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March/April 1996, 
Vol. 78, No. 2
Posted 1996-03-01

A Revised Measure of the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base

by Richard G. Anderson and Robert H. Rasche

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ adjusted monetary base equals the sum of the monetary base and a reserve adjustment magnitude (RAM) that maps changes in reserve requirements into equivalent changes in the monetary base. The authors present a revised measure of the adjusted reserves component of the adjusted monetary base that includes depository institutions’ required clearing balance contracts with the Federal Reserve. They also present a new RAM that recognizes that an increasing number of institutions do not significantly change their demand for base money relative to transaction deposits following changes in reserve requirements.