[Economic Indicators May, 2008] [Page Number 26] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] MONEY, CREDIT, AND SECURITY MARKETS MONEY STOCK AND DEBT MEASURES In April, M2 rose. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Averages of daily figures, except debt end-of-period basis; billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M1 M2 Debt Percent change ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sum of currency, From year or 6 From demand deposits, M1 plus retail MMMF months earlier previous Period travelers balances, savings Debt of domestic \2\ period \3\ checks, and deposits (including nonfinancial ------------------------------- other checkable MMDAs), and small sectors \1\ deposits (OCDs) time deposits M1 M2 Debt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998:Dec ..................................................... 1,095.5 4,379.6 r 16,189.0 2.1 8.6 6.7 1999:Dec ..................................................... 1,122.5 4,636.8 r 17,251.3 2.5 5.9 6.3 2000:Dec ..................................................... 1,087.4 4,918.3 r 18,101.3 -3.1 6.1 4.9 2001:Dec ..................................................... 1,181.9 5,429.7 r 19,228.6 8.7 10.4 6.3 2002:Dec ..................................................... 1,219.7 5,775.6 r 20,627.2 3.2 6.4 7.3 2003:Dec ..................................................... 1,306.1 6,068.1 r 22,327.3 7.1 5.1 8.1 2004:Dec ..................................................... 1,376.3 6,418.8 r 24,299.8 5.4 5.8 8.8 2005:Dec ..................................................... 1,374.5 6,689.1 r 26,547.1 -.1 4.2 9.2 2006:Dec ..................................................... 1,366.5 7,031.9 r 28,876.2 -.6 5.1 r 8.8 2007:Dec ..................................................... 1,366.3 r 7,428.0 r 31,249.3 .0 5.6 r 8.2 2007:Apr ..................................................... 1,377.2 7,206.8 ................. 1.4 7.3 ............ May .................................................... 1,374.8 7,227.0 ................. .6 6.8 ............ June ................................................... 1,365.4 7,243.6 r 29,984.8 -.2 6.0 7.1 July ................................................... 1,368.0 7,267.5 ................. -.6 5.2 ............ Aug .................................................... 1,369.5 7,319.2 ................. .4 5.9 ............ Sept ................................................... 1,366.1 7,346.5 r 30,670.4 -.5 5.2 r 9.1 Oct .................................................... 1,369.2 7,369.7 ................. -1.2 4.5 ............ Nov .................................................... 1,365.7 7,398.0 ................. -1.3 4.7 ............ Dec .................................................... 1,366.3 r 7,428.0 r 31,249.3 .1 5.1 r 7.5 2008:Jan ..................................................... 1,367.0 7,477.4 ................. -.1 5.8 ............ Feb .................................................... 1,370.3 r 7,581.9 ................. .1 7.2 ............ Mar .................................................... 1,372.0 7,661.6 31,758.4 .9 8.6 6.5 Apr .................................................... 1,367.7 7,676.7 ................. -.2 8.3 ............ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Quarterly data; shown in last month of quarter. End-of-year data are for fourth quarter. Consists of outstanding credit market debt of the U.S. Government, State and local governments, and private nonfinancial sectors; data from flow of funds accounts. \2\ Annual changes are from December to December and monthly changes are from 6 months earlier at a simple annual rate. \3\ Annual changes are from fourth quarter to fourth quarter. Quarterly changes are from previous quarter at an annual rate. Note.--The Federal Reserve previously announced that the M3 monetary aggregate and most of its components would no longer be published. Institutional money market mutual funds will continue to be published as a memorandum item in the H.6 release, and the component on large-denomination time deposits will be published in other Federal Reserve Board releases. For details, see H.6 release of March 23, 2006. See p. 27 for components. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.