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Table Data - Monetary Base; Currency in Circulation

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Title Monetary Base; Currency in Circulation
Series ID MBCURRCIR
Source Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
Release H.6 Money Stock Measures
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Millions of Dollars
Date Range 1959-01-01 to 2024-05-01
Last Updated 2024-06-25 12:03 PM CDT
Notes 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.

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), which excludes currency held in vaults of depository institutions.
DATE VALUE
1959-01-01 31600
1959-02-01 31200
1959-03-01 31300
1959-04-01 31400
1959-05-01 31600
1959-06-01 31900
1959-07-01 32100
1959-08-01 32100
1959-09-01 32100
1959-10-01 32100
1959-11-01 32300
1959-12-01 32800
1960-01-01 32100
1960-02-01 31700
1960-03-01 31700
1960-04-01 31800
1960-05-01 31800
1960-06-01 32000
1960-07-01 32200
1960-08-01 32200
1960-09-01 32200
1960-10-01 32300
1960-11-01 32500
1960-12-01 33100
1961-01-01 32400
1961-02-01 31900
1961-03-01 31900
1961-04-01 32000
1961-05-01 32100
1961-06-01 32300
1961-07-01 32700
1961-08-01 32600
1961-09-01 32800
1961-10-01 32900
1961-11-01 33300
1961-12-01 34000
1962-01-01 33400
1962-02-01 32900
1962-03-01 33100
1962-04-01 33300
1962-05-01 33400
1962-06-01 33700
1962-07-01 34100
1962-08-01 34000
1962-09-01 34100
1962-10-01 34200
1962-11-01 34600
1962-12-01 35300
1963-01-01 34700
1963-02-01 34300
1963-03-01 34500
1963-04-01 34800
1963-05-01 34900
1963-06-01 35400
1963-07-01 35800
1963-08-01 35900
1963-09-01 36000
1963-10-01 36200
1963-11-01 36700
1963-12-01 37700
1964-01-01 37000
1964-02-01 36500
1964-03-01 36700
1964-04-01 37000
1964-05-01 37200
1964-06-01 37600
1964-07-01 38000
1964-08-01 38100
1964-09-01 38300
1964-10-01 38400
1964-11-01 39000
1964-12-01 39800
1965-01-01 39100
1965-02-01 38700
1965-03-01 38800
1965-04-01 39000
1965-05-01 39100
1965-06-01 39600
1965-07-01 40100
1965-08-01 40200
1965-09-01 40400
1965-10-01 40800
1965-11-01 41400
1965-12-01 42300
1966-01-01 41700
1966-02-01 41300
1966-03-01 41500
1966-04-01 41700
1966-05-01 41900
1966-06-01 42400
1966-07-01 42900
1966-08-01 43000
1966-09-01 43100
1966-10-01 43200
1966-11-01 43800
1966-12-01 44600
1967-01-01 44100
1967-02-01 43600
1967-03-01 43700
1967-04-01 43900
1967-05-01 44100
1967-06-01 44600
1967-07-01 45100
1967-08-01 45100
1967-09-01 45300
1967-10-01 45500
1967-11-01 46000
1967-12-01 47000
1968-01-01 46500
1968-02-01 45900
1968-03-01 46200
1968-04-01 46700
1968-05-01 46900
1968-06-01 47600
1968-07-01 48100
1968-08-01 48300
1968-09-01 48500
1968-10-01 48700
1968-11-01 49500
1968-12-01 50700
1969-01-01 49900
1969-02-01 49300
1969-03-01 49500
1969-04-01 49800
1969-05-01 50000
1969-06-01 50800
1969-07-01 51300
1969-08-01 51400
1969-09-01 51500
1969-10-01 51800
1969-11-01 52600
1969-12-01 53700
1970-01-01 52800
1970-02-01 52200
1970-03-01 52500
1970-04-01 52900
1970-05-01 53600
1970-06-01 54200
1970-07-01 54800
1970-08-01 54900
1970-09-01 55000
1970-10-01 55200
1970-11-01 55900
1970-12-01 57100
1971-01-01 56300
1971-02-01 55800
1971-03-01 56200
1971-04-01 56800
1971-05-01 57200
1971-06-01 58000
1971-07-01 58900
1971-08-01 59000
1971-09-01 59100
1971-10-01 59300
1971-11-01 60000
1971-12-01 61100
1972-01-01 60200
1972-02-01 59700
1972-03-01 60100
1972-04-01 60700
1972-05-01 61200
1972-06-01 61900
1972-07-01 62700
1972-08-01 62700
1972-09-01 62900
1972-10-01 63400
1972-11-01 64500
1972-12-01 66100
1973-01-01 65300
1973-02-01 64600
1973-03-01 65100
1973-04-01 66100
1973-05-01 66700
1973-06-01 67600
1973-07-01 68400
1973-08-01 68400
1973-09-01 68600
1973-10-01 68900
1973-11-01 70000
1973-12-01 71700
1974-01-01 71000
1974-02-01 70400
1974-03-01 71100
1974-04-01 72200
1974-05-01 72900
1974-06-01 73800
1974-07-01 74600
1974-08-01 74800
1974-09-01 75100
1974-10-01 75700
1974-11-01 77100
1974-12-01 79000
1975-01-01 77800
1975-02-01 77000
1975-03-01 77800
1975-04-01 78500
1975-05-01 79300
1975-06-01 80800
1975-07-01 81800
1975-08-01 81900
1975-09-01 82000
1975-10-01 82400
1975-11-01 83900
1975-12-01 85900
1976-01-01 84800
1976-02-01 84100
1976-03-01 85000
1976-04-01 86500
1976-05-01 87300
1976-06-01 88400
1976-07-01 89300
1976-08-01 89500
1976-09-01 89800
1976-10-01 90200
1976-11-01 91800
1976-12-01 93600
1977-01-01 92500
1977-02-01 91700
1977-03-01 92800
1977-04-01 94200
1977-05-01 94900
1977-06-01 96000
1977-07-01 97400
1977-08-01 97700
1977-09-01 98100
1977-10-01 98800
1977-11-01 100600
1977-12-01 102800
1978-01-01 102100
1978-02-01 101100
1978-03-01 102000
1978-04-01 103200
1978-05-01 104300
1978-06-01 105700
1978-07-01 107000
1978-08-01 107200
1978-09-01 108000
1978-10-01 108800
1978-11-01 110900
1978-12-01 113400
1979-01-01 112300
1979-02-01 111000
1979-03-01 111900
1979-04-01 113400
1979-05-01 114300
1979-06-01 115900
1979-07-01 117800
1979-08-01 118400
1979-09-01 119300
1979-10-01 119900
1979-11-01 121500
1979-12-01 124000
1980-01-01 123100
1980-02-01 121800
1980-03-01 122600
1980-04-01 123800
1980-05-01 124900
1980-06-01 126600
1980-07-01 128400
1980-08-01 129300
1980-09-01 130000
1980-10-01 130900
1980-11-01 133100
1980-12-01 136000
1981-01-01 133900
1981-02-01 132300
1981-03-01 133000
1981-04-01 135000
1981-05-01 136200
1981-06-01 137300
1981-07-01 138900
1981-08-01 139100
1981-09-01 139100
1981-10-01 139200
1981-11-01 141200
1981-12-01 144400
1982-01-01 143000
1982-02-01 141400
1982-03-01 141800
1982-04-01 144000
1982-05-01 145700
1982-06-01 147400
1982-07-01 148900
1982-08-01 149300
1982-09-01 149700
1982-10-01 150400
1982-11-01 152500
1982-12-01 155500
1983-01-01 154000
1983-02-01 153000
1983-03-01 154600
1983-04-01 156800
1983-05-01 158700
1983-06-01 160700
1983-07-01 162300
1983-08-01 162600
1983-09-01 163500
1983-10-01 164400
1983-11-01 167100
1983-12-01 170200
1984-01-01 169000
1984-02-01 167200
1984-03-01 168400
1984-04-01 170400
1984-05-01 172000
1984-06-01 174300
1984-07-01 176200
1984-08-01 176200
1984-09-01 176500
1984-10-01 176600
1984-11-01 178600
1984-12-01 181800
1985-01-01 180000
1985-02-01 178300
1985-03-01 179200
1985-04-01 181000
1985-05-01 182900
1985-06-01 185500
1985-07-01 187400
1985-08-01 187900
1985-09-01 188500
1985-10-01 189000
1985-11-01 191400
1985-12-01 195200
1986-01-01 193300
1986-02-01 191300
1986-03-01 192500
1986-04-01 194400
1986-05-01 196400
1986-06-01 198700
1986-07-01 200800
1986-08-01 201200
1986-09-01 201500
1986-10-01 202200
1986-11-01 205100
1986-12-01 209100
1987-01-01 208000
1987-02-01 206500
1987-03-01 207400
1987-04-01 209600
1987-05-01 212000
1987-06-01 214400
1987-07-01 216400
1987-08-01 217000
1987-09-01 217600
1987-10-01 218800
1987-11-01 223000
1987-12-01 227200
1988-01-01 226500
1988-02-01 224400
1988-03-01 225500
1988-04-01 228200
1988-05-01 230500
1988-06-01 233500
1988-07-01 236000
1988-08-01 236000
1988-09-01 236200
1988-10-01 237100
1988-11-01 240300
1988-12-01 244400
1989-01-01 243600
1989-02-01 240600
1989-03-01 242100
1989-04-01 243800
1989-05-01 245600
1989-06-01 248000
1989-07-01 249900
1989-08-01 249200
1989-09-01 248800
1989-10-01 249200
1989-11-01 251800
1989-12-01 256800
1990-01-01 256800
1990-02-01 254700
1990-03-01 256800
1990-04-01 259900
1990-05-01 262400
1990-06-01 266000
1990-07-01 268900
1990-08-01 270600
1990-09-01 272700
1990-10-01 274600
1990-11-01 278300
1990-12-01 282900
1991-01-01 284600
1991-02-01 284300
1991-03-01 286400
1991-04-01 287500
1991-05-01 288800
1991-06-01 291200
1991-07-01 293400
1991-08-01 293900
1991-09-01 294600
1991-10-01 295800
1991-11-01 299100
1991-12-01 304500
1992-01-01 303300
1992-02-01 301700
1992-03-01 302800
1992-04-01 305500
1992-05-01 308100
1992-06-01 310500
1992-07-01 313500
1992-08-01 315800
1992-09-01 318500
1992-10-01 320400
1992-11-01 324400
1992-12-01 330500
1993-01-01 330300
1993-02-01 329500
1993-03-01 331600
1993-04-01 335400
1993-05-01 338600
1993-06-01 343000
1993-07-01 346200
1993-08-01 348200
1993-09-01 351100
1993-10-01 353300
1993-11-01 356600
1993-12-01 362400
1994-01-01 362900
1994-02-01 363800
1994-03-01 366800
1994-04-01 370900
1994-05-01 374200
1994-06-01 379100
1994-07-01 383100
1994-08-01 384300
1994-09-01 386600
1994-10-01 389000
1994-11-01 393600
1994-12-01 399000
1995-01-01 399200
1995-02-01 396700
1995-03-01 400600
1995-04-01 405100
1995-05-01 408200
1995-06-01 409400
1995-07-01 410700
1995-08-01 410400
1995-09-01 411100
1995-10-01 411500
1995-11-01 413800
1995-12-01 419700
1996-01-01 417800
1996-02-01 412900
1996-03-01 416000
1996-04-01 418200
1996-05-01 420000
1996-06-01 423700
1996-07-01 428100
1996-08-01 429700
1996-09-01 431700
1996-10-01 432700
1996-11-01 437100
1996-12-01 444300
1997-01-01 443300
1997-02-01 441000
1997-03-01 443500
1997-04-01 445900
1997-05-01 448700
1997-06-01 451900
1997-07-01 455800
1997-08-01 456700
1997-09-01 458600
1997-10-01 460700
1997-11-01 466900
1997-12-01 475400
1998-01-01 474100
1998-02-01 471700
1998-03-01 473800
1998-04-01 476200
1998-05-01 478900
1998-06-01 481500
1998-07-01 485900
1998-08-01 488300
1998-09-01 492500
1998-10-01 496400
1998-11-01 502700
1998-12-01 510500
1999-01-01 510500
1999-02-01 510600
1999-03-01 514900
1999-04-01 519200
1999-05-01 523600
1999-06-01 528400
1999-07-01 533900
1999-08-01 536500
1999-09-01 542100
1999-10-01 551000
1999-11-01 569500
1999-12-01 599900
2000-01-01 589000
2000-02-01 565700
2000-03-01 563700
2000-04-01 564700
2000-05-01 566000
2000-06-01 568600
2000-07-01 570800
2000-08-01 569800
2000-09-01 570200
2000-10-01 571500
2000-11-01 575900
2000-12-01 584300
2001-01-01 584500
2001-02-01 582400
2001-03-01 585300
2001-04-01 588000
2001-05-01 591400
2001-06-01 594900
2001-07-01 601100
2001-08-01 607400
2001-09-01 613100
2001-10-01 615200
2001-11-01 622200
2001-12-01 632300
2002-01-01 634600
2002-02-01 636000
2002-03-01 640200
2002-04-01 643700
2002-05-01 649500
2002-06-01 655800
2002-07-01 661000
2002-08-01 661100
2002-09-01 661400
2002-10-01 662700
2002-11-01 668200
2002-12-01 678300
2003-01-01 678200
2003-02-01 680200
2003-03-01 683900
2003-04-01 687200
2003-05-01 690700
2003-06-01 692500
2003-07-01 694200
2003-08-01 695500
2003-09-01 696900
2003-10-01 701700
2003-11-01 707200
2003-12-01 716400
2004-01-01 713700
2004-02-01 713500
2004-03-01 714000
2004-04-01 716900
2004-05-01 720800
2004-06-01 727200
2004-07-01 734000
2004-08-01 734700
2004-09-01 738900
2004-10-01 741200
2004-11-01 748100
2004-12-01 753500
2005-01-01 749500
2005-02-01 751200
2005-03-01 752200
2005-04-01 753700
2005-05-01 755500
2005-06-01 760700
2005-07-01 763100
2005-08-01 763300
2005-09-01 768000
2005-10-01 768900
2005-11-01 775200
2005-12-01 784700
2006-01-01 784900
2006-02-01 787000
2006-03-01 789100
2006-04-01 790900
2006-05-01 794300
2006-06-01 795200
2006-07-01 794800
2006-08-01 793900
2006-09-01 794300
2006-10-01 794500
2006-11-01 801400
2006-12-01 811100
2007-01-01 807300
2007-02-01 805400
2007-03-01 806400
2007-04-01 807600
2007-05-01 809800
2007-06-01 811800
2007-07-01 813900
2007-08-01 811700
2007-09-01 812000
2007-10-01 813900
2007-11-01 819100
2007-12-01 822300
2008-01-01 815200
2008-02-01 814600
2008-03-01 816400
2008-04-01 813900
2008-05-01 818000
2008-06-01 823500
2008-07-01 830400
2008-08-01 831000
2008-09-01 835100
2008-10-01 851800
2008-11-01 865400
2008-12-01 878300
2009-01-01 886600
2009-02-01 895100
2009-03-01 901400
2009-04-01 903600
2009-05-01 905800
2009-06-01 907500
2009-07-01 910000
2009-08-01 911100
2009-09-01 913200
2009-10-01 915100
2009-11-01 919400
2009-12-01 924400
2010-01-01 921300
2010-02-01 928600
2010-03-01 932900
2010-04-01 935000
2010-05-01 938500
2010-06-01 940900
2010-07-01 944800
2010-08-01 947000
2010-09-01 952100
2010-10-01 960800
2010-11-01 973000
2010-12-01 979700
2011-01-01 979300
2011-02-01 990000
2011-03-01 1001600
2011-04-01 1009900
2011-05-01 1018200
2011-06-01 1023600
2011-07-01 1029900
2011-08-01 1034000
2011-09-01 1038100
2011-10-01 1042700
2011-11-01 1056800
2011-12-01 1067000
2012-01-01 1069600
2012-02-01 1082600
2012-03-01 1095400
2012-04-01 1100000
2012-05-01 1104300
2012-06-01 1109200
2012-07-01 1113600
2012-08-01 1117800
2012-09-01 1126200
2012-10-01 1135000
2012-11-01 1149300
2012-12-01 1158500
2013-01-01 1159200
2013-02-01 1165200
2013-03-01 1174700
2013-04-01 1178800
2013-05-01 1186200
2013-06-01 1190900
2013-07-01 1196700
2013-08-01 1199900
2013-09-01 1205800
2013-10-01 1214600
2013-11-01 1221600
2013-12-01 1232200
2014-01-01 1230300
2014-02-01 1239500
2014-03-01 1262900
2014-04-01 1270300
2014-05-01 1276300
2014-06-01 1280300
2014-07-01 1285100
2014-08-01 1288200
2014-09-01 1289900
2014-10-01 1295800
2014-11-01 1310800
2014-12-01 1327800
2015-01-01 1333400
2015-02-01 1343600
2015-03-01 1355400
2015-04-01 1360400
2015-05-01 1365000
2015-06-01 1366500
2015-07-01 1370400
2015-08-01 1375800
2015-09-01 1384500
2015-10-01 1392300
2015-11-01 1404600
2015-12-01 1416000
2016-01-01 1416600
2016-02-01 1423700
2016-03-01 1438000
2016-04-01 1445200
2016-05-01 1452400
2016-06-01 1458400
2016-07-01 1462900
2016-08-01 1464400
2016-09-01 1470600
2016-10-01 1477000
2016-11-01 1489500
2016-12-01 1500600
2017-01-01 1502700
2017-02-01 1508400
2017-03-01 1530000
2017-04-01 1540300
2017-05-01 1548600
2017-06-01 1556200
2017-07-01 1562100
2017-08-01 1566000
2017-09-01 1578800
2017-10-01 1584200
2017-11-01 1593300
2017-12-01 1606700
2018-01-01 1610200
2018-02-01 1616300
2018-03-01 1633600
2018-04-01 1640900
2018-05-01 1652300
2018-06-01 1662300
2018-07-01 1668500
2018-08-01 1673300
2018-09-01 1686000
2018-10-01 1690800
2018-11-01 1701000
2018-12-01 1709400
2019-01-01 1707800
2019-02-01 1708200
2019-03-01 1720200
2019-04-01 1727200
2019-05-01 1733200
2019-06-01 1739000
2019-07-01 1746800
2019-08-01 1750500
2019-09-01 1762900
2019-10-01 1771300
2019-11-01 1786200
2019-12-01 1796400
2020-01-01 1797200
2020-02-01 1797500
2020-03-01 1838000
2020-04-01 1891300
2020-05-01 1931800
2020-06-01 1958300
2020-07-01 1981700
2020-08-01 2007600
2020-09-01 2027500
2020-10-01 2040500
2020-11-01 2058300
2020-12-01 2071600
2021-01-01 2094200
2021-02-01 2100900
2021-03-01 2117800
2021-04-01 2154800
2021-05-01 2169500
2021-06-01 2179000
2021-07-01 2186300
2021-08-01 2188600
2021-09-01 2195600
2021-10-01 2202800
2021-11-01 2214100
2021-12-01 2225100
2022-01-01 2232700
2022-02-01 2235400
2022-03-01 2259600
2022-04-01 2269600
2022-05-01 2273500
2022-06-01 2277800
2022-07-01 2278300
2022-08-01 2276100
2022-09-01 2279700
2022-10-01 2284600
2022-11-01 2293100
2022-12-01 2298700
2023-01-01 2299100
2023-02-01 2299800
2023-03-01 2313100
2023-04-01 2323700
2023-05-01 2334000
2023-06-01 2342900
2023-07-01 2339100
2023-08-01 2331100
2023-09-01 2327700
2023-10-01 2324900
2023-11-01 2328000
2023-12-01 2335400
2024-01-01 2336700
2024-02-01 2329200
2024-03-01 2339900
2024-04-01 2345700
2024-05-01 2349100

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