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E^lsased for publication Sunday nx>rning March l6, 1919; not sarlier.

1

PRESS STATEMENT

March 1 5 , 1939 .
Below is given the Federal Reserve Board7? regular weekly etat
of total
debits to deposit accountreported through the Federal R evive
by about
I 5O of the country7 s more important clearing houses« Tronsae ons cover the weekly
periods ending Wednesday March $ and Wednesday March 12*
With the exception of the Dallas district, all Federal Reserve district* re­
port smaller aggregate debits to individual account than the
before^ r :.e de­
crease for the 1U9 centers amounting to over 10 per cent ♦ Chicago, Pi t-t^rgh,
Kansas City and San Francisco are among the more important ce/.'.^ars vh^oh . ^port
decreases in excess of the average decrease* On tne otiier nani, h ev; orica-i^,
Houston and to a lesser extent Philadelphia, report larger aesits to individual
account than the week before* Debits to bank account likewise snow a deore-.se,
though the rate of decline was considerably less than in the case of debits to
individual account. For the districts of Atlanta, Minneapolis., Kansas City and
Dallas, debits to bank account show increases for the week,
The statement closes with a recapitulation giving comparative data, by reserve
districts for 1U9 centers reporting complete data for both we eke . Figures of re­
porting clearing houses by Federal Reserve districts are as follows:

________________________ :
1.

BOSTON
Bangor
Bo ston
Fall Ri ver
Hartford
Holyoke
Lowell
New Bedford
New Haven
Providence
Springfield
Wat erbury
Worcester
B l 1 YORK
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
New York
Passaic
Rochester
Syracuse
PHILADELPHIA
Altoona
Chester
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancast er
Philadelphia
Reading
Scranton
Trenton
Wilkes Barre
Williamsport
Wilmington
York




:
Debits to Individual
:
Debits to Banks' and
:___________ Account____________ : ______ Banker s* Accoun t ___
March 5
■ .March 12 :_____ March 5___ _!___ >;^yeh_12
(in thousands of dollars)

2,675

2'53:9S4
5,601
20,784
2,894
>
4,217
5,177
14,770

25,850
12,^57

6,110

2,512

225,792

4,895
17,190
2 S437

4,301

5,214
14,531
24 ,610

11,300

13,487

5,063
11,590

20,586
3,344

17,907
2,644

54,71S
3,975,552
2,9^4

44,165

24,930
13,619
2,4i6
4,694

5,290
3 ,136
4,321
279,281
3,605
9,9H
8,891
6,703
3,039
8,800
2,928

3.5S7.9H

2,652

22,042
10 ,34s
2,315
3,901
5,240
. 2,735

4,316

281,940

3,618
11,194
8,319
5,187

2,732
7,968

3,063

316

^78

139,793

165,^9

1,583
4-75
■308

1 ^ 6l

262

163

W.yX

rc6
242

190

372
1,572

390
386

1,350

1,472

351
347
1,172

10,482

8,130

7,815

373

,9,035

1 , 666,27s
345
634

1 ,467,603
216
727

4s6

675

66

5
3

15

154

224

,
F
341,765

217
289,376

2,032
232
60
165

l,so4
204
82
634

61

90

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Debits to Banks* and
____B a n ^ s j l L ____
Jarch ^
i
March 12
"............... .
Un thousands of dollars)

: Debits tc Individual
: _____________ Account_____

:March q__ ^
4•

CLEVELAND
Akron
Cineinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton

Erie
Greensburg, Pa
Lexington
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Toledo
Wheeling
Youngstovyn
fiTOtfHWD
Baltimore
Charleston
Charlotte
Columbia
Norfolk
Raleigh
Richmond

6.

ATLANTA
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Macon
Mobile
Montgo mery
Nashville
New Orleans
Pensacola
Savannan
Tampa
Vicksburg

CHICAGO
Bay City
Bloomington
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Davenport
Decatur
Des Moines
Detro it
Dubuque
Flint
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
KalamaZtoo
Lansing
Milwaukee
Peoria
Rockford, 111
Sioux City
South Bend
Springfield

Waterloo,
la.


18,420
50 ,305
121. ,lUS
22,5^5
11,59^
5 »7g3
2,537
9,607
2,312
132,1S5
3 .9S1
IS.U^i
7 ,Sb4
12,362

16,550
4 6 ,37b
103,730
23,51+6
10,334
5,51°

7S s332
& .370
5 ..50c
6, i4s
16,613
4 , 5CO
23,160

23.753

S,5§?

1 3 •5^3
3,443
n ,5 i 9
5 2 L3

5.080
6 930
>365
20 ,293

54,300
" 2.045

s ,303
2,345
123,131
2,931
21,763
7,392
13,176

5,553
5/143

14,224
3?}941
3,070
3,906
47,817
10,047
5,904
1'4 ,233
2.832
7,321
4,101

597
6,950
2,655
4o4 „R70
2 ;4 i5

4 3 ,31b
3 .73-

462
31'-

4,709
2 ,121

306,732
2,215

4i . 527
2,753
7,300
3,060
21,842
3.9OO

34.359
2,376
4,100
3,049
21,773

20 ,520

65.163

22,321
5,331
12,105
3 ,625
S ,923
5..O6S
4 ’ bl3
5 ,9i 94,324

21,699

1 9 ,35;*
60,^61

2,453

2,239
2 ,g4 S
5.553
500,124
6 ’,l6o
3 ,045

2 ,200

107 ..£04

62,744
6,302
3 ,600
6,359
15,125

2 .542
5:015
5-.915
611 ,72s
9,036
4,318
97,504

33 >5'40
113,345
4,219

3.633

l ’t S 85

2 5 f55i

11 'j

7,5U9
7,724
901

11 104
4 ,622
1,741

10:869
4 600

122

25,266
34.309
2,360
5,725
4.625
17,279
25.27s
2,645
3.625
^ 7,352
3,755
5,129
l 6 ,6s4
4,800

4^685
3 ,^ 3

6,9 33

601

lb?

2.2,062
2,318
4,
4 .030
10:106
1, <&2
2,033
389

4,30
13 ?3^2
3*.925

341
9 A 56
61 3
130

, 55^
lo:22b
35',503
1 ,342
7.031
1.584
143

275
2,222
13 ,8l4

485
l , 4 i4
16,471

J'

r 'J 3 L~
& ToZ

1:533

2,627

636 .,136
2 >7.55

1,149
5b, 57 6

41,629
1,760

21

£,559
3 ,808
30,479

434

186
28 .202
4 ,900
' 36 O
20,980
1,^63
2j64
1 , 86s

610,552
2 ' 3S
846

58,603
4i , 6i 9
1,787
29
2,293
3 ,s°7

23,636

549
l4s
29 ,829
3-777
389
26,327
2,300
1,502
2,215

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Debits to Banks1 and
Banksrsf Account
March 12.
March
5
March
12
5
(In thousands of dollars)

Debits to Individual
Account_____

March
S.

S'

10.

11.

ST. LOUIS
Evansville
Little Rock
Louisville
Memphis
St. Louis

*+,513
7,627
53»765
ZJ ,026
128,590

MINNEAPOLIS
Aberdeen
Billings
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Great Falls
Helena
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Superior
Winona

1,224

2,765
1 2 ,893




814
846

62,783
32,162

2,961
2,651
67 ,*+33

44,097

SSI
871
4,010

2,062
1,016
2,349
?1 ,3T0
42,635
119

165

1,209

SU5

661

725

1,901

76
S82
22,821
607

617
25,112

3,183

5,629
154,285

2,348

12,073
61,068
3,550
13
4,328
18,001

(a)

23,467
123,647

1,085

84,079

6,853

1,808
3 *553

989

45,456

922

b?n

1 ,052
2 ,550
3>555
28,75*+

1,076

3,676
2,168

1,387
5,679

1,730

26 > 9 7
2,951

8,876

l*+,795
*+,712
19,871
(a) 5*827
3,977

24,180

1,233
2,030

2,299

1>H9
2,504
2,7^5
32,000
2,986
2,713
118,209
2,582
ll,64l
64,322
2,895
2 5 .O59
5,390
12,839

6,189
49,905

126,268

2,057
1,268
1,926

62,299
36,824
2,020
931

i,*+33

114,632

11,393

2 ,21141,621
2,178

KANSAS CITY
Atchison
Bartlesville, Okla.
Colorado Springs
Denver
Joplin
Kansas City, Kans.
Kansas City, MoMuskogee, Okla.
Oklahoma City
Omaha'
Pueblo
St. Joseph
Topeka
Tulsa
Wichita
DALLAS
Albuquerque
Austin
Beaumont
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Shreveport
Texarkana
Tucson
Waco

*+,771
6,4os
43,646
27,967

11,596
S5,°35
823

77

559
5,976

180,326
10,524
99,306

1,261

10,695
1,711

16,371

8 ,430

8,664

10,290

12,468

12,302

1,361

2,608

3,51*+

3,572
3 , SOU
29 ,879
7,57*+
1 6 ,426
5,*+32
2^,924

62,757
7 >i*+°
30,584
2 , 97s
38,640

2,290
3O6

6,830
*+,959
1 ,3S*+
1,818
3»3*+5

2,99S
2D1
1 ,3S5
1,563

1,916

4,052
475
62,633
8,221
39,093
4 ,1 3 5

45,711

3,427
328
1,312
2,704

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:
Debits to Individual
:
Debits to Banks' and
: _________ Account_______ ________ :___ ___Barker &’• Account____
*
March 5 _:' _ March 12.____%___ Mar$fe__ 5.___
March 12
(In thousands of dollars
SAN FRANCl SOD

Boise
Fresno
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Oakland
Ogden
Pasadena
Portland
Beno
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Seattle
Spokane
Stockton
Tacoma
Yakima

2,134

5,691
3,355
73-802

2,096
5,512 •
2 , 93!+
•*,196

1^,206

12,552

3,766
3,421
37,407
1,887
13,316

3,630
2,892

15,292
5,292
185,091
3,506
40,795
8,077
4,376

9,342

1,994

4-r6s6
3 ,1 ^

5.332
3,35°

115
42,050
2 , 7 ?4-9
5,973

137
41,795
2,290
4,514
273
20,981
1,325
5»266

717

34,501

22,320
1,459

2,009
10,470
14,038

5,819

19,119
318

20,007

4 , s 42

469
107,339

135,969
3,440
36,604

98,687
1,622
21+031

1,869
22,389
7 ,i i '4
3 ,12 5
7 ,4?6

8,537
3,702

13,726
2,299

6,738

2,592
7 ,^os
524

513

Recapitulation showing figures for centers reporting both weeks*
Federal
Reserve
District

jUturibdr of :
r cent er s ;
: included :

1.
Boston
2 . Kaiar..York
3 « Philadelphia
4.
Cleveland
5<• Richmond
0 . Atlanta
7•
Chic ago
8.
St. Loui s
9 » Minne apo1i s
10. Kansas City
11. Dallas
12. San Francisco
GRAND TOTAL

12
7
13
13

Debits to Individual
Accoiint
March 5 : March 12

3 b8,006
4,099,693
343,015
477,561

6

138,123

15

179,032
918,901

5

221,521

22
10

l4
13
19
149

124,§69
299,298
,9s:, 383

329,435
3,637,669
342 , 523
389,787

115,150
176,922
782,430

197,424
117,504

244.313

:
:
:

Debi ts to Banks' and.
Banks';•s* Account
:
March 12
March 5

197,Og2

1 ,68 b

fOnO

344,601
534,641
l4i-,655
107,373
354,446

207,975

124,234
315,719

431.800

11IV30S
358.039

153,45c
260.278

7,700,302

6 , 853,559

4,977,504

172,613

1 ,436,336
292,640
492,547
123,002
110,979
.330,912
199,636
126,522
363,736
175.605
243.952 .

4 ,618,530

(a) Figures comprise debits to individual account as well as banks1 and
bankers* account ♦