Observations

Aug 2026: 5,411.6

Updated: Sep 22, 2026 12:01 PM CDT

Units:

Billions of Dollars,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Monetary Base; Total	2013-07-11	2024-09-23
Monetary Base: Total	2024-09-24	2026-09-22

Source

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)	2013-07-11	2026-09-22

Release

H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base	2013-07-11	2020-09-23
H.6 Money Stock Measures	2020-09-24	2026-09-22

Units

Millions of Dollars	2013-07-11	2024-09-23
Billions of Dollars	2024-09-24	2026-09-22

Frequency

Monthly	2013-07-11	2026-09-22

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2013-07-11	2026-09-22

Notes

The series equals total balances maintained plus currency in circulation.	2013-07-11	2020-09-23
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 (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/h6_technical_qa.htm). The series equals total balances maintained plus currency in circulation.	2020-09-24	2024-09-23
H.6 Technical Q&As (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/h6_technical_qa.htm) posted on August 20, 2020. The monetary base equals currency in circulation plus reserve balances. 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/).	2024-09-24	2026-09-22

Release Tables

H.6 Money Stock Measures

H.6 Money Stock Measures