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B O A R D OF G O V E R N O R S OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(For Immediate Release)

January 15, I960

BANK DEBITS
T O D E M A N D DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
E X C E P T INTERBANK A N D U. S. G O V E R N M E N T ACCOUNTS

Bank debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank and U . S . Government accounts,
as reported by banks in 344 leading centers for the month of December aggregated $261 billion.
During the past three months debits amounted to $709 billion or 11.6 per cent above the total
reported for the corresponding period a year ago. At banks in New York. City there was an increase
of 16.7 per cent compared with the corresponding three-months period a year ago; at 6 other centers
the increase was 8 . 5 per cent; and at 337 other centers it was 8 . 5 per cent.
Preliminary estimates of the annual rates of turnover of demand deposits, without seasonal
adjustment, in December are 66.8 at New York City, 35-5 at 6 other centers, and 26.7 at 337 other
centers.

SUMMARY BY FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS
(in millions of dollars)
Federal Reserve District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Total, 344 reporting centers
New York City
6 other centers*
337 other centers

December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 IDecember 195#

9,599

8,804

11,094
35,839
6,675
4,281
9,437
10,701
24.097

10,236
33,662
6,169
4,275
9,016
10,110
22,652

28,097
294,686
29,233
45,125
27,244
30,814
99,031
18,932
12,254
26,529
29,163
67,397

261,121
104,976
51,763
104,382

238,985
92,711
48,690
97,584

708,505
276,768
141,657
290,080

10.096
111,451
10,600
17,252

9,115
98,841
10,048
16,056

*Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.




25,646
253,796
26,986
42,158
24,812
27,748
91,059
17,303
11,869
25,403
26,826
61,362
634,971
237,136
130,508
267,328

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(In thousands of dollars)
December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 I December 1958"

DISTRICT NO. 1 - BOSTON
Connecticut:

Hartford
New Haven
New London
Waterbury J?/

Maine:

Bangor
Lewi s ton-Auburn
Portland

1,326,395
460,366
90,530
153,753

1,296,062
442,527
92,351
121,676

3,645,600
1,320,392
258,457
422,155

3,561,826
1,202,071
253,252
334,883

83,888
55,828
179,767

78,007
52,789
147,869

162,823

252,449

502,764

234,015
147,360
429,284

5,501,720
87,397
76,179
69,148
71,139
92,126
82,300
87,067
66,633
340,430
311,310

4,819,718
89,082
73.326
69,o4O
71,297
77,034
75,605
75.327
60,333
321,770
278,554

15,195,954
259,451
226,329
202,356
215,320
267.821
253,046
254.822
198,660
1,029,946
837,326

13,665,161
256,323
216,109
191,249
206,306
, 224,072
228,855
226,069
174,838
936,739
790,968

Massachusetts:

Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Holyoke
Lawrence
Lowell
Lynn
New Bedford
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

New Hampshire:

Concord
Manchester

42,260
114,375

39,191
107,571

113,778
305,137

105,149
276,744

Rhode Island:

Providence

746,438

673,079

2,001,519

1,832,184

Vermont:

Burlington

57,149

52,955

170,953

152,201

DISTRICT NO. 2 - HEW YORK
Connecticut:

Bridgeport
Stamford

New Jersey:

Elizabeth
Jersey City
Montelair
Newark
Paterson-Passaic

New York:

Binghamton
Buffalo
Elmira
Jamestown
New York
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Schenectady
Syracuse
Utica

r/ Revised figure:




309,377
155,748

290,660
131,872

434,079

856,801

788,381
365,438

244,675
668,392
80,097
1,616,835
551,645

218,279
625,522
67,951
1,497,773
562,692

705,039
1,790,241
222,653
4,295,797
1,559,996

607,874
1,670,389
173,499
3,875,617
1,55?,496

99,661
1,042,959
75,677
52,824
104,975,650
97,575
772,686
114,967
426,918
165,274

95,895
1,027,724
69,100
54,029
92,711,430
87,681
707.798
114,268
431.799
147,016

279,344
2,937,090
205,378
151,474
276,768,106
276,494
2,163,619
316,657
1,263,729
459,071

281,089
2,869,298
192,866
147,472
237,135,889
243,586
1,954,094
315,791
1,204,875
410,798

Waterbury, Connecticut:

November 1959, 133,537

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December 1959

December 1958

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(In thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
December 1959 1December 1958

DISTRICT NO. 3 - PHILADELPHIA
Delaware:

Wilmington

995,846

841,122

2,475,208

New Jersey:

Atlantic City
Camden
Trenton

105,958
3^1,353
417,997

95,333

296,602

298,066

Allentown
Altoona
Bethlehem
Chester
Harrisburg
Hazleton
Johnstown
Lancaster
Lebanon
Norristown
Philadelphia
Reading
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
York

158,417
51,833

Pennsylvania:

k

65,076

101,624
237,671
39,181
69,797
131,186
34,836
82,504
7,133,772
183,488
145,923
114,066
47,595
142,06l

2,197,444

269,308

956,475

437,114

1,228,706

880,710
1,119,067

151,390

458,535
153,028
182,213

412,993
148,885

50,988

75,903
95,786
233,917
37,757
71,732
125,919
34,475
75,087

6,792,088
185,139

158,203

115,739
44,689
127,413

286,365

203,810
268,471
645,350
106,503
198,247
354,020

658,717
117,220
199,535
382,753
98,256
242,535
19,725,079
503,272
413,605
322,345
133,243
399,691

209,913
18,155,557
499,901
427,770
318,374
123,009
349,740

96,987

DISTRICT HO. 4 - CLEVELAND
Kentucky:

Covington-Newport
Lexington

Ohio:

Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Hamilton
Lima
Lorain
Mansfield
Middletown
Portsmouth
Springfield
Steubenville
Toledo
Warren
Youngs town
Zanesville

Pennsylvania:

West Virginia:




Butler
Erie
Franklin
Greensburg
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Sharon
Wheeling

72,244
248,779

68,279
232,968

214,695
531,560

196,315
493,305

618,305
207,695
1,947,202
4,277,088

592,590
195,407

1,803,992
583,622
5,461,186

1,662,850

1,181,702
554,227
92.072

72,180

47,899
98,214
76.073
34,503

76,254
45,116

742,270
90,790

269,732

44,931
64,350

172,769

11,857
36,4o8
27,568
5,998,553

1,838,508

3,975,168

1,251,879

519,460

82,000
68,041
43,534
92,190
70,772

3,324,720

1,562,856

249,049
210,112
135,231

268,508
209,455

32,832

98,561

73,999
40,099

224,179

665,381

88,338
255,188
44,352
54,709
153,317
9,943
33,258

27,962

51,187

5,410,072
47,295

91,606

88,293

- 3-

11,527,020

120,016

2,083,232
248,447
723,927
135,660

186,411
489,491
34,806
104,837
79,499
14,124,587

550,231
5,024,814
10,743,714
3,398,002
1,390,119
226,684

199,463
123,942
244,988

187,813

91,216

217,957
112,714
1,835,127
242,484
725,352

121,216

158,309
428,991
29,409
93,912

76,802

130,182

13,187,748
132,328

258,950

262,505

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(in thousands of dollars)
December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 I December 195#

DISTRICT NO. 5 - RICHMOND
District of
Columbia:
Maryland:

North Carolina:

South Carolina:

Virginia:

West Virginia:

Washington
Baltimore
Cumberland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Greensboro
Kinston
Raleigh
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Spartanburg
Charlottesville
Danville
Lynchburg
Newport News
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Richmond
Roanoke
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Parkersburg

2,172,809
2,245,694
35,294
35,180
51,248

102,233
624,702
117,604
287,723
25,315

306,670

62,779
30,221
301,304
141,449
250,526

226,797

98,714
54,363

62,015

77,912

89,967

397,829

50,651

1,073,541

219,869

51,271
210,128
45,701
103,300
45,900

1,893,855
2,096,517
34,049
34,599
47,868
93,809
584,327
107,652

262,306
25,867

294,743
58,587
29,381
261,319

6,038,539
6,264,125

102,787

99,640
147,463
277,466
1,793,755
362,507
824,863
96,133
945,439
182,539
126,133

850,564

5,186,861
5,766,007
95,028
95,898
142,324
263,740

1,651,984

347,775
737,652
105,703
888,550
169,526
138,905
715,645

117,626
227,567
209,362
88,498

385,943
737,527
634,391
279,238

330,453

52,646
58,156
74,973
72,979
382,041
48,070
1,006,295
199,445
52,419
200,796
41,916
101,262
45,108

155,617
215,585
223,593
249,494
1,113,612
141,072
3,078,119
590,645
140,337
621,086
137,856

154,261
211,585

296,318

131,385

662,536

550,224
247,163

206,469

198,179
1,046,798
132,802
2,920,847
545,391
149,078
589,737
126,680
286,173
128,509

DISTRICT NO. 6 - ATLANTA
Alabama:

Florida:

Georgia:

Louisiana:

Mississippi:

Tennessee:

Anniston
Birmingham
Dothan
Gadsden
Mobile
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Albany
Atlanta
Augusta
Brunswick
Columbus
Elberton
Macon
Newnan
Savannah
Valdosta

251,849
474,924
54,959
2,267,326
126,291
31,177
115,540
10,112
131,571
21,582
224,963
37,398

Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Rattlesburg
Jackson
Meridian
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville

288,176
90,224
1,444,636
37,186
321,625
45,966
22,498
353,038
268,468
752,913




44,515
858,255
35,440
37,587
321,214
178,023
891,730
972,013
286,695

96,061

-4-

40,820
798,797
27,783
35,438
290,644
176,959

128,880

117,009

2,347,608

2,281,037

102,194
106,910

886,427
515,203

83,526

104,976

801,321
494,017
2,128,673

800,162
921,010
220,659

2,433,850
2,700,310
768,251

89,903
202,216
431,295
69,383
1,985,782
107,410
25,853

264,467

255,270
521,278

1,095,660

211,642
27,559

1,269,922
162,375
6,247,083
338,532
81,930
322,950
29,047
375,170
60,715
606,lS4
3.03,614

223,657
101,230
1,368,809

817,796
254,045
4,003,147

619,049
272,154

35,045

108,697

113,050
8,960

140,415

18,201

297,888

49,055
20,743
338,557

276,785

779,943

693,218

921,113
135,540
64,641
979,059
739,283
2,245,993

2,401,924
551,931

189,920

5,419,881
294,421

65,618

305,747
25,763
363,503
52,801

581,765

75,425

3,731,108
100,491
846,568
129,588
58,142
911,081
697,915

2,170,766

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(In thousands of dollars)
December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 1 December 1958

DISTRICT NO. 7 - CHICAGO
Illinois:

Aurora
Bloomington
Champai gn-Urbana
Chicago
Danville
Decatur
Elgin
Joliet
Moline-East MolineRock Island
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield

86,072
78,867
82,573
18,871,126
51,615
124,452
53,067
98,376

71,643
86,362
77,221
17,632,109
53,117
125,423
50,952
93,065

249,217
221,536
260,659
51,333,570
153,768
388,590
153,106
279,427

214,405
233,998
247,926
47,508,235
154,650
378,229
146,288
265,984

128,005
254,171
220,104
145,057

118,173
249,100
197,475
144,695

378,326
716,780
633,695
419,570

345,077
715,896
560,360
418,597

Indiana:

Fort Wayne
Gary
Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Haute

309,519
143,650
95,292
1,280,024
94,048
94,038
243,079
105,146

282,816
133,912
90,345
1,285,902
77,095
88,532
243,383
96,484

896,590
391,562
264,883
3,819,122
268,191
271,453
669,908
289,975

814,295
373,278
250,996
3,673,952
226,074
241,981
634,878
265,469

Iowa:

Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Mason City
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo

43,069
152,816
30,979
132,163
592,495
78,242
49,485
20,112
39,968
214,280
110,705

39,983
152,208
29,710
131,482
579,171
77,945
48,588
18,690
38,855
213,205
107,025

120,898
450,141
91,927
391,485
1,757,454
232,194
150,827
59,195
120,770
634,729
325,440

114,080
420,461
91,926
366,230
1,639,482
217,590
143,195
58,838
114,249
634,292
311,546

Michigan:

Adrian
Battle Creek
Bay City
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Muskegon
Port Huron
Saginaw

30,996
87,334
63,648
7,433,592
200,608
398,599
113,186
197,436
163,327
104,575
41,879
142,653

29,908
88,371
62,427
6,874,206
204,898
367,472
107,232
246,496
161,574
93,688
43,228
141,467

92,349
252,308
187,224
20,522,662
582,588
1,131,577
330,700
546,248
490,064
292,351
129,913
413,587

84,072
251,259
179,636
18,152,789
525,718
1,056,775
294,759
562,304
460,958
260,001
123,222
391,963

Wisconsin:

Green Bay
Kenosha
Madison
Manitowoc
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan

103,150
81,262
217,952
40,486
2,147,114
47,680
119,098
81,964

100,805
66,739
199,757
40,143
1,978,369
43,664
103,971
73,018

294,791
218,019
605,749
108,789
5,748,625
134,591
324,035
230,313

282,644
177,919
554,303
111,001
5,208,082
118,238
252,343
199,048




5

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(In thousands of dollars)
December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 1 December 1958

DISTRICT NO. 8 - ST. LOUIS
El Dorado
Fort Smith
Helena
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Texarkana (Also see
Texas, p. 8)

Arkansas:

41,851
66,245
16,049

101,944

67,287

193,416

60,273
772,251

78,191

14,227
256,282
63,731

254,998

99,817
195,574
47,991
723,226
208,080

26,807

25,588

81,320

73,517

271,413

37,023

Alton
E. St. Louis & Nat'l.
Stock Yards
Quincy

50,029

49,589

139,553

130,019

159,986
54,159

165,645
54,000

446,654
163,754

472,422
152,517

Indiana:

Evansvilie

183,850

199,501

532,242

556,501

Kentucky:

Louisville
Owensboro
Paducah

1,044,918
66,244
42,234

1,027,423
62,391
38,131

2,927,471
183,711
117,253

2,826,030
170,155
107,550

Mississippi:

Greenville

42,998

35,787

137,436

108,534

Missouri:

Cape Girardeau
Hannibal
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Sedalia
Springfield

22,824
14,473
102,282
3,036,604
21,277
118,609

19,984
14,056
93,877
2,837,651
21,462
113,649

68,385
41,908
375,027
8,317,368
59,366
358,237

57,116
40,188
338,217
7,708,906
59,684
333,342

Jackson
Memphis

35,775
1,178,079

30,594
941,234

118,756
3,480,463

92,628
2,801,423

473,882
118,438
6,112,222
26,350
165,923
86,433
2,528,440
284,598
69,875

491,320
110,147
5,787,559

92,830
26,225

167,455
38,814
2,131,278
10,262
54,590
29,936
881,853
107,983
25,034

Billings
Butte
Great Falls
Helena

111,625

112,190

329,788

51,140
79,903
48,560

64,069
83,388
56,941

150,427
240,596
141,356

323,679
182,244
247,861
154,104

Bismarck
Dickinson
Fargo
Grand Forks
Jamestown
Minot

33,225
11,681
88,431
34,122
11,682
35,108

33,492
10,300
94,596
31,326
11,576
33,619

98,279
36,585
281,180
101,300
35,407
107,193

South Dakota:

Aberdeen
Sioux Falls

26,979
128,189

27,389
125,343

380,520

378,045

Wisconsin:

Eau Claire
La Crosse
Superior

60,153
64,711
20,955

57,233
65,441
20,822

157,758
184,461
59,712

153,837
178,453
59,290

Illinois:

Tennessee:

DISTRICT NO. 9 - MINNEAPOLIS
Minnesota:

Duluth
Mankato
Minneapolis
Red Wing
Rochester
St. Cloud
St. Paul
South St, Paul
Winona

Montana:

North Dakota:




168,424
42,151

2,136,966

9,019

60,038

30,561

908,298

- 6 -

83,337

26,613
158,227

79,279
2,416,286
314,050
72,642

94,623
33,057
296,448
91,406
35,783

103,809

80,433

December 1959

December 1958

BANK DEBITS - December 1959
(In thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
December 1959 I December 1958

DISTRICT NO. 10 - KANSAS CITY
113,350
1,524,533
40,643
48,244
94,047

119,092
1,360,640
39,252
45,491
94,180

326,511
4,222,044
114,359
151,291
249,995

331,350
3,915,881
112,257
141,340
252,683

Atchison
Dodge City
Emporia
Hutchinson
Independence
Kansas City
Lawrence
Manhattan
Parsons
Pittsburg
Salina
Topeka
Wichita

16,532
21,266
19,850
63,076
13,484
143,515
24,736
19,491
11,374
21,746
56,288
197,614
480,897

17,848
23,217
19,720
57,759
13,004
151,688
22,567
19,446
10,860
19,775
57,299
171,536
510,236

47,607
66,553
62,259
167,707
35,631
407,006
70,471
60,208
33,589
61,285
170,056
549,026
1,367,689

48,501
67,596
61,921
162,716
35,658
406,450
65,121
57,873
31,357
57,122
162,563
489,379
1,396,193

Missouri:

Independence
Joplin
Kansas City
St. Joseph

26,407
46,478
2,103,517
149,786

25,704
50,425
2,089,063
149,111

71,927
135,028
5,853,904
423,573

71,544
142,201
5,663,902
417,279

Nebraska:

Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Lincoln
Omaha

27,863
37,488
27,700
183,483
921,041

25,020
34,635
26,378
171,580
908,131

80,479
107,079
78,239
538,385
2,632,839

76,354
102,155
70,053
489,497
2,571,941

New Mexico:

Albuquerque
Santa Fe

297,433
56,633

285,377
58,037

856,355
169,692

796,347
158,063

Oklahoma:

Bartlesville
Enid
Guthrie
Lawton
Muskogee
Norman
Oklahoma City
Okmulgee
Ponca City
Tulsa

364,510
56,206
6,394
35,790
55,233
18,048
781,219
9,704
29,758
1,133,045

300,473
57,826
5,831
34,530
62,660
17,360
695,403
10,176
25,839
1,102,437

945,305
160,809
19,753
99,746
138,386
55,267
2,245,880
28,985
91,025
3,207,316

841,369
168,974
17,229
86,458
166,850
52,056
2,032,211
31,644
77,498
3,200,400

Wyoming:

Casper
Cheyenne

80,902
77,660

75,653
50,641

228,185
197,285

218,716
154,613

Colorado:

Colorado Springs
Denver
Grand Junction
Greeley
Pueblo

Kansas:




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BANK DEBITS - December
(In thousands of dollars

December 1959

December 1958

Three months ended
December 1959 I December 195#

DISTRICT NO. 11 - DALLAS
Arizona:

Tucson

247,780

228,313

695,682

617,985

Louisiana:

Monroe
Shreveport

86,611
356,899

83,552
316,045

250,803
978,859

226,034
881,577

New Mexico:

Roswell

43,957

40,980

129,985

111,738

Texas:

Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Corpus Christ!
Corsicana
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Laredo
Lubbock
Port Arthur
San Angelo
San Antonio
Texarkana (Also see
Arkansas, p. 6)
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls

107,653
237,234
213,663
179,763
186,890
19,455
3,262,774
399,340
873,436
102,415
2,927,523
28,818
292,978
72,417
53,751
648,737

104,644
222,447
192,692
173,830
193,718
19,205
3,014,916
379,999
882,188
100,918
2,802,442
28,959
228,904
65,727
53,497
632,248

305,209
699,457
627,242
485,934
554,292
55,167
8,587,099
1,148,641
2,380,005
286,837
7,894,100
82,755
778,445
199,548
162,735
1,830,195

280,413
631,098
549,667
471,736
553,961
56,542
7,710,664
1,015,982
2,332,198
278,930
7,361,159
79,430
642,296
192,500
158,092
1,702,653

24,945
88,197
114,391
130,948

21,644
93,999
106,764
122,828

69,010
250,171
339,000
371,590

62,502
261,295
306,095
341,921

604,226

2,013,720

1,643,078

205,792
145,807
307,502
388,153
7,562,353
99,570
963,491
241,252
119,736
849,620
153,721
820,235
4,998,924
395,569 ,
91,669
75,788
119,492

638,777
441,258
1,100,710
1,046,815
20,480,918
292,854
2,531,659
731,060
371,480
3,677,699
404,187
2,773,892
14,398,683
1,174,431
286,061
177,465
444,542

580,218
404,546
861,841
1,056,765
19,714,416
281,059
2,422,606
655,574
324,536
2,760,560
388,199
2,237,254
13,301,201
1,072,519
253,339
181,154
346,735

DISTRICT NO. 12 - SAB FRANCISCO
721,650

Arizona:

Phoenix

California:

Bakersfield
Berkeley
Fresno
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Modesto
Oakland
Pasadena
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Santa Rosa
Stockton

Idaho:

Boise

144,907

138,185

412,739

391,153

Nevada:

Reno

118,307

96,918

346,041

279,973

Oregon:

Eugene
Portland
Salem

114,486
1,271,386
146,929

89,066
1,145,057
148,993

307,893
3,788,705
440,357

258,545
3,331,923
410,246

Utah:

Ogden
Salt Lake City

110,696
642,576

113,061
582,951

324,851
1,748,143

316,747
1,532,492

Washington:

Bellingham
Everett
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Yakima

4o,694
65,O4O
1,732,119
288,573
235,583
35,017
77,440

39,580
61,681
1,456,864
277,258
241,102
32,753
75,699

124,157
190,665
4,841,563
868,414
675,788
105,150
236,542

118,936
172,991
4,232,475
833,636
660,743
95,853
230,398




253,441
154,131
389,100
365,761
7,600,954
98,795
920,552
259,615
135,643
1,080,252
148,604
1,002,391
5,222,074
4o4,662
103,648
62,544
149,240

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