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Monetary Base: Currency in Circulation (MBCURRCIR)

Observations

Jan 2026: 2,434.6
Updated: Feb 24, 2026 12:01 PM CST
Jan 2026:  2,434.6  
Dec 2025:  2,432.0  
Nov 2025:  2,422.6  
Oct 2025:  2,416.9  
Sep 2025:  2,409.9  

Units:

Billions of Dollars,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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Notes

Title Release Dates
Monetary Base; Currency in Circulation 2013-07-11 2024-09-23
Monetary Base: Currency in Circulation 2024-09-24 2026-02-24
 
Source    
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US) 2013-07-11 2026-02-24
 
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 2026-02-24
 
Units    
Millions of Dollars 2013-07-11 2024-09-23
Billions of Dollars 2024-09-24 2026-02-24
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2013-07-11 2026-02-24
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2013-07-11 2026-02-24
 
Notes    
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, (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CURRENCY), which excludes currency held in vaults of depository institutions.

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).

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) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CURRENCY), which excludes currency held in vaults of depository institutions.

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.

Currency in circulation includes Federal Reserve notes and coin outside the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks. 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) (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CURRENCY), which excludes currency held in vaults of depository institutions.

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2024-09-24 2026-02-24

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