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February

Strictly Confidential (FR)

1986

Class I FOMC

MONETARY POLICY ALTERNATIVES

Prepared for the Federal Open Market Committee

By the staff

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR) CLASS I - FOMC

February 7,

1986

MONETARY POLICY ALTERNATIVES Recent developments (1)

Ml, which continued to expand rapidly in December, grew only

a little in January.

On average over the two months, M1 has increased at

about a 7 percent annual rate, the lower end of the 7 to 9 percent short-run range for growth from November to March set by the Committee at its last meeting.1

M2 grew at a 4-1/4 percent annual rate over the past two months,

and M3 at 6-3/4 percent, as compared with their 6 to 8 percent ranges for the short-run period.

With regard to experience in 1985 relative to long-run

ranges for the aggregates, M1 grew well above its range for the second half of last year, while M2 and M3 were in the upper portion and near the midpoint of their respective ranges, as shown in the last column of the table on the following page (with the long-run ranges for last year shown in parentheses). (2)

The slowing of M1 growth in January was entirely attributable

to a decline in demand deposits, following their unusually strong expansion during the final two months of last year.

In January OCDs grew near the more

moderate December pace; the removal of the regulatory minimum balance on Super NOW accounts did not have much effect on OCD growth, as depository institutions generally have not liberalized terms on Super NOW accounts to any significant extent.

M2 growth was restrained by a sizable runoff of

overnight RPs that likely reflected a rundown in collateral stemming from reductions in bank holdings of Treasury securities and a continued high level 1. These growth rates and all subsequent data on the monetary aggregates in this Bluebook incorporate annual benchmark and seasonal factor revisions. The revised series are confidential until release around mid-February. The revisions and their effects on growth of M1, M2, and M3 over recent years are described in Appendix A.

KEY MONETARY AGGREGATES 1 (Seasonally adjusted annual rates of growth)

Nov. to Jan.P

QIV '84 to QIV '85

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.P

11.3

12.4

1.3

6.9

12.7 2 (3 to 8)2

5.5

6.8

1.7

4.2

8.6 (6 to 9)

4.7

5.8

7.8

6.8

7.4 (6 to 9-1/2)

Domestic nonfinancial debt

15.7

20.4

n.a.

Bank credit

16.4

16.6

Money and credit aggregates

15.0

13.4 (9 to 12)

15.9

8.8

26.2

15.4 (15.9) 4

Reserve measures Nonborrowed reserves 3

2.1 33.4 18.5 4 4 (17.0) (18.2)

Total reserves

20.0

21.9

4.0

Monetary base

10.1

9.3

5.5

1210 (672)4

819

284

928

1058

1094

Memo:

(18.5)4

13.0 7.4

15.3 8.8

(Millions of dollars)

Adjustment and seasonal borrowing Excess reserves

1. Data for monetary aggregates incorporate benchmark revisions and new seasonal adjustment factors. 2. From QII '85 base. 3. Includes "other extended credit" from the Federal Reserve. 4. Figures in parentheses exclude the effects of borrowing by Bank of New York on November 21. p - Preliminary.

of Treasury balances.

Hwever, M3 growth picked up, as banks' funding needs

remained sizable, and their CD issuance accelerated. (3) The total debt of domestic nonfinancial sectors continued to advance exceptionally rapidly late last year, paced by the explosion of taxexempt debt issuance in advance of proposed tax law changes.

Over the year,

debt grew about 13-1/2 percent; a little more than one percentage point of this total represented the effects of unusual credit demands associated with the retirement of equity in mergers and other corporate restructurings, and about three-fourth of a percentage point is estimated to have resulted from the acceleration of tax-exempt borrowing before year-end. the year, tax-exempt issuance virtually came to a halt.

After the turn of Federal government

debt issuance, which was enlarged late last year by investment of the proceeds from advance refunding issues of state and local governments, off in January.

also dropped

However, credit demands by households and nonfinancial

firms appear to have been relatively well maintained in the early weeks of the year. (4)

Total reserves increased at a 13 percent pace over the Decem-

ber-January period, as transactions accounts continued to grow fairly rapidly, on balance, and excess reserves were unusually high, especially around yearend.

With discount window borrowing declining since November, nonborrowed

reserves grew at an 18-1/2 percent annual rate on average over the last two months (adjusted for borrowing by Bank of New York in November).

The non-

borrowed reserves path was constructed over the intermeeting period on the assumption of $350 million of adjustment plus seasonal borrowing.

Window-

dressing pressures were unusually strong around year end, and both excess reserves and borrowing spiked in the reserve maintenance period ended

January 1.

In the two complete maintenance periods in 1986 borrowing

averaged around $260 million, and through the first eight days of the current statement period it has averaged $225 million. (5)

The federal funds rate moved lower once year-end pressures

subsided, with trading in recent weeks generally in the 7-3/4--7-7/8 percent area, somewhat below its level at the time of the last FOMC meeting.

However,

other short-term rates rose 15 to 20 basis points since that time, mainly reflecting the very recent market response to stronger than expected employment figures.

In longer-term markets, bond yields fluctuated fairly widely over

the intermeeting interval, showing little net change.

They responded to oil

price developments and the cut in the Bank of Japan's discount rate, on the one side, and to the strong employment figures of the past two months and doubts about Gram-Rudman's constitutionality on the other.

Tax-exempt bond

yields were down rather substantially, reflecting the dearth of issuance early this year.

Rates for both fixed and variable rate mortgage commitments

also fell below their levels at the time of the December FOMC meeting, in lagged response to earlier market rate declines. (6)

The trade-weighted average foreign exchange value of the

dollar has fallen 3 percent further on balance since the last FOMC meeting, for a total drop of 12-1/2 percent since the G-5 announcement of September 22.

On a bilateral basis, the dollar has depreciated 4-1/4 percent vis-a-vis

the mark and 5-1/2 percent in terms of the yen since mid-December, bringing its net decline since the G-5 announcement to about 15-1/2 percent against the mark and 20 percent against the yen.

Part of the dollar's intermeeting drop

against these currencies may be attributable to statements by some G-5 authorities since their January consultation suggesting that a further depreciation

-5of the dollar might be acceptable and perhaps welcome.

Sterling, however,

depreciated 2-1/2 percent against the dollar in the intermeeting period in response to falling oil prices.

Long-run targets (7)

Shown below for Committee consideration are alternative

longer-run ranges for the year 1986.

Alternative I represents the tentative

ranges established at the July meeting.

The ranges in alternative II are

generally higher, while those in alternative III are lower for M1 and M2.1 Alt. I

Alt. II

Alt. III

4 to 7

4 to 8

3 to 7

6 to 9

6 to 9-1/2

6 to 9

Debt

8 to 11

9 to 12

8 to 11

5-1/2 to 8-1/2

(8) The ranges of alternative I are roughly consistent with the staff's current GNP projection on the assumption that interest rates, if they decline, drop only moderately. With such a decline in rates, M1 seems

likely to grow near the upper limit of the 4 to 7 percent range, and the velocity of M1 again to drop, though only a bit and much less than last year.

The expectation that M1 expansion will slow substantially this year,

despite some projected pick-up in GNP growth, is based partly on a smaller upward effect on the amount of M1 demanded because of interest rate behavior. But it also depends on the thought that the substantial portion of the quite rapid demand deposit growth of last year unexplained by usual interest rate

or income relationships will not be repeated.

M1 growth could tend to be

reduced further in the degree that velocity shows more strength than expected, either because interest rates turn out to be higher or the public's prefer-

ences for cash diminish appreciably following last year's exceptional buildup in balances.

We have assumed that the removal of minimum balances on MMDAs

For background information, appendix B provides a brief description of monetary ranges recently adopted by key foreign industrial countries.

and Super NOWs and, at the end of March, the lifting of ceiling rates on savings and NOW accounts will have only minimal effects, given the widespread availability for a number of years of other ceiling-free accounts and the relatively small size of previous minimum balance requirements. (9)

Growth of M2 and M3 this year should be reasonably well

within their alternative I ranges,

given the GNP projection.

While slowing

from last year's pace, the growth of debt from Q4 1985 to Q4 1986 is projected a little

above the upper limit of its 8 to 11 percent range.

range of 8-1/2 to 11-1/2 percent would include an upper limit about at the staff's projection using quarterly averages.

The moderation this year in

credit demands by domestic sectors reflects a slowing in tax-exempt borrowing following last year's surge; some projected abatement of corporate debt financing, including for mergers and buyouts, that may in part be a product of the improved stock market; and a deceleration in U.S. government borrowing as fiscal restraint begins to take hold. (10)

The width of the tentative ranges adopted by the Committee

last July is the same for M1 as for the other aggregates.

However, experi-

ence with Ml in recent years and continuing uncertainties about its behavior in varying circumstances,

given institutional changes, suggest that consider-

ation be given to making the M1 range somewhat wider than for M2 or M3. Also, more technically, M1 for now appears to be more interest elastic than the broader aggregates.

Thus, more scope for variation would be required

should exogenous factors--such as fiscal policy, attitudes toward the dollar, or inflationary expectations--affect the demand for goods and services and interest rates by more or less than anticipated.

(The potential impact of

some of these elements is discussed in paragraphs (13) to (15) below.) Assuming little

need to reduce the width of other monetary ranges, a

symmetrical widening of the tentative M1 range suggests 3-1/2 to 7-1/2 percent, or possibly a range of 3 to 8 percent.

The latter is the same as

that adopted for the second half of 1985, but would of course produce twice the leeway in dollar terms over a full year than for a half year. (11)

Alternative II--with ranges allowing more growth for M1, M2,

and debt--may be viewed as consistent with a more stimulative approach to aggregate demand than is embedded in the staff's projection.

Whether such

a policy would risk leading to a significant acceleration of inflation, if not later this year then next, depends in part on how close the present rate of unemployment is to the so-called natural rate--the rate below which wage pressures will increase with feedback effects on prices. also depend on the growth potential of the economy.

It would

If the nation's growth

potential were below, say, 3 percent per annum--taking account of labor force expansion and productivity--a more stimulative monetary policy that led to higher growth would run a greater risk of setting in motion upward price pressures, with assessment of the timing and extent of risk depending on one's view of the level of the natural rate of unemployment. (12)

The third alternative--with lower ranges for M1 and M2--

may be thought of as consistent with taking advantage of a relatively sharp drop in oil prices to secure greater progress in moving toward reasonable price stability.

A significant drop in oil prices would tend for a time

both to increase real growth and to curtail general upward price pressures. If the price of imported oil declines to the $20 per barrel assumed in the GNP projection, the policy enbodied in alternative III would probably lead to somewhat higher real interest rates and lower real growth than under alternative I, but with improved price performance.

It would, however,

exert more pressure for a time on international and domestic debtors (and

-9indirectly on their creditors) by holding interest rates higher than otherwise.

Should oil prices drop noticeably more than currently assumed,

the alternative III approach might well achieve the real growth projected by the staff, or a bit more, as well as better anti-inflationary gains, along with downward pressure on interest rates particularly as inflationary expectations lessen. (13)

In assessing the appropriateness of the monetary alterna-

tives for this year, account also needs to be taken of the possibility that fiscal policy or the behavior of the dollar on exchange markets will differ from staff assumptions, as well as the oil price.

The budget stance for

fiscal year 1986 implicit in Granm-Rudman looks more certain and achievable than is the case for later years.

For fiscal 1987, the staff has assumed

a budget deficit somewhat higher than the Gramm-Rudman limit, but which implies roughly the same swing toward fiscal restraint in terms of the structural deficit (the bulk of the higher actual deficit level stems from a projection of lower GNP growth).

With regard to the exchange value of

the dollar, the staff has assumed a further 5 percent annual rate of decline from its

level at the end of January. (14)

If the fiscal policy and exchange rate assumptions turn out

to be wrong, the odds at this time would appear to favor their being wrong on the side of greater upward price and interest rate pressures.

The

Gramm-Rudman process could break down in practice, particularly if the unconstitutionality of certain aspects is upheld by the Supreme Court.

And

if we are in fact in the midst of an underlying downward adjustment in the dollar to a level more consonant with something like eventual balance in the current account, there would evidently be the potential for a greater dollar decline this year.

Both developments would, if

they occurred, exert

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more upward pressure on prices than in the staff projection--a larger decline in the dollar rather directly and lesser fiscal restraint through enhanced demand pressures.

These effects would be muted if the oil price

at the same time happened to drop by more than currently anticipated. (15)

In general, to the degree that uncertainties about exogenous

fiscal and exchange market developments are more in an inflationary rather than a deflationary direction, this would tend to argue for restraint on the upper limits of the aggregates.

Moreover, should interest rates tend

to rise over the year because of stronger demand and price pressures, the velocity of M1 would probably increase somewhat.

Thus, money growth lower in

the ranges would be required to contain excessively strong demand pressures. On the other hand, if

uncertainties were to be resolved in a deflationary

direction putting interest rates naturally under downward pressure, the maintenance of economic growth would require greater monetary expansion. In particular, a relatively high upper limit for M1 growth may be needed, given its apparently enlarged interest elasticity of demand and the likelihood under those circumstances of a greater decline in its velocity this year than currently anticipated.

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Short-run policy alternatives (16)

The table below presents three alternative specifications

for growth in the monetary aggregates through March, together with associated federal funds rate ranges. chosen at the last meeting.

Growth rates are shown from a November base, as Detailed data, including growth rates from

December to March, are shown on the table and charts on the following pages. Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

7-3/4

6-1/2

5-3/4

5-1/2

6-3/4

6-1/2

5 to 9

6 to 10

Growth from November to March

Associated federal funds rate range (17)

6-1/2 to 10-1/2

Given recent behavior of the aggregates, alternatives A and

B are reasonably consistent with the short-run ranges from November to March adopted at the last meeting-7 to 9 percent annual rate of growth for M1 and 6 to 8 percent for M2 and M3--although the aggregates of B are somewhat lower than A relative to those ranges.

The differences in the alternatives in

that context would be reflected in the degree of near-term bank reserve pressures--with alternative B assuming unchanged pressures and alternative A some easing--and implications for the trajectory of money growth over the months ahead relative to longer-run ranges.

In the tightening alternative C,

both M1 and M2 would be expected to fall short of the December meeting ranges. (18)

The specifications of alternative B envision a continua-

tion of discount window borrowing in a range of $300 to $400 million, with federal funds likely to trade around 7-3/4 percent or a little

higher.

Alternative Levels and Growth Rates for Key Monetary Aggregates M2

07-Feb-86 M3

Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

Alt. A

Alt. B

Alt. C

Alt. A

Alt. B

614.0 619.8 626.2

2537.9 2549.6 2564.0

3163.2 3175.5 3190.8

1986-January 626.9 February 630.4 March 635.7 Monthly Growth Rates 1985-October 5.1 November 11.3 December 12.4

626.9 629.7 634.1

626.9 629.3 633.1

2567.6 2580.9 2601.0

2567.6 2579.6 2598.0

2567.6 2578.5 2595.6

3211.5 3229.4 3248.3

3211.5 3228.4 3245.9

3211.5 3227.6 3244.3

5.1 11.3 12.4

4.2 5.5 6.8

4.8 4.7 5.8

Levels in billions 1985-October November December

Alt. C

1986-January February March Quarterly Ave. Growth 1985-Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1986-Q1

1.3 6.7 10.1 Rates 10.1 10.5 14.5 10.5 7.1

1.3 5.4 8.4

1.3 4.6 7.2

1.7 6.2 9.3

1.7 5.6 8.6

1.7 5.1 8.0

7.8 6.7 7.0

7.8 6.3 6.5

7.8 6.0 6.2

10.1 10.5 14.5 10.5 6.6

10.1 10.5 14.5 10.5 6.3

11.7 6.3 9.5 5.9 5.1

11.7 6.3 9.5 5.9 4.9

11.7 6.3 9.5 5.9 4.7

10.1 5.6 7.6 5.7 6.7

10.1 5.6 7.6 5.7 6.6

10.1 5.6 7.6 5.7 6.5

Long-run period Long-run period

12.7

8.5

7.3

12.7

8.6

7.4

Nov.85 to Mar.86 Dec.85 to Mar.86

7.7 6.1

6.9 5.1

6.4 4.4

6.0 5.8

5.7 5.3

5.4 4.9

6.9 7.2

6.7 6.9

6.5 6.7

Q4 85 to Mar.86

7.6

6.8

6.3

5.9

5.6

5.3

6.8

6.6

6.4

base to Dec.85 base to Q4 85

Tentative 1986 Target Ranges:

4 to 7

6 to 9

Chart 1

ACTUAL M1 AND TENTATIVE TARGET RANGE Bill ions of do I Iars

1 680

-- 670 ACTUAL LEVEL

SSHORT RUN ALTERNATIVES -- 660

650

640

630

620

-- 610

N 1985

J 1986

600

Chart 2

ACTUAL M2 AND TENTATIVE TARGET RANGE Bi II ions of do II ars

12850

2800 -*

ACTUAL LEVEL SHORT RUN ALTERNATIVES 2750

2700

B B

BBG

-- 2650

-- 2600

-- 2550

2500

N 1985

I11 I

J 1986

2450

Chart 3

ACTUAL M3 AND TENTATIVE TARGET RANGE Bill

ions of do Ilars

-3600

ACTUAL LEVEL

SHORT RUN ALTERNATIVES

3500

3400

3300

N 1985

J 1986

3100

3200

Chart 4

ACTUAL DEBT AND TENTATIVE RANGE B I I ions of do lars

17600

ACTUAL LEVEL --- PROJECTED LEVEL

7400

7200

7000

6800

6600

I 0

I N

1985

J 1986

6400

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Growth in M1 would be expected to pick up to near a 7 percent annual rate in February and March, about the same as its December-January average. M1 would be a little

By March

under the upper bound of its tentative 4 to 7 percent

1986 range. (19)

A pickup in M2 growth is expected under alternative B in

February and March, after its sluggish performance in January, as RP behavior ceases to be a drag and core deposits advance more in line with income. Nonetheless,

M2 in March would remain somewhat below the lower bound of its

tentative growth cone for 1986.

Growth in M3 over the remainder of the

quarter is expected to slow a bit from its sion moderates.

January pace as bank credit expan-

M3 in March would be somewhat above the lower end of its

tentative range for this year. (20)

With current reserve pressures unchanged as assumed in alter-

native B, the 3-month Treasury bill rate would trade around 7-1/4 percent, the yield area reached following release of January's employment figures. Bond yields, too, would be likely to fluctuate around very recent levels, though still

sensitive to incoming news about oil prices or the strength

of economic activity.

Underlying demand pressures on credit markets are

expected to show little net change this quarter.

A sharp drop in the growth

of domestic nonfinancial debt is in train, but most of the slowing represents cessation of unusual borrowing activity late last year connected with the special situation in the tax-exempt market.

The recent pace of decline in

the exchange value of the dollar may not continue under alternative B, though if

the dollar is fundamentally tending downward, a significant rise

in the exchange rate is unlikely. (21)

Alternative A assumes a reduction in reserve pressures

associated with adjustment plus seasonal borrowing at the discount window

-14lowered to around $150 million.

Federal funds would probably trade around

the present 7-1/2 percent discount rate or a little of a discount rate cut would probably revive.

less, and expectations

The 3-onth Treasury bill

rate would fall to around 6-3/4 percent or so, and long-term rates would drop.

Rates on large CDs might decline by even more if

concerns about bank

asset quality--recently reinforced to a degree by the drop in oil prices--are relieved a little

by the general decline of interest rates.

Also, bank CD

issuance would be more muted under this alternative by heavier inflows of core deposits and some diversion of business credit demands away from banks as long-term markets become more attractive.

Additional downward pressure on

the dollar would emerge, with the extent depending in part on whether the market comes to anticipate even further easing action--and particularly if key foreign countries do not lower their interest rates. (22)

Under alternative A, M1 growth would be expected to pick up

to about an 8-1/2 percent annual rate over February and March, as interest rates decline.

Growth from the fourth quarter to March in this aggregate

would be at an annual rate of about 7-1/2 percent--somewhat above the tentative longer-run range--and the lower rates would work to sustain money growth in the ensuing months.

The 7-3/4 percent growth of M2 for February

and March under this alternative would be bring this aggregate to around the lower bound of its tentative range by quarter-end. (23)

The exact response of these monetary aggregates,

especially

M1, to the lessening of reserve pressures under alternative A is somewhat difficult to assess.

There would seem to be some risk of a more pronounced

upward thrust to M1 (and perhaps also M2) growth than specified as market rates decline under this alternative.

A further decline of market rates

could bring the spread between short-term market instruments and checkable

-15accounts to quite low levels depending on institutional reactions, with the potential for strong inflows as the opportunity cost of liquidity and safety becomes less practically significant. (24)

Alternative C encompasses a modest firming in reserve condi-

tions, with discount borrowing increasing to $450 to $500 million and federal funds trading consistently somewhat above 8 percent.

The tightening assumed

under this alternative would come as something of a surprise to participants in foreign as well as domestic markets.

Short-term rates would back up

appreciably, and the exchange value of the dollar would partly reverse some of its recent decline.

Long-term rates would also rise, at least in the

short-run, particularly if the current Treasury refunding were not well distributed. (25)

Growth in the monetary aggregates through March under this

alternative would be low relative to the short-run ranges adopted at the previous meeting.

M1 would move further down in its tentative long-run

range, and M2 would remain below its range.

The restraint on the aggregates

would probably continue to some degree into the spring, assuming the higher interest rates were sustained.

Thus, this alternative might be viewed as

most consistent with the long-run ranges of alternative III.

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Directive language 1986 Ranges (26)

Shown below is draft directive language relating to the

Committee's decisions on the longer-run ranges (draft language for the operating paragraph is shown in

(27) below).

Suggested deletions from the

current directive are indicated in strike-through form.

Proposed additions,

shown in caps, refer to M1 uncertainties and the role of the aggregates in policy implementation. The Federal Open Market Committee seeks to foster monetary and financial conditions that will help to reduce inflation further, promote growth in output on a sustainable basis, and contribute to an improved pattern of international transactions. [DEL: In

furtherance of these objectives the

ing

ranges for

reaffirmed

the

yearof

6 to 9-1/2 percent Thefor M3.

Committee at the July-meet6 to 9-percent for M2 and

associated domestic total for range

nonfinancial debt wasreaffirmed at

to12 With percent. respect

te the second to forward moved was base M1, quarter of 1985

and

range was established at a

of3 to 8

rate growth annual an

percent. areturn of expectations of account takes range The velocity decline

growth toward patterns, usual more

followingthe sharp

in also while year, of half first the during velocity regarding that behavior.

uncertainty of degree ahigher recognizing re-examined be to continue will range new the of The appropriateness in

evidence with respect financial and economic to

the light of

developments including More generally, may

the in be

in foreign exchange markets. developments

the Committee agreed that growth in the upper

partsof continuing on depending ranges, their

aggregates

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developments

with respect to inflationary that provided and velocity

pressures

subdued.] In furtherance of these objectives [DEL: remain for

1986]the Committee agreed [DEL: on tentative] TO ESTABLISH ranges [DEL:of]FOR monetary growth, measured from the fourth quarter of 1985 to the fourth quarter of 1986,

of[DEL: 4 to 7] ____ TO

____ TO ____ percent for M2,

____ percent for M1, [DEL:6 to 9]

TO ____ percent for M3. and [DEL: 6 to 9] ____

The

associated range for growth in total domestic nonfinancial debt was [DEL: provisionally] set at [DEL: 8 to 11] ____ TO ____percent for THE YEAR 1986.

THE COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THAT, BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF RECENT YEARS, M1 WAS SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTIES,

PARTICULARLY

WITH REGARD TO THE RESPONSIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONS AND DEPOSITORS TO CHANGING MARKET AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, OF DEPOSIT RATE DEREGULATION.

INCLUDING THE FINAL PHASE

THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTOOD THAT POLICY

IMPLEMENTATION WOULD REQUIRE CONTINUING APPRAISAL OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE VARIOUS MEASURES OF MONEY AND CREDIT, THEIR VELOCITY TRENDS, AND INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND PRICES, AS WELL AS CONDITIONS IN DOMESTIC CREDIT AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS. the particularly, M1 to respect ties

that uncertainrecognized Committee

surrounding recent behavior of velocity would require careful

the reappraisal of in

[DEL: With

target range

establishing ranges for next-year,

that account to need would

be taken

the

Committee also recognized

institutional with experience of behavior in response to the completion of depositrate

and depository deregulation early in

1986.Moreover,

of beginning the at

the year.]

-18OPERATIONAL PARAGRAPH

(27)

The proposed format follows that used at the December meeting.

It includes reference to the uncertainty surrounding the behavior of M1 and retains the November base since subsequent developments have not been far off expectations at that meeting.

If that base is retained, the ranges

adopted at the last meeting would be generally consistent with expectations of growth under alternatives A or B (although M1 and M2 would be near the bottom or in the lower half of the ranges). ward to December,

growth expectations for M1

If the base were shifted forconsistent with the two

alternatives, would be lower--5 to 6 percent. In the implementation of policy for the immediate future, the Committee seeks to decrease somewhat (Alt. A)/MAINTAIN (Alt. B)/ INCREASE SLIGHTLY (Alt. C) the existing degree of pressure on reserve positions.

This action is expected to be consistent with growth in

M2 and M3 over the period from November to March at annual rates of about [DEL: 6 to 8]____

RESPECTIVELY];

percent [____ PERCENT AND ____ PERCENT,

while the behavior of M1 continues to be subject to

unusual uncertainty,

growth at an annual rate of [DEL: 7 to 9] ____

percent over the period is anticipated. restraint might (WOULD), (MIGHT),

Somewhat greater reserve

and somewhat lesser reserve restraint would

be acceptable depending on behavior of the aggregates, the

strength of the business expansion, developments in foreign exchange markets, progress against inflation, and conditions in domestic and international credit markets. consultation if

The Chairman may call for Committee

appears to the Manager for Domestic Operations that

reserve conditions during the period before the next meeting are

-19likely to be associated with a federal funds rate persistently outside a range of [DEL:6 to 10]____ TO ____ percent.

Appendix A Money Stock Revisions Measures of the money stock have been revised to incorporate annual benchmark and seasonal adjustments.

This appendix discusses the

revisions and presents tables comparing growth rates of the old and new series.

These revisions are to be regarded as strictly confidential until

their release planned for around mid-February. Benchmark Revisions Deposits of commercial banks and thrifts have been benchmarked through the June 1985 call reports and incorporate data revisions.

addition, RPs have been benchmarked to the new quarterly and annual RP surveys.

The benchmark revisions on net had a relatively small positive

impact on M1 growth over 1985 and a negligible effect on M2; M1 growth was raised by 0.3 percentage point for the second half of the year and 0.2 percentage point for the year as a whole.

M3 growth over 1985 was lowered

by 0.5 percentage point, reflecting primarily large revisions to term RPs at thrifts. Seasonal Revisions The seasonal factor review employed the same X-ll ARIMA procedures that were used last year.

Although revisions to seasonal factors had little

effect on the broad patterns of growth in 1985 for the monetary aggregates, some redistributions of growth occurred between the first and second halves. On a quarterly average basis, the seasonal factor revisions raised M1 growth-by about 0.3 percentage point--in the second half of last year, while lowering that for M2 and M3.

Table A-1 COMPARISON OF REVISED AND OLD M1 GROWTH RATES (percent changes at annual rates) Revised M1

Old M1

(1)

Difference (1-2)

Difference due to Benchmark Seasonals

(3)

(4)

(5)

Monthly 1984--Oct. Nov. Dec.

-2.4 10.0 9.3

-7.0 12.0 10.2

4.6 -2.0 -0.9

0.3 0.2 0.2

4.3 -2.2 -1.1

1985-Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

9.5 13.6 5.9 7.3 14.4 17.3 10.8 17.1 13.3 5.1 11.3 12.4

9.0 14.3 5.7 5.9 14.0 19.8 9.3 20.3 11.9 -1.6 13.4 13.2

0.5 -0.7 0.2 1.4 0.4 -2.5 1.5 -3.2 1.4 6.7 -2.1 -0.8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.0 1.4 0.3 0.6

0.5 -0.7 0.2 1.4 0.0 -2.9 1.5 -3.0 1.4 5.3 -2.4 -1.4

1986--Jan.P

1.3

3.1

-1.8

0.0

1984--QIV

4.5

3.2

1.3

0.4

0.9

1985--QI QII QIII QIV

10.1 10.5 14.5 10.5

10.5 10.2 15.1 8.8

-0.4 0.3 -0.6 1.7

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6

-0.5 0.2 -0.7 1.1

1985--QIV '84 to QII '85

10.4

10.5

-0.1

0.1

-0.2

QII '85 to QIV '85

12.7

12.1

0.6

0.3

5.4 11.9

5.2 11.6

0.2 0.3

0.2 0.2

0.0 0.1

Quarterly

Semi-Annual

Annual (QIV to QIV) 1984 1985 p--preliminary estimate

Table A-2 COMPARISON OF REVISED AND OLD M2 GROWTH RATES (percent changes at annual rates) Revised M2 (1)

Old M2 (2)

Difference (1-2) (3)

Difference due to Benchmark Seasonals (4) (5)

Monthly 1984--Oct. Nov. Dec.

7.1 12.8 13.0

5.7 14.0 13.0

1.4 -1.2 0.0

0.0 -0.4 0.6

1.4 -0.8 -0.6

1985-Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

13.1 11.0 3.7 2.5 8.6 13.3 8.2 9.2 6.7 4.2 5.5 6.8

13.8 11.1 4.3 -0.9 8.5 13.7 8.6 11.3 7.1 2.0 6.6 7.8

-0.7 -0.1 -0.6 3.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -2.1 -0.4 2.2 -1.1 -1.0

-0.5 -1.2 0.1 1.2 -0.2 0.5 0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.2

-0.2 1.1 -0.7 2.2 0.3 -0.9 -0.5 -1.7 -0.4 2.0 -0.8 -0.8

1986--Jan.P

1.7

1.5

0.2

0.3

-0.1

9.7

9.1

0.6

0.0

11.7 6.3 9.5 5.9

12.1 5.3 10.2 5.9

-0.4 1.0 -0.7 0.0

-0.4 0.3 0.0 -0.1

0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.1

1985--QIV '84 to QII '85

9.1

8.8

0.3

0.0

0.3

QII '85 to QIV '85

7.8

8.1

-0.3

0.0

-0.3

8.0 8.6

7.7 8.6

0.3 0.0

0.2 0.0

Quarterly 1984--QIV 1985--QI QII QIII QIV Semi-Annual

Annual (QIV to QIV) 1984 1985 p--preliminary estimate

0.1 0.0

Table A-3 COMPARISON OF REVISED AND OLD M3 GROWTH RATES

(percent changes at annual rates) Revised M3 (1)

Old M3

Difference (1-2)

T-

(3)

Difference due to Benchmark Seasonals (4)

(5)

Monthly 1984--Oct. Nov. Dec.

10.3 12.1 12.5

10.0 14.3 14.2

0.3 -2.2 -1.7

-0.6 -2.1 -1.2

0.9 -0.1 -0.5

1985--Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

10.7 8.1 5.1 2.2 7.1 11.1 5.8 6.7 7.5 4.8 4.7 5.8

10.2 8.1 5.9 0.4 7.9 10.8 4.9 9.8 9.9 3.7 5.9 7.2

0.5 0.0 -0.8 1.8 -0.8 0.3 0.9 -3.1 -2.4 1.1 -1.2 -1.4

0.0 -1.5 -1.0 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.2 -0.9 -0.7 0.0 -1.1 -0.8

0.5 1.5 0.2 1.7 -0.9 -0.5 0.7 -2.2 -1.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.6

1986--Jan.

7.8

6.8

1.0

0.6

0.4

1984--QIV

10.5

11.0

-0.5

-0.2

-0.3

1985--01 QII QIII QIV

10.1 5.6 7.6 5.7

10.7 5.3 8.2 6.7

-0.6 0.3 -0.6 -1.0

-1.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.6

0.4 0.6 -0.6 -0.4

7.9

8.1

-0.2

-0.7

0.5

6.7

7.5

-0.8

-0.3

-0.5

1984

10.5

10.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

1985

7.4

7.9

-0.5

0.0

Quarterly

Semi-Annual 1985--QIV '84 to QII '85 QII '85 to QIV '85 Annual (QIV to QIV)

p--preliminary estimate

Appendix B ForeignMoney Growth Targets Several foreign industrial countries have announced targets for growth of monetary aggregates during 1986 that are not far different from the targets or actual experience of 1985, as shown in the table on the next page.

Switzerland is the only country shown (abstracting from a

definitional change in France) that has lowered its target growth rate fran that adopted for last year.

In France, however, achievement of the

new target would entail a deceleration from experience in 1985 as so far reported. Growth of the foreign targeted monetary aggregates was generally moderate last year.

The major exception was growth in the United Kingdom

of £M3, which has been rapid during the past ten months, apparently as a result of financial innovation and regulatory change. In Germany, central bank money (CBM) accelerated in the second half of 1985.

As a result, growth of that aggregate over the target

interval was in the upper half of its 1985 3-5 percent target range. The 1986 target has been set at 3.5-5.5 percent growth in CBM.

Bundesbank

officials have described this range as allowing CBM to continue at approximately its rate of growth during the second half of 1985. In France, the introduction of new deposit forms and related financial innovation has led authorities to redefine the monetary aggregates as of the beginning of this year.

The 1986 target calls for 3-5

percent growth of the newly redefined M3 and has been characterized by French authorities as effectively unchanged from last year's target. The 1985 target called for M2R growth of 4-6 percent. money was growing at a rate somewhat above this range.

Through September

RECENT FOREIGN MONEY-GROWTH TARGETS (percent) Previous Target

Current Target

Country

Aggregate

Range

Interval

Aggregate

Range

Interval

Outcome

France

M3 (redefined)

3-5

1986Q 4 T985Q4

M2R

4-6

Aver Nov, Dec '85+Jan '86 Aver Nov, Dec '84+Jan '85

7.7

(Sept)

Germany

Central Bank

3.5-5.5

1986Q4

Central Bank

3-5

1985Q 4

4.5

(Q4)

T985Q4

Money

1986Q1 1985Q1

M2+CDs

8-8.9

1985Q4 1984Q4

8.9

(Nov)

1985

2.3

(Nov)

Money 9

Japan*

M2+CDs

Switzer-

Adjusted Central 2

1986

Adjusted Central

Bank Money

TD5

Bank Money

land United

1984Q4

T198

3-7

4.7

(Jan)

£M3(suspended)

5-9

14.3

(Jan)

Kingdom

Definitions of Foreign Targeted Aggregates:

France:

Germany: Japan: Switzerland: United Kingdom:

M3 (newly redefined) -- currency plus all deposits at banks in France plus deposits at the Post Office, Treasury, Bank of France and Special Savings Institutions plus all non-negotiable short-term financial instruments plus short-term bond mutual funds. M2R -- currency plus deposits at banks in France plus deposits at the Post Office, Treasury, and Bank of France held by residents. central bank money -- currency plus reserves against banks' monetary liabilities when computed at 1974 reserve ratios. M2+CDs -- currency plus deposits at banks in Japan and installment accounts at mutual loan and savings banks. adjusted central bank money -- currency plus deposits of banks, commercial and industrial firms at the Swiss National Bank (SNB) less deposits borrowed from the SNB for short-term end-of-period window dressing. MO -- currency plus banks' Operational Deposits at the Bank of England. £M3 -- currency plus all sterling deposits held by residents at banks in the United Kingdom less public sector deposits.

SForecast growth of M2; targets are not set. In May 1985 U.K. officials changed the interpretation to be placed on the current target to refer to the percentage change over the preceding 12 months for each month's observation until the new target is announced. Previously target ranges were set for annual growth of the aggregates from February each year.

B-2

Swiss adjusted central bank money averaged 2.3 percent growth through November,

slightly below the 3 percent target set for 1985.

The

target of 2 percent growth for this year is intended to be consistent with reduction of the rate of inflation below the 1985 rate of 3 percent. In the United Kingdom rapid growth of the broad

oney aggregates

has continued since the spring of 1985, in part as a result of financial innovation and regulatory change. its year-earlier level.

In January, £M3 was 14.3 percent above

In response to the sustained rapid growth of this

aggregate and the perception of structural change as a major explanatory factor, officials effectively suspended the target for £M3 growth set in the March budget announcement.

The target range for growth of monetary

base, MO, was consistently met through 1985; and in January that aggregate was near the middle of its 3-7 percent growth range.

The upcoming budget

announcement in March is expected to include new target ranges for money growth in 1986. Targets for money growth are not set in Japan.

The Bank of Japan

does forecast growth of M2+CDs each quarter from the same quarter one year earlier.

Over the year ending in the fourth quarter of last year growth of

that aggregate rose to an estimated 8.9 percent frn

the 8 percent rate of

preceding four-quarter intervals, as firms adjusted portfolios and increased borrowing from banks in anticipation of higher interest rates by the end of the year.

The forecast for growth over the four quarters ending in the

first quarter of this year is 9 percent. The setting of a target for M1 growth in Canada was ended in late 1982 as financial innovation within the banking system was perceived to have greatly reduced the usefulness of that aggregate as an indicator for monetary policy.

In 1985 the Canadian narrow monetary aggregates grew

B-3 rapidly, as adjustment to innovation appeared to continue.

The Bank of

Italy sets rates of desired growth for several monetary aggregates ranging from the narrow monetary base to the broad aggregate total domestic credit. Data through August revealed that money growth was generally exceeding the targets set for 1985, and their targets were revised upwards in consequence so as to allow for somewhat more growth for the year as a whole than originally planned, but still remainder of 1985.

implying slowing of money growth during the

Selected

Interest Percent

Short-term

CDs

Treasury billssc

Period

fed funds 1

secondary market 3-month -month 1-year 3 4 2

m merkel 3.month 5

Rates

February 10. 1986

_ comm.

paper 6

money m Y mutual

Long-Term

bank

U.S. government constant

prime

maturity yields

fund 7

3-year 9

10year 10

corporate crport recently

municipal

Bond

30-year 11

offered 12

conventional home mortgages

secontdary market

fixed-rate 14

mrt

ima

primary market fixedrate 15

ARM 16

1984--High Low

11.77 7.95

10.65 7.71

10.76 8.01

11.09 8.39

11.71 8.24

11.35 8.04

10.72 8.38

13.00 11.00

13.44 10.39

13.84 11.30

13.81 11.36

15.30 12.70

11.44 9.86

15.37 12.87

14.68 13.14

12.31 10.81

1985-Hligh

Low

8.98 7.13

8.65 6.77

9.03 6.92

9.21 7.06

9.13 7.36

8.83 7.22

8.31 7.00

10.75 9.50

11.19 8.24

11.95 9.07

11.89 9.36

13.23 10.62

10.31 8.85

13.57 10.52

13.29 11.09

11.14 9.17

1984--Dec.

8.38

8.06

8.28

8.60

8.39

8.55

11.06

10.56

11.50

11.52

12.88

10.40

13.06

13.18

11.01

1985-Jan,. Feb. Mar,.

8.35 8.50 8.58

7.76 8.27 8.52

8.00 8.39 8.90

8.33 8.56 9.06

8.16 8.69 9.02

7.99 8.46 8.74

8.00 7.80 7.97

10.61 10.50 10.50

10.43 10.55 11.05

11.38 11.51 11.86

11.45 11.47 11.81

12.78 12.76 13.17

9.96 10.07 10.23

13.03 13.05 13.48

13.08 12.92 13.17

10.84 10.63 10.90

Apr. May June

8.27 7.97 7.53

7.95 7.48 6.95

8.23 7.65 7.09

8.44 7.85 7.27

8.49 7.92 7.44

8.31 7.80 7.34

7.97 7.71 7.21

10.50 10.31 9.78

10.49 9.75 9.05

11.63 10.85 10.16

11.47 11.05 10.45

12.75 12.25 11.60

9.85 9.46 9.18

13.07 12.65 11.88

13.20 12.91 12.22

10.83 10.55 9.89

July Aug. Sept.

7.88 7.90 7.92

7.08

7.20 7.32 7.27

7.31 7.48 7.51

7.64 7.81 7.93

7.58 7.73 7.83

7.03 7.08 7.10

9.50 9.50 9.50

9.18 9.31 9.37

10.31 10.33 10.37

10.50 10.56 10.61

11.64 11.76 11.87

9.20 9.44 9.61

11.94 12.04 12.11

12.03 12.19 12.19

9.68 9.52 9.52

Oct. Nov. Dec.

7.99 8.05 8.28

7.16 7.10

7.33 7.30 7.14

7.45 7.33 7.16

7.88 7.81 7.80

7.81 7.84 7.87

7.15 7.21 7.23r

9.50 9.50 9.50

9.25 8.88 8.40

10.24 9.78 9.26

10.50 10.06 9.54

11.82 11.35 10.93

9.54 9.22 8.96

11.97 11.51 10.83

12.14 11.78 11.26

9.50 9.38 9.19

1986-Jan.

8.14

7.07

7.17

7.21

7.82

7.78

7.17p

9.50

8.41

9.19

9.40

10.74

8.50

10.79

10.88

9.01

7.22 7.26 7.27 7.21

7.31

7.84

7.29

7.37 7.32 7.33 7.32

7.78 7.77 7.84 7.84

7.84 7.84 7.81

7.20 7.19 7.26 7.21

9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50

9.03 8.92 8.87 8.76

9.97 9.82 9.79 9.65

10.22 10.10 10.07 9.95

11.42 11.42 11.30 11.25

9.36 9.25 9.08 9.20

11.62 11.57 11.27 11.37

11.90 11.79 11.64 11.58

9.40 9.37 9.36 9.38

7.34 7.25 7.06 7.10

7.92 7.90 7.66 7.76

7.92 7.91 7.78 7.83

7.22 7.25 7.25 7.21

9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50

8.74 8.58 8.27 8.24

9.65 9.16 9.07

9.90 9.75 9.46 9.34

11.27 10.95 10.68 10.62

9.14 8.96 8.90 8.85

11.32 10.77 10.72 10.52

11.50 11.31 11.14 11.09

9.13 9.31 9.17 9.17

1985--Nov.

Dec.

1986-Jan.

Feb.

7.14

7.10

7.24

6 13 20 27

8.30

4 11 18 25

8.49 8.03 8.05 8.02

7.22 7.04 7.07

7.30 7.24 7.03 7.09

1 8 15 22 29

9.55 8.20 7.94 7.87 7.83

6.99 7.09 7.21 7.05 6.97

7.05 7.13 7.30 7.18 7.09

7.08 7.14 7.35 7.25 7.14

7.77 7.76 7.96 7.84 7.80

7.91 7.78 7.83 7.80 7.73

7.22 7.21 7.09 7.16 7.15

9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50

8.23 8.27 8.60 8.46 8.36

9.01 9.05 9.38 9.26 9.15

9.28 9.29 9.52 9.42 9.38

10.59 10.83 10.75 10.82 10.67

8.72 8.51 8.54 8.46 8.29

10.52 10.82 10.97 10.87 10.75

10.81 10.75 10.99 10.97 10.89

9.04 9.02 9.09 8.93 8.97

7.97

7.00

7.06

7.08

7.72

7.70

7.15

9.50

8.21

9.03

9.30

10.58

8.24

10.67

10.85

8.98

8.09 7.73 7.72p

6.97 7.10 7.21

7.05 7.13 7.26

7.07 7.12 7.27

7.75 7.70 7.83

7.74 7.65 7.75

9.50 9.50 9.50

8.25 8.22 8.33p

9.08 9.03 9.12p

9.34 9.25 2 9. 9p

Daily-Jan. 31 Feb. 6 7

7.95

8.13 7.71

7.19

7.29

7.32

NOTE: Weekly data for columns 1 through 11 are statement week averages. Data In column 7 are taken from Donoghue's Money Fund Report. Columns 12 and 13 are 1-day quotes for Friday and Thursday. resDectively, following the end of the statement week. Column 13 Is the Bond Buyer revenue Index. Column 14 is the FNMA purchase yield, plus loan servicing fee, on 30-day mandatory delivery commitments on the Friday following the end of the statement week. Column 15 Is the average contract rate on new commitments for fixed-rate mort-

9.46

--- gages (FRMs) with 80 percent loan-to-value ratios at a sample of savings and loans. Column 16 is the veraqge initial contract rate on new commitments for one-year, adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) ;t .SLs ofimln' both FRMs and ARMs with the same number of discount points. FR 1367 (12/851

Money and Credit Aggregate Measures Seasonally adjusted

Stictly Confidental FR)-

Sesonay adued

FEB..

Money stock measures and liquid assets nontransactlons Perlod

componenta

____i__n 1

M2 3

In M3 only 4

Bank credit total loans

U.S

and

government

Investmentl_ 7

0as 1986OMC 10, 1986

Domestic nonflnanclal debt

other

totl

2 1

PBRCENT ANNOAL GBOETH: ANNUALLY (IIV TO aQt) 1983 1984 1985

10.4 5.4 11.9

12.2 8.0 8.6

12.8 8.8 7.6

1.0 21.2 3.0

9.9 10.5 7.4

10.4 11.9

10.6 10.8 9.9

21.5 15.9 15.1

8.5 13.6 12.9

11.2 14.1 134

QUARTERLI ATVBAGB 1ST QTR. 1985 2ND QTB. 1985 3RD QTR. 1985 4TH UTB. 1985

10.1 10.5 14.5 10.5

It.1 6.3 9.5 5.9

12.1 5.0 7.9 4.4

4.2 2.8 -0.1 5.0

10.1 5.6 7.6 5.7

9.6 6.0 7.9

10.0 9.7 9.6 8.8

15.2 12.3 34.6 15.3

13.0 11.8 11.5 12.9

13.5 11.9 12.2 13.4

MONTHLY 1985--JAB. FEB. MAR. APR. "AT JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOv. DEC.

9.5 13.6 6.1 7.1 14.4 17.3 10.8 17.1 13.3 5.1 11.3 12.4

13.1 11.0 3.7 2.5 8.6 13.3 8.2 9.2 6.7 4.2 5.5 6.8

14.3 10.2 3.0 1.0 7.0 11.9 7.4 6.7 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.9

1.4 -J.3 10.4 1.0 .0 2.5 -3.9 -3.1 10.7 7.5 1.2 1.7

10.7 8.1 5.1 2.2 7.1 11.1 5.8 6.7 7.5 4.8 4.7 5.8

8.6 10.5 8.0 2.0 6.0 9.4 6.1 9.0 9.4 6.1 11.0

6.6 12.9 11.6 4.9 13.4 9.5 10.9 6.5 8. .2.0 16.4 16.6

15.4 12.6 8.5 11.8 15.4 14.1 16.6 14.3 7.6 8.8 25.0 29.5

12.7 10.7 11.8 12.2 11.3 11.4 11.2 11.3 12.2 12.5 12.5 16.5

13.3 11.1 11.0 12.1 12.3 12.0 12.4 12.0 11.1 11.6 15.4 19.5

149b.1 1505.6 151b.6 16.2 1586.3

4923.6 4973.6 5025.5 5077.7 5147.5

1986--JAN. PE LBTELS 1985--AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOT. DEC.

NONTHL

1/ 2/

(SBILLIOIS) 604.7 b11.4 614.0 619.8 626.2

2515.1 2529.1 2537.9 2549.6 2564.0

1910.4 1917.8 1923.8 1929.8 1937.7

615.9 621.4 625.3 625.9 626.8

3131.0 3150.6 3163.2 3175.5 3190.8

3711.6 3740.8 3759.8 3794.2

1828.8 1841.3 1844-4 1869.6 1895.5

6419.7 6479.2 6542.1 6626.0 6733.8

ANNUAL RATES FOR BANK CREUIT ABE ADJUSTED FOR A TRANSPER OF LOANS OflR CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK TO THE FDIC BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 26, 1984. DEBT DATA ARE ON A HONTHLY AVERAGE BASIS, BDEIVED BI AVERAGING END-OF-MONTH LEVELS OF ADJAC&NT flONTHS, AND BAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO RBEOVE DISCONTINUITIES. PE-PRELIHINAkT ESTIMATE

Components of Money Stock and Related Measures Billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

Demand

Currency

Period

deposits

Other

Overnight

checkable

RPs and

deposits Eurodollars

Small denoml-

Money market mutual funds, NSA

FEB.

Large denomi-

Term

MMDAs

Savings

nation

g-jneral

Institu-

nation

RPs

Eurodollars

Savings

NSA

deposits

time

purpose,

tlons

time

NSA

bonds

only

deposites

NSA 5

nd broker/ dealer_ 8

53.6 56.0 65.9

376.2 405.1 508.6

309.7 291.0 303.2

775.0 881.8 877.5

138.2 161.7 176.4

43.2 57.7 64.1

325.2 409.8 432.8

48.0 65.8 58.5

89.3 81.9 78.1

146.3

56.2

417.0

289.7

887.5

167.5

62.7

413.9

62.4

249.0 251.2 251.3

149.0 152.2 154.1

60.3 64.6 63.4

435.7 450.5 460.2

289.4 289.9 289.7

887.4 885.2 885.0

171.9 175.1 177.6

65.0 62.2 59.5

415.6 416.9 421.0

161.9 163.2 164.4

251.8 255.4 258.9

156.5 158.4 161.8

57.8 61.3 60.8

462.5 466.4 478.1

289.0 290.8 293.6

887.6 889.5 890.3

176.2 172.2 175.4

59.6 63.5 67.1

JULI AUG. SEPT.

165.3 166.9 167.7

260.3 263.0 266.3

164.8 169.0 171.5

60.7 63.4 63.8

487.2 495.2 499.8

296.7 299.7 300.3

888.0 880.9 878.3

175.8 176.8 176.7

OCT. NOV. DEC.

168.7 169.8 170.6

265.9 267.6 271.4

173.6 176.6 178.4

64.2 65.0 68.5

504.2 509.6 512.1

302.3 303.7 303.5

875.8 876.2 880.6

177.0 176.5 175.8

147.2 157.8 169.7

243.4 247.1 268.3

130.2 144.2 176.2

1984-DEC.

158.5

248.4

1985-JAN. FER. HAR.

159.6 160.7 161.3

APR. HAI JUNE

ANNOALLI (4Tl 1983 1984 1985

deposits'

10,

1986

Short-

term

Commer-

Bankers

Treasury cial paper

accep-

securities

lances

70.9 74.0

211.1 268.6

127.5 158.7

44.0 44.2

83.2

74.3

266.0

161.8

43.6

58.9 58.5 58.6

81.1 81.3 84.7

74.5 74.9 75.3

266.7 270.4 274.8

159.6 164.8 169.8

43.3 45.0 46.3

425.9 425.0 422.7

59.7 57.5 56.9

81.0 81.8 79.9

75.7 76.1 76.5

276.0 277.4 282.6

168.9 168.6 164.7

45.9 44.5 42.8

65.0 63.6 62.3

418.3 421.0 425.7

55.4 56. 58.0

79.4 80.2 80.0

76.7 77.2 78.0

280.3 279.2 283.2

171.1 182.0 186.6

42.2 42.2 42.5

63.3 64.5 64.5

429.7 432.7 436.1

57.7 58.8 59.1

78.9 79.0 76.4

78.5 79.0

282.6 299.8

191.7 196.8

43.9 43. 1

QTR):

OBNTHLT

1/ 2/ 3/

INCLUDES RETAIL REPURCHASE AGREEHBETS. ALL IRA AND KEOGH ACCOUNTS AT CONHERCIAL BANKS AND THRIFT INSTITUTIONS ABB SUBTRACTED FRPo SBALL TIRE DEPOSITS. EXCLUDES IRA AND KEOGH ACCOUNTS. NET OF LARGE DENOBINATION TIME DEPOSITS HELD U1 HONEr ABRKET UTUAL FUNDS AND THRIFT INSTITUTIONS. P-PRELININART

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL (FR) CLASS II-FOMC

Net Changes in System Holdings of Securities 1 Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted

February 10, 1986 Treasury coupons net purchases' Period

Treasury bills n change'5

I S 1-year

1-5

5-10

over 10

total

1-year -year

4,564 2,768 2,803 3,653 3,440 4,185

217 133

* _____________

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1985--QTR.

I II IrI IV

1985--Aug. Sept.

811 379 307 383 441 293

912 294 312 484 826

2,138 1,702 1,794 1,896 1,938

1,349

2,185

-2,044 7,183 4,027

961 245

465 846 6

1,326 1,295 -12

5,431

143

868

197

1,552

-3,052 5,337 5,698 13,068 3,779 14,596

3,056 1,171

Federal agencies net purchases1 --1-5 5-10 over 5-10 over 10 10

othin

Net change outright holdings total

Net RPs'

2,035 8,491 8,312 16,342 6,964 18,619

2,462 684 1,461 -5,445 1,450 3,001

-735 8,409 3,962 6,983

462 -350 -3,446 6,336

3,038 1,171

-53 -1,578

-265 1,180 6,068

-732 -718 7,785

Oct. Nov. Dec.

-265 1,180 4,515

1986--Jan.

3,466

-265

-5,445 1,970 -1,563 1,977 -10,048

6 13 20 27

535 551

9,939 -646 -8,688 4,227

4 11 18 25

3,699 442 170 15

3,699 1,995 170 15

12,098 -6,194 607 -2,548

1 8 15 22 29

216

134 152

5,075 -4,999 3,037 4,896 -4,768

940

1985--0ct.

Nov.

Dec.

1986-Jan.

Feb. LEVEL--Feb.

2 9 16 23 30

80.7

143

868

197

1552

1,552

20.3

35.5

14.8

21.8

1. Change from end-of-perlod to end-of-period. 2. Outright transactions in market and with foreign accounts, and redemptions (-) In bill auctions. 3. Outright transactions In market and with foreign accounts, and short-term notes acquired in exchange for maturing bills. Excludes redemptions, maturity shifts, rollovers of maturing coupon Issues, and direct Treasury borrowing from the System. 4. Outright transactions In market and with foreign accounts only. Excludes redemptions and maturity shifts.

92.4

2.7

1.2

8.2 ~I--

-940

-7,440

189.4

-8.1

5, In addition to the net purchase of securities, also reflects changes in System holdings of bankers' acceptances, direct Treasury borrowing from the System and redemptions (-) of agency and Treasury coupon issues. 6. Includes changes In RPs(+), matched sale-purchase transactions (-), and matched purchase sale transactions(+).

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APA

Federal Reserve (1986, February 11). Bluebook. Bluebooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/bluebook_19860212

BibTeX

@misc{wtfs_bluebook_19860212,
  author = {Federal Reserve},
  title = {Bluebook},
  year = {1986},
  month = {Feb},
  howpublished = {Bluebooks, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/bluebook_19860212},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}