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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF DALLAS
January 30, 1928.

CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS, DECEMBER 31, 1927

To the Member Bank Addressed:
A tabulation made from member banks’ condition reports of December 31, 1927,
(with only eight reports missing), shows that on th at date the total borrowings of mem­
ber banks in this district amounted to only $1,334,000, as compared with $10,550,000
for the corresponding date of the previous year. The distribution of borrowings on
December 31, 1927, was as follows:
Borrowings from Federal Reserve Bank ___________$878,000
All other borrowings____ __ ____________________ 456,000
_
The ratio of borrowings from Federal Reserve Bank to total borrowings was 66 per
cent, which compares with a ratio of 45 per cent as of December 31, 1926.
The condition reports indicate th at the borrowings of the member banks reached
the lowest level and their deposits the highest level ever reached at any year-end since
the Federal Reserve System was established. Total deposits, as reflected by the reports,
amounted to $1,069,030,000, which represented an increase of $150,963,000 since June 30,
1927, and a gain of $128,737,000 as compared to December 31, 1926.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT

Deposits----------------------------------------Loans------------------------------------------Bills payable and rediscounts_____________
Bills payable and rediscounts with Federal
Reserve Bank_______________________
Ratio of loans to deposits_________________

December 31,1927
$1,069,030,000
684,676,000
1,334,000
878,000
64%

December 31,1926
$940,293,000
652,412,000
10,550,000
4,772,000
69%

Yours very truly,

Governor.

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