7
597.7
608.5
611.2
509.1
513.1
514.6
225.9
224.3
223.0
283.2
288.8
291.5
88.6
95.4
96.6
562.1
566.7
571.2
52.5
52.7
53.1
80.1
80.3
80.6
83.2
82.2
85.3
75.2
79.9
85.3
85.0
82.5
84.9
20.1
21.0
15.4
1979--JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
98.2
98.9
99.4
261.5
259.7
259.5
615.8
620.2
619.5
515.3
518.1
520.5
220.8
218.6
217.7
294.6
299.5
302.9
100.5
102.1
99.0
575.8
580.4
584.7
52.9
52.6
53.3
80.7
80.6
80.6
87.3
88.7
93.0
89.7
93.7
97.0
83.1
95.8
100.8
14.7
10.2
9.4
1976
1977
1978
APR.
MAY
JUNE
100.2
100.7
101.5
264.1
263.8
267.5
620.6
619.9
620.3
525.6
529.4
535.4
217.7
216.4
217.8
307.9
313.0
317.6
95.0
90.6
84.9
587.4
589.3
593.3
53.6
53.8
54.6
80.6
80.6
80.6
97.3
100.4
102.7
100.6
104.8
109.5
104.9
111.2
115.8
8.1
9.3
13.8
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.P
102.4
103.6
104.9
269.8
270.7
273.0
626.6
634.2
642.2
542.0
548.2
554.1
219.5
220.7
220.7
322.4
327.6
333.4
84.7
85.9
88.1
597.2
600.8
605.2
55.7
56.7
57.3
80.6
80.6
80.7
102.6
101.6
102.0
114.6
120.2
126.0
119.5
130.3
138.6
16.0
15.9
15.8
OCT. P
105.3
273.2
651.1
560.0
217.6
342.3
91.1
608.4
57.5
80.8
101.9
131.6
140.1
15.6
1979-SEPT. 12
19
26
104.4
104.7
104.8
273.8
272.6
272.9
640.3
642.7
644.1
553.1
554.3
555.1
221.9
220.9
219.7
331.2
333.4
335.4
87.2
88.4
89.0
15.6
15.5
17.6
OCT.
3P
10P
1/P
24P
31P
105.3
105.4
105.2
105.2
105.6
274.4
275.1
273.5
271.7
270.6
646.2
649.0
650.9
652.1
654.2
557.0
559.2
560.0
560.2
561.6
219.3
219.4
218.4
216.8
215.1
337.7
339.8
341.7
343.4
346.6
89.2
89.9
90.9
91.9
92.5
15.7
12.2
16.3
17.7
16.4
NOV.
TP
105.9
273.3
656.9
562.9
212.6
350.3
93.9
11.0
WEEKLY:
1/
2/
ai
I
I
I
I
ESTIMATED MONTHLY AVERAGE LEVELS DERIVED BY AVERAGING END OF CURRENT MONTH AND END OF PREVIOUS MONTH REPORTED DATA.
INCLUDES PRIVATE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL INVESTORS'
HOLDINGS OF COMMERCIAL PAPER, BANKERS ACCEPTANCES, SECURITY RP'S AND
MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND SHARES.
3/
BORROWINGS BY BANKS FROM OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN THE FORM OF FEDERAL FUNDS PURCHASED, SECURITIES SOLD UNDER
AGREEMENTS TO REPURCHASE, AND OTHER LIABILITIES FOR BORROWED MONEY. PLUS NET LIABILITIES TO RELATED FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS,
(NET EURODOLLAR BORROWINGS), LOANS SOLD TO AFFILIATES, LOAN RPS, AND OTHER MINOR ITEMS.
4/
INCLUDES TREASURY DEMAND DEPOSITS AT COMMERCIAL BANKS AND FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND TREASURY NOTE BALANCES.
P - PRELIMINARY
-
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
TABLE 5
SELECTED INTEREST RATES
(percent)
Federal
funds
Short-Term
CDs
Treasury Bills
Secondary
Market
Auction Market
3-mo
1-yr
6-mo
90-day
(5)
(3)
(4)
(2)
Co.
Paper
90
Day*
(6)
Bank
P e
Rat
CLASS II
- FOMC
NOVEMBER 16,
U.S. Govt. Constant
Maturity Yields
3-yr
7-yr
20-yr
Long-Term
Corp.-Aaa
Utility
New
Recently
Issue
Offered
(12)
(11)
Municipal
Bond
Buyer
(13)
1979
Ho e Mortgages
Secondary Market
mary
FNMA
GNMA
on
Auc;
Sec.
(16)
(14)
(15)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
1978--High
Low
10.25
6.58
9.30
6.16
9.62
6.55
9.58
6.42
10.96
6.76
10.52
6.68
11.57
7.75
9.59
7.40
9.22
9,00
8.01
9.30
8.61
9.54
8.48
6,67
5.58
10.38
8.98
10.60
9.13
9.68
8.43
1979--High
Low
15.61
9.93
12.60
8.85
11.89
8.64
12.65
8.87
14.53
9.84
14.26
9.66
15.46
11.50
11.83
8.78
11.09
10.56
8.79
11.51
9.40
11.45
8.74
9.39
7.38
6.08
12.85
10.38
13.29
10.42
11.77
9.51
1978--Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
8.96
9.76
10.03
7.99
8.64
9.08
8.45
9.20
9.44
8.49
9.20
9.40
9.45
10.72
10.72
8.98
10.14
10.37
9.94
10.94
11.55
8.62
9.04
9.33
8.64
8.80
9.03
8.69
8.75
8.90
9.17
9.27
9.28
9.13
9.27
9.41
6.13
6.19
6.51
9.86
10.11
10.35
10.03
10.30
10.50
9.25
9.39
9.38
1979--Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
10.07
10.06
10.09
9.35
9.32
9.48
9.54
9.39
9.38
9.50
9.35
9.46
10.51
10.19
10.13
10.25
9.95
9.90
11.75
11.75
11.75
9.50
9.29
9.38
9.14
9.11
9.15
8.98
9.03
.9.08
9.54
9.53
9.62
9.51
9.56
9.62
6.47
6.31
6.33
10.39
10.41
10.43
10.70
10.54
10.43
9,67
9.67
9.70
Apr.
May
June
10.01
10.24
10.29
9.46
9.61
9.06
9.28
9.27
8.81
9.50
9.53
9.06
10.06
10.16
9.95
9.85
9.95
9.76
11.75
11.75
11.65
9.43
9.42
8.95
9.21
9.23
8.86
9.12
9.21
8.91
9.70
9.83
9.50
9.74
9.84
9.50
6.29
6.25
6.13
10.50
10.69
11.04
10.59
10.84
10.77
9.78
9.89
9.75
July
Aug.
Sept.
10.47
10.94
11.43
9.24
9.52
10.26
8.87
9.16
9.89
9.19
9.45
10.13
10.11
11.89
9.87
10.43
11.63
11.54
11.91
12.90
8.94
9.14
9.69
8.92
9.05
9.38
8.92
8.97
9.21
9.58
9.48
9.93
9.53
9.49
9.87
6.13
6.20
6.52
11.09
11.09
11.30
10.66
10.67
11.09
9.77
9.90
10.31
10.95
10.47
9.99
10.97
10.91
7.08
11.64
12.52
11.25
9.38
9.34
9.37
9.41
9.18
9.19
9.19
9.26
-9.84
9.97
9.98
9.70
9.87
9.92
10.00
6.47
6.49
6.57
6.56
11.20
11.30
11.35
11.35
10.92
10.14
10.36
10.38
10.36
11.66
(I)
13.77
11.70
11.23
11.34
13.66
13.23
14.39
5
12
19
26
11.02
11.30
11.37
11.61
9.91
10.43
10.35
10.12
9.62
9.95
9.94
9.84
9.78
10.29
10.32
10.11
11.39
11.87
12.04
11.91
11.03
11.59
11.76
11.74
12.25
12.68
12.96
13.21
3
10
17
24
31
11.91.
12.00
13.22
15.14
15.61
10.26
11.21
11.61
12.60
12.13
9.95
10.77
11.26
11.89
11.69
10.33
10.66
11.72
12.65
12.19
12.01
12.94
13.59
14.44
14.47
11.71
12.43
13.29
13.79
14.14
13.46
13.79
14.50
14.64
15.00
9.85
10.65
11.01
11.83
11.64
9.58
10.29
10.56
11.09
11.00
9.38
9.85
10.04
10.42
10.44
10.22
10,88
11.05
11.45
11.51
10.25
10.79
11.00
11.36
11.42
6.64
7.12
7.18
7.38
7.26
11.35
11.45
11.75
12.00
12.80r
7
14
21
28
13.77
13.30
12.16
12.11
11.74
11.31
12.09
11.95
14.53
14.28
14.26
14.09
15.25
15.46
11.56
ll.10p
11.03
10.80p
10,56
10.40p
11.50
11.51p
11.45
11.45p
7.27
7.31
12.85
n.a.
13.52
4
. 0p
12.44
11.70
11.76
11.00
---
14.63
14.13
14,21
13.62
15.25
15.50
11,67
6
11.0 p
11.10
8
10.7 p
10.61
10.35p
Oct.
1979--Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Daily--Nov.
10.71
7.72
8
15
1 3
11.25
10.65
11.02
11.21
11.77
11.58
12.60
13.29
-
12.93
11.73
11.51
NOTE: Weekly data for columns 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 are statement week averages of daily data. Weekly data in column 4 are average rates set in the auctions
of 6-month bills that will be issued on the Thursday following the end of the statement week. For columns 8 through 11, the weekly date is the mid-point of
the calendar week over which data are averaged.
Columns 12 and 13 are 1-day quotes for Friday and Thursday, respectively, following the end of the statement
week, Column 14 is an average of contract interest rates on commitments for conventional first mortgages with 80 percent loan-to-value ratios made by a sample
of insured savings and loan associations on the Friday following the end of the statement week. Column 15 gives FNMA auction data for Monday preceding the end
of the statement week. Column 16 is a 1-day quote for Monday preceding the end of the statement week. The FNMA auction yield is the average yield in bi-weekly
auction for short-term forward commitments for government underwritten mortgages. GNMA yields are average net yields to investors on mortgage-backed securties
for immediate delivery, assuming prepayment in 12 years on pools of 30-year FHA/VA mortgages carrying the coupon rate 50 basis points below the current FHA/VA
ceiling.
* 90-119 day maturity prior to November 1979.
TABLE 6
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS II - FOMC
NOVEMBER 16, 1979
1/
NET CHANGES IN SYSTEM HOLDINGS OF SECURITIES(millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
Treasury
Bills Net
Ceriodhange
2/
c g
period
Treasury Coupons
Net purchases 3/
wi
n
1 year
- 5
5 - 10
Federal Agencies
Net Purchases 4/
Over 10
Total
Toalar
Wih
1 - 5
Net Change
Outright
Net
RPs
5 - 10
Over 10
244
659
460
203
428
104
101
318
138
114
213
24
864
3,082
1,613
891
1,433
127
9,273
6,303
7,267
6,227
10,035
8,724
-46
-154
1,272
3,607
-2,892
-1,774
--
---
-173
--
4,632
-3,283
226
-2,130
-8828
-1,7958,129
680
2,542
-2,019
Total
Holdings
Total 5/
7,232
1,280
-468
863
4,361
870
207
320
337
472
517
1,184
579
797
3,284
3,025
2,833
4,188
500
434
1,510
1,048
758
1,526
129
196
1,070
642
553
1,063
1,415
1,747
6,202
5,187
4,660
7,962
120
439
191
105
--47
400
1,665
824
469
792
45
1978--Qtr. III
Qtr. IV
3,152
-5,072
340
212
774
1,135
349
250
235
247
1,697
1,844
-92
--
-81
-
1979--Qtr. I
Qtr. II
Qtr. III
-3,750
465
5,363
48
42.
395
426
640
'1,289
134
-309
93
-310
700
682
2,302
-170
110
191
-229
258
288
-2
3
---
-399
371
482
1979--May
June
-451
-105
-42
---
---
-42
-110
258
-2
---
-371
-491
275
-2,353
5,840
July
2,252
218
237
96
142
693
191
288
3
--
482
3,427
-1,665
Aug.
Sept.
1,712
1,399
57
120
699
354
140
73
81
87
976
634
--
---
---
---
--
2,687
2,015
-2,279
1,922
-219.
28
703
-
--
731
--
--
--
--
--
59
-2,499
5
12
19
26
107
-200
630
486
-----
-----
----
-----
--
---
--
--
----
-----
107
-218
630
486
-5,531
-5,182
3,396
5,699
3
10
17
24
31
1,333
-970'
103
-240
132
120
-28
--
73
6349
668-63
--
-
--
---
87
-----
---
----
---
---
----
1,2999
-305103
-177
132
-8,223
4,470
400
-483
1,739
7
14
21
-198
1,937
---
--
--
---
---
---
---
--
-198
1,937
-2,903
-643
1.8
4.3
1.4
.7
8.2
126.0
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
Oct.
1979--Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
9/
-.
3549/
668-35
---
-
--
9/
28
LEVEL--Nov. 14
(in billions)
1
47.4
18.7
27.1
12.3
12.4
70.4
Change from end-of-period to end-of-period.
2/
31
Outright transactions in market and with foreign accounts, and redemptions (-) in bill
auctions.
Outright transactions in market and with foreign accounts, and short-term notes acquired in exchange for maturing bills.
maturity shifts, rollovers of maturing coupon issues, and direct Treasury borrowing from the System.
4/
5/
Outright transactions in market and with foreign accounts only.
6/
I/
8/
9/
-4.7
Excludes redemptions,
Excludes redemptions and maturity shifts.
In addition to net purchases of securities, also reflects changes in System holdings of bankers'
System and redemptions (-) of agency and Treasury coupon issues.
Includes changes in both RPs (+) and matched sale-purchase transactions (-).
acceptances,
direct Treasury borrowings from the
The Treasury sold $2,600 million of special certificates to the Federal Reserve on March 31, 1979 and redeemed the last of them on April 4, 1979.
$640 million of 2-year notes were exchanged for a like amount of cash management bills on April 3, 1979.
On April 9, 1979 the bills were exchanged
for new 2-year notes.
On October 1, 1979, $668 million of maturing 2- and 4-year notes were exchanged for a like amount of short-term bills, because the note auctions
were delayed. On October 9 and 10, the bills were exchanged for new 2- and 4 -year notes, respectively.
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (1979, November 19). Bluebook. Bluebooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/bluebook_19791120
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_bluebook_19791120,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Bluebook},
year = {1979},
month = {Nov},
howpublished = {Bluebooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/bluebook_19791120},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}