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This graph is based on the following data, gleaned from pages 136-39 of.

Eff. dates	$Billions 6/25/1940	49 2/19/1941	65 3/28/1942	125 4/11/1943	210 6/9/1944	260 4/3/1945	300 6/26/1946	275 8/28/1954	281 7/1/1956	278 7/1/1957	275 2/26/1958	280 9/2/1958	288 7/1/1959	295 7/1/1960	293 7/1/1961	298 3/13/1962	300 7/1/1962	308 4/1/1963	305 5/29/1963	307 7/1/1963	309 9/1/1963	309 12/1/1963	315 6/29/1964	324 7/1/1965	328 7/1/1966	330 3/2/1967	336 6/30/1967	358 7/1/1968	365 4/7/1969	377 7/1/1970	395 3/17/1971	430 3/15/1972	450 11/1/1972	465 12/3/1973	475.7 6/30/1974	495 2/19/1975	577 11/14/1975	595 3/15/1976	627 7/1/1976	636 10/1/1976	682 4/1/1977	700 10/1/1977	400 10/4/1977	752 8/1/1978	400 8/3/1978	798 4/1/1979	400 4/2/1979	830 9/29/1979	879 6/28/1980	925 12/19/1980	935.1 2/7/1981	985 9/30/1981	1079.8 6/28/1982	1143.1 9/30/1982	1290.2 5/26/1983	1389 11/21/1983	1490 5/25/1984	1520 7/6/1984	1573 10/13/1984	1823.8 11/14/1985	1903.8 12/12/1985	2078.7 8/21/1986	2111 10/21/1986	2300 5/15/1987	2320 8/10/1987	2352 9/29/1987	2800 8/7/1989	2870 11/8/1989	3122.7 8/9/1990	3195 10/28/1990	3230 11/5/1990	4145 4/6/1993	4370 8/10/1993	4900 3/29/1996	5500 8/5/1997	5950 6/28/2002	6400 5/27/2003	7384 11/19/2004	8184 3/20/2006	8965 11/29/2007	9815 7/30/2008	10615 10/3/2008	11315 2/17/2009	12104 12/28/2009	12394 2/12/2010	14294