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Fora F. R. 286

STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

For lanediate release

Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
April 8, 1941

BANK DEBITS— DEBITS TO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, EXCEPT INTERBANK ACCOUNTS
(Monthly figures for each reporting center are derived from reports covering
weeks ending on Wednesday^. The figures for a week that begins in one month and
ends in another are prorated to the respective months on the basis of the number
of business days of the week that are in each month.)
SUMMARY BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
March
3 months ended —
March
Mar. 1940
Mar. 1941
1940
1941
5,907
6,842
2,445
46,005
19,004
16,554
50,179
5,651
1,870
6,438
2,367
6,988
2,386
2,983
8,485
3 ,884
1,664
1,332
4,732
1,170
3,432
1,416
3,987
16,028
18,450
5,659
6,927
1,068
3,127
3,692
1,292
1,977
718
. 2,014
675
1,129
1,254
3,594
3,311
2,720
920
l,04l
3,063
2,983
8,722
3,448
9,999
107,752
37,769
44,558
121,474
42,078
15,201
17,402
45,817
56,859
19,537
23,586
65,541
..3*570 _
_3_*P31_ .. 10*111. .. . 8,_815....
DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(in thousands of clollars)
March
3 months ended—
March
Mar. 1940
Mar. 1941
1940
1941

DISTRICT NO. 1 - BOSTON
Hartford*
Conn.
tt
New Haven*
tt
Waterbury*
Bangor*
Maine
1!
Portland
Boston*
Hass.
It
Brockton
It
Fall River*
It
Holyoke*
tt
Lowell*
tt
Lynn
It
New Bedford*
tl
Springfield
It
Worcester*
Manchester
H. H.
Providence*
R. I.
Burlington
Vt.

Oo

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Total, 274 reporting centers
New York City*
140 Other leading centers*
133 Other centers

281,180
89,682
38,840
15,578
37,508
1,512,997
18,055
22,503
13,859
15,646
21,086
22,411
74,092
72,032
19,253
178,742
11,229

204,031
72,259
27,371
13,762
31,715
1,285,282
17,081
17,950
11,771
14,011
18,589
16,937
63,753
57,554
16,270
145,114
10,229

770,819
2.60,956
106,983
46,422
115,917
4,2.21,152
52,819
63,592
39,277
45,347
59,976
69,065
212,574
196,506
53,152
492,696
34,393

607,108
226,949
85,438
41,412
96,464
3,700,067
4 8 ,6 8 6

54,225
35,290
42,549
54,918
51,554
189,981
170,545
47,599
423,443
30,580

*The 141 centers, including New York City, for which bank debit figures are
available back to 1919, are designated by an asterisk.




Form. F. R. 286-a

DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
______ (In thousands of dollars)
March
1941
DISTRICT NO. 2 - NEW YORK
Stamford
Conn.
Montclair
N, J«
Nev/ark
"
Northern New Jersey
Clearing House Association
N. J.
Passaic*
N. Y.
Albany*
t»
Binghamton*
ti
Buffalo*
tt
Elmira
ti
Jamestown
it
New York*
ti
Poughkeepsie
tt
Rochester*
tt
Syracuse*
tt
Utica
DISTRICT NO. 3 - PHILADELPHIA
Del.
Wilmington*
N. J.
Camden
n
Trenton*
Penna.
Allentown
tt
Altoona*
ti
Chester*
it
Harrisburg
it
Hazleton
ti
Johnstown
ti
Lancaster*
11
Lebanon
tt
Norristown
it
Philadelphia*
it
Reading
tt
Scranton*
tt
Wilke s-Barre*
11
Williamsport*
11
York*
DISTRICT NO. 4 - CLEVELAND
Ky.
Lexington*
Ohio
Alcron*
it
Canton
it
Cincinnati
tt
Cleveland*
ti
Columbus*
it
Dayton*
tt
Hamilton
ti
Lima
it
Lorain
1
1
Middletown
1
1
Springfield*
it
Steubenville
ti
Toledo*
11
Warren
ti
Youngstown*
ti
Zanesville
Pa.
Butler
tt
Erie*
tt
Franklin
tt
Greensburg*
tt
Homestead
It
Oil City*
11
Pittsburgh*
W.Va.
Wheeling*




23,332
15,615
386,525
181,635
38,614
332,111
22,277
282,686
17,114
16,531
17,401,678
15,377
140,995
95,243
34,032

152,738
60,466
73,764
29,179
11,883
18,523
50,329

11,182
18,190
34,660
8,669
11,941
1,725,207
44,971
46 ,354

25,802
13,687
29,175
20,907
93,453
51,895
438,818
760,384
209,165
94,976
13,709
17,727
5,975
15,272
22,044
10,893
155,260
16,054
61,350
9,872
12,057
37,047
4,042
8,242
3,672
10,530
874,881
34,408

March
1940

3 months ended
Liar, 1941
Mar, 1940
67,399
48,718
1,074,131

53,128
48,057
965,087

163,003
523,747
108,477
30,295
264,161
740,843
68,215
20,160
796,108
231,783
49,451
12,312
13,558
45,731
15,200,741 45,817,350
47,230
14,281
409,684
120,587
284,601
79,421
97,426
30,671

484,397
88,228
689,508
62,294
701,696
39,876
39,111
42,077,774
44,424
368,332
251,621
91,884

18,456
14,900
339,305

125,502
50,358
73,248
26,408
10,652
14,808
40,961
9,525
15,957
31,483
6,803
9,849
1,311,405
39,065
46,732
22,081
11,873
23,110
19,229
69,867
38,374
347,517
582,951
191,824
74,294
11,311
13,981
5,125
11,775
18,011
9,926
130,653
10,301
47,736
8,592
9,316
28,791
3,027
6,733
3,431
10,474
707,257
25,090

406,043
174,567
240,542
8 3 ,164
35,022
53,000
131,074
31,609
51,728
83,771
24,169
33,583
4,629,^(44
127,931
133,261
75,660
39,840
83,487

328,959
156,112
230,345
76,301
31,011
43,330
117,271
29,085
47,336
78,719
19,834
29,751
4,041,386
114,138
140,768
66,075
32,769
68,286

87,764
247,336
143,413
1 180,163
2,109,377
557,120
252,163
38,786
49,596
16,741
41,706
60,711
30,725
441,738
4-2,888
171,048
28,430
32,577
101,599
10,722
24,131
11,055
30,049
2,680,420
95,019

88,401
199,994
111,394
982,866
1,738,593
522,645
206,068
32,715
43,423
15,090
35,783
50,589
29,075
371,347
30,343
148,492
24,974
28,151
84,288
9,372
21,945
9,521
31,580
2,093,431
77,439

,

Form F. R. 2o6~b
DEBITS BI BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(in thousands of dollars)
March
19-41

March
1940

3 months ended —
Mar. 1940
Mar. 1941

DISTRICT NO. 5 ~ RICHMOND
Washington
D. C.
Md,
Baltimore*
tt
Cumberland
tt
Hagerstovm
N. C.
Asheville
tt
Charlotte*
tt
Durham
tt
Greensboro
tt
Raleigh*
tt
Wilmington
tt
Winston-Salen
S. c.
Charleston
tt
Columbia*
tt
Greenville*
II
Spartanburg
Va.
Danville
tt
Lynchburg
tt
Newport News
t
t
Norfolk*
n
Portsmouth
tt
Richmond*
ti
Roanoke
W.
Va.
Charleston
ti
Huntington

>42,396
481,724
8,694
11,074
15,798
99,621
32,350
24,986
57,714
15,455
48,231
26,077
41,821
24,834
17,852
8,938
16,759
16,556
72,632
6,494
184,219
33,511
56,502
19,559

287,345
391,008
8,213
9,326
12,500
69,942
26,575
21,145
44,158
11,325
43,909
20,651
29,232
20,075
10,921
8,019
15,844
11,519
51,227
•4,479
141,849
28,527
47,474
17,102

961,001
1,387,896
25,092
31,653
46,622
281,975
88,270
72,700
165,616
42,405
131,432
74,034
113,3H
73,599
53,456
25,725
48,787
44,092
203,484
18,119
522,875
96,105
163,354
55,894

808,307
1,136,409
23,708
25,367
37,298
199,834
85,754
59,979
132,376
33,536
118,997
58,168
85,622
62,048
32,191
25,693
45,227
34,250
148,007
12,989
441,664
82,241
144,826
49,838

DISTRICT NO.. .6 - ATLANTA
Birmingham*
Ala.
tt
Dothan
tt
Mobile*
ti
Montgomery*
Fla.
J acksonville*
tt
Miami
tt
Pensacola*
tt
Tampa*
Ga.
Albany
tt
Atlanta*
it
Augusta*
it
Brunswick
i
t
Columbus
t
t
Elberton
tt
Macon*
ti
Neman
i
t
Savannah*
t
i
Valdosta
La.
New Orleans*
Hattiesburg
Miss.
ti
J ackson
it
Meridian
tt
Vicksburg*
Tenn.
Chattanooga*
11
Knoxville*
tt
Nashville*

119,841
3,963
54,569
27,197
122,035
84,313
12,013
40,522
6,568
286,648
25,469
3,174
24,417
1,345
26,530
2,601
35,832
4,312
270,115
11,209
31,923
15,385
7,877
56,267
37,483
104,371

98,601
2,£66
40,978
22,664
89,519
71,151
9,533
35,366
5,567
234,500
19,575
3,047
16,579
1,143
16,601
1,968
29,906
4,378
245,215
5,386
31,432
12,377
7,948
44,449
32,276
86,948

34-6,218
10,889
156,445
79,965
345,259
245,868
33,549
118,016
19,751
767,387
69,528
9,298
72,077
3,892
75,054
7,058
100,924
13,052
745,361
34,266
97,575
4-3,592
23,572
162,207
114,536
292,096

300,272
8,615
124,923
73,901
264,100
212,454
27,379
102,972
15,043
668,463
60,545
8,451
47,892
3,113
48,414
5,678
85,664
12,314
708,549
15,014
92,759
35,559
23,782
132,645
104,818
249,175




Form' F* R. 286-c
DEBITS BX BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(In thousands of dollars)
March
194-1
DISTRICT NO. 7 - CHICAGO
111.
Aurora
n
Bloomington*
ii
Champaign-Urbana
ii
Chicago*
ti
Danville
n
Decatur*
ii
Elgin
n
Moline
ii
Peoria*
it
Rockford*
ii
Springfield
Fort Wayne*
Ind.
it
Gary
n
Hammond
ii
Indianapolis*
n
South Bend*
it
Terre Haute
Iowa
Cedar Rapids*
n
Clinton
ii
Davenport*
n
Des Moines*
ti
Dubuque*
ii
Mason City
ii
Muscatine
n
Sioux City*
ii
Waterloo*
Mich,
Adrian
ii
Battle Creek
it
Bay City*
it
Detroit*
n
Flint*
it
Grand Rapids*
tt
Jackson
tt
Kalamazoo*
ii
Lansing*
ii
Saginaw
Green Bay
Wis,
ii
Manitowoc
ii
Milwaukee*
ii
Oshkosh
ti
Sheboygan
DISTRICT NO. 8 - ST. LOUIS
El Dorado
Ark,
ii
Fort Smith
tt
Helena
n
Little Rock*
it
Pine Bluff
n
Texarkana
(See also Tex. )
East St. Louis & Nat*l
Stock lards
111.
ii
Quincy
Ind.
Evansville*
Ky.
Louisville*
it
Owensboro
Miss,
Greenville
St. Louis*
Mo.
tt
Sedalia
ti
Springfield
Tenn,
Memphis*



March
1940

3 months ended —
Mar. 1940
Mar. 1941

14,505
15,081
18,612
3,998,980
11,713
24,416
9,278
10,176
69,791
38,204
30,275
37,616
20,187
10,473
253,102
56,067
27,342
32,482
7,076
27,346
121,068
10,505
11,157
3,830
41,114
21,398
5,536
16,448
13,638
1,360,193
37,366
67,955
19,780
28,759
29,564
28,023
17,154
8,265
341,811
10,677
20,514

11,741
12,642
16,604
3,347,319
10,059
20,334
7,956
9,613
59,24-9
27,420
27,731
30,852
16,210
8,413
208,538
40,479
25,655
28,028
5,662
22,768
104,855
9,185
10,294
3,450
36,075
18,721
4,02.9
12,554
11,301
1,000,961
30,820
57,193
14,907
23,535
24,705
21,748
15,560
7,353
289,165
9,327
16,465

39,854
40,684
' 49,301
10,313,764
32,732
65,789
26,862
28,741
196,490
104,195
84,556
108,056
59,974
29,474
7.39,460
156,321
78,125
87,281
19,385
76,275
310,460
31,116
32,170
10,265
122,666
61,413
15,4-00
46,524
38,210
3,746,013
101,662
192,711
54,181
81,862
85,935
77,331
48,558
23,245
942,194
31,743
58,682

33,501
37,388
44,936
9,249,908
29,554
56,936
23,140
26,139
168,910
77,000
75,993
93,858
51,842
24,748
634,439
120,767
73,816
76,303
16,677
65,226
286,956
27,748
30,539
9,822
108,142
53,941
11,747
36,991
33,285
2,959,078
87,919
173,392
46,048
70,055
73,222
66,651
44,453
21,291
829,695
28,011
47,611

5,530
13,561
1,813
51,525
8,481

5,606
12,705
2,001
41,596
8,109

17,124
42,400
5,329
150,823
2.6,162

16,763
35,736
5,648
116,163
21,509

3,851

3,957

11,473

9,800

46,001
9,720
39,838
227,977
6,540
5,652
670,400
2,278
17,711
181,563

34,289
8,838
32,161
171,366
5,951
5,720
581,433
2,230
14,537
137,036

133,497
27,560
113,211
642,470
20,803
18,139
1,871,267
6,730
51,670
553,208

99,898
24,905
97,777
503,978
20,095
16,755
1,694,810
6,557
41,176
415,068

F o m F. R. 286-d
DEBITS BY BANKS IH EACH REPORTING CENTEE
(In thousands of dollar's)
3 nonths ended —
Liar. 1940
Mar. 1941

March
1941

March
1940

41,001
355,145
2,023
179,129
30,078
6,395
12,537
13,006
1,664
22,185
5,380
1,890
4,180
5,942
20,879
11,2.33
5,160

45,756
342,834
1,703
163,919
25,168
6,035
11,405
11,118
1,412
19,057
4,694
1,861
3,435
4,897
17,704
9,383
4,297

115,376
989,108
5,784
505,871
86,330
18,2.89
34,666
34,327
4,283
63,725
15,528
5,173
11,685
16,781
61,754
30,939
14,186

124,194
998,166
5,019
492,336
76,788
18,367
29,562
32,729
3,891
58,023
14,085
5,095
10,082
14,571
55,139
27,158
12,040

17,115
181,437
3,458
15,245
2,992
10,746
2,861
18,165
3,846
4,275
19,366
60,935
9,758
342,510
29,990
3,232
29,635
163,987
20,180
27,260
10,156
1,640
8,893
112,906
3,182
133,598
6,336
10,157

13,983
153,657
3,764
13,444
2,862
12,255
2,642
15,249
3,778
3,850
20,420
45,694
8,701
308,067
24,905
2,778
27,308
141,562
16,305
26,110
11,059
1,513
7,441
106,449
2,542
139,139
5,816
8,047

43,910
512,141
10,201
44,481
8,889
31,208
8,575
56,377
10,631
12,508
60,403
169,982
29,324
972,951
89,426
9,099
84,723
466,017
57,927
79,707
29,051
4,784
25,771
329,501
8,283
388,895
19,837
29,018

38,661
445,845
10,799
38,186
8,091
34,451
7,827
50,025
10,341
11,551
65,234
132,241
28,096
895,756
80,995
7,964
81,423
414,524
47,952
86,499
29,863
4,301
21,700
313,701
7,701
395,977
17,835
23,081

DISTRICT HO. 9 •- MIHHEAPOLIS
Duluth*
Minneapolis*
Red Wing
St. Paul*
South St. Paul
Winona
Billings*
Helena*
Dickinson
Fargo*
Grand Forks*
Jamestown
Minot
Aberdeen*
Sioux Falls
La Crosse
Superior*

Minn.
it
it
it
n
it
Mont.
n
N, D.
tt
tt
it
it
S. D.
ti
Wis.
ii

DISTRICT HO. 10 - KANSAS CITY
Colorado Springs* Colo.
it
Denver*
tt
Grand Junction
ii
Pueblo*
Atchison
Kans.
it
Hutchinson
i
t
Independence
i
t
Kansas City*
t
i
Lawrence
it
Pittsburg
tt
Topeka*
t
i
Wichita*
Joplin*
Mo,
n
Kansas City*
ti
St. Joseph*
Fremont
Heb.
it
Lincoln
t
t
Omaha*
H. M.
Albuquerque*
Bartlesville*
Okla.
tt
Enid
it
Guthrie
n
Muskogee*
ii
Oklahoma City*
t
t
Okmulgee
ii
Tulsa*
Casper
Wyo.
ii
Cheyenne




Porr. F. P.. 2S6-3
DEBITS BY BANKS IN EACH REPORTING CENTER
(in thousands of dollars)
3 months ended —
Her. 1941 |Mar. 1940

March
19-41

March
1940

15,342
52,718
4,579
14,297
33,773
28,202
3,701
303,792
44,647
87,700
28,149
278,724
9,914
84,433

13,022
45,376
4,467
a ,517
35,185
23,780
3,329
263,377
33,249
80,971
28,078
251,008
9,599
72,100

43,089
151,661
14,011
38,073
106,277
82,531
11,384
874,824
140,981
271,479
79,388
819,399
31,021
247,4-37

36,743
136,157
12,675
25,635
103,261
72,284
10,232
787,594
93,998
241,806
86,549
735,594
28,54/7
208,568

4,949
11,393
16,556
17,750

4,287
12,410
14,722
16,608

15,735
37,270
47,058
50,908

12,529
35,657
43 ,142
49,085

51,233
18,276
28,906
34,789
45,138
997,732
130,990
31,069
147,388
13,881
87,118
989,317
26,633
12,161
20,979
19,907
15,855
11,658
229,884
17,173
18,899
77,874
8,317
10,938
271,350
56,364
52,902
7,328
14,342

48,195
17,312
24,568
30,132
40,370
039,227
103,948
27,766
120,985
11,358
50,545
891,795
23,814
11,336
19,250
17,276
13,911
8,661
193,782
17,105
14,696
66,829
7,119
9,035
213,973
51,044
39,528
7,090
12,130

150.206
57,079
86,545
108,829
132,802
3,148,592
367,638
95,325
437,830
41,388
239,830
2,755,518
76,354
35,184
62,34-1
59,129
4-3,404
31,945
576,273
50,972
54,356
226,780
23,610
29,988
745,493
156,426
146,744
20,227
37,717

142,232
53,437
76,486
95,583
113,830
2,686,607
309,165
84,108
441,449
36,109
148,813
2,512,953
68,554
34,533
56,042
53,845
37,587
23,534
494,824
46,086
41,363
202,559
20,228
26,456
608,643
143,792
110,086
19,527
33,313

DISTRICT 110. 11 - DALLAS
Tucson*
Shreveport*
Roswell
Abilene
Austin*
Beaumont*
Corsicana
Dallas*
El Paso*
Fort Worth*
Galveston
Houston*
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Texarkana*
(See also Ark.)
Tyler
Waco*
Wichita Falls

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DISTRICT NO. 12 - SAN FRANCISCO
Phoenix
Bakersfield
Berkeley
Fresno*
Long Beach*
Los Angeles*
Oakland*
Pasadena*
Sacramento*
San Bernardino
San Diego*
San Francisco*
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Stockton*
Boise*
Reno*
Eugene
Portland*
Salem
Ogden*
Salt Lake City*
Bellingham
Everett
Seattle*
Spokane*
Tacoma*
Walla Walla
Yakima*




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Calif.
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Idaho
Nev.
Ore.
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Utah
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