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NOTES

Title	Release Dates

Excess Reserves of Depository Institutions	1996-12-12	2013-07-10
Excess Reserves of Depository Institutions (DISCONTINUED)	2013-07-11	2013-07-11

Source

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)	1996-12-12	2013-07-11

Release

H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base	1996-12-12	2013-07-11

Units

Billions of Dollars	1996-12-12	2013-07-11

Frequency

Monthly	1996-12-12	2013-07-11

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	1996-12-12	2013-07-11

Notes

Amount of funds held by a depository institution in its account at a Federal Reserve Bank in excess of its required reserve balance and its contractual clearing balance. Excess reserves equals total reserves less required reserves.	1996-12-12	2012-07-11
Excess reserves are those deposits held by depository institutions at the Fed not used to satisfy statutory reserve requirements plus that vault cash held by the same institutions not used to satisfy statutory reserve requirements. Excess reserves equals total reserves less required reserves.	2012-07-12	2013-07-10
Excess reserves are those deposits held by depository institutions at the Fed not used to satisfy statutory reserve requirements plus that vault cash held by the same institutions not used to satisfy statutory reserve requirements. Excess reserves equals total reserves less required reserves. As stated by the source: The concept of Excess reserves, defined as total reserve balances less reserve balance requirements, no longer aligns with the remuneration structure following phase two of the simplification of reserves administration. https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-8562 Nevertheless, to get at the historical concept of Excess reserves using the new H.3 statistical release, take Total reserve balances maintained (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESBALNS) less Reserve balance requirements (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESBALREQ). Alternatively, one can view excess as the amount of balances maintained that satisfy the minimum requirements, which can be calculated by taking Total reserve balances maintained (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESBALNS) less Bottom of penalty-free band (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESBRQBPF).	2013-07-11	2013-07-11