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• Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Sunday morning J u l y 2g, 191S,

Not e a r l i e r *

X-10S9

STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS,

J u l y 27, i g i g .
S u b s t a n t i a l increases, in d i s c o u n t a c t i v i t y , a l s o c o n s i d e r a b l e g a i n s in Government^deposits by the Reserve banks o u t s i d e of New York and Boston, a r e i n d i c a t e d in
the f e d e r a l Reserve Board 1 s weekly statement issued a s a t c l o s e of b u s i n e s s on
/ J u l y 26, i g i g ,
INVESTMENTS: A l l the banks, except ; New York r e p o r t n e t a d d i t i o n s t o disco-rated b i l l s on hand, Chicago, San F r a n c i s c o , P h i l a d e l p h i a and Kansas C i t y showing the
largest g a l a s . Of the t o t a l discounts on hand, $675,665,000 a s a g a i n s t $601,140], 000
t h e week b e f o r e i s r e p r e s e n t e d by war p a p e r , i , e , , member banks 1 n o t e s secured by
oveminent war o b l i g a t i o n s and customers 1 paper s i m i l a r l y secured* No a p p r e c i a b l e
changes a r e shown in o t h e r earning a s s e t s , including a c c e p t a n c e s and U,S. s e c u r i t i e s
BE^QSITS; Government d e p o s i t s a t a l l banks, except Boston and New York, show
c o n s i d e r a b l e i n c r e a s e s , the t o t a l g a i n f o r t h e week being 83*2 m i l l i o n s . Members1
r e s e r v e d e p o s i t s f e l l off 52*9 m i l l i o n s , a l l t h e banks except
Kansas C i t y r e p o r t ing n e t r e d u c t i o n s in r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s , a p p a r e n t l y a s t h e r e s u l t of payment by member banks f o r Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s of t h e more recent issues* Net d e p o s i t s show an
i n c r e a s e f o r the week of 56.2 m i l l i o n s ,
RESERVES: Gold r e s e r v e s decreased by 1 . 2 m i l l i o n s and t o t a l cash r e s e r v e s by
* m i l l ions» The amount of gold h e l d with f o r e i g n a g e n c i e s shows a f u r t h e r reduct i o n t o l l • 6 m i l l i o n s , a s a g a i n s t $2»5 m i l l i o n s h e l d during the f i r s t h a l f of the
year. ^The r a t i o of t o t a l reserves t o a g g r e g a t e deposit and Federal Reserve note
l i a b i l i t i e s d e c l i n e d from 59
t o 55*1 p e r c e n t .
CIRCULATION: Curing the week the Agents issued 16*9 m i l l i o n s net of Federa l e serve notes# ^ The banks r e p o r t an i n c r e a s e of 4 l , 8 m i l l i o n s of Federal Reserve
notes in a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n beside# a small i n c r e a s e in t h e i r l i a b i l i t y on Federal
Reserve bank n o t e s in c i r c u l a t i o n *
CAPITAL: Payment by newly admitted members f o r Federal Reserve bank stock a c counts l a r g e l y f o r an i n c r e a s e of $52,000 in p a i d - i n c a p i t a l , Richmond, Minneapolis
and Chicago r e p o r t i n g the l a r g e s t i n c r e a s e s f o r t h e week.
CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS, JULY 19, i g i g ,

f i g u r e s had therefore t o be repeated in the consolidated statement.

6g§WWSPS*
crease f o r the week of 1 1 . 2 m i l l i o n s , while other loans and investments increased

.

piSBEillE.
ions, the greater part of the gain f a l l i n g to the share of the bank's outside the
central reserve c i t i e s .




P l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Sunday morning JTaly 28, 1918Not e a r l i e r .
R 1? q n ^ T ^ r OF COrffiDJED RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE TWELVE FEDEBAL RESERVE BA1CCS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1312.

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Gold Eedenption

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f o r

memb3rs

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35.363,000

.,^,^,000

,.s

Government d e p o s i t s

2

'029i329'°00

1,^,^6,000

2

'031'095'000

S.oW.OCO

w "i§I
•
. t57,OQQ
2,021,237,000

76.W.OOO
233,OUO,OCO

E
!Em

1

*:6^:000

'-'BE'

SEFEB,,!r^L<r*->
Capital paid ia

-

If
s
a

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76,3^.000
144,828,000

'

'

57,825,000
143,032 000
W 3 : ^ : g

Other d e p o s i t s i n c l u d i n g f o r e i g n government c r e d i t s
F TRtanoK°SS dSp°Si1tS .

F, R. n o t e l i a b i l i t i e s combined
R a t i o of t o t a l r e s e r v e s t o net' d e p o s i t and F, R„
n o t e l i a b i l i t i e s combined
,

lll.gU0.000

112 052 000
2,181,262,000

2,225,268,000

3ii

3ii

5 6 . 5$
'
58.1$

(a) I n c l u d e s amount f o r m e r l y shown a g a i n s t items Due from or Due t o o t h e r F . R„ Banks




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0

59-g$
nst.

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1,425,850,000

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80.1$

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Sunday morning J u l y 28, 1918.
Hot ear? i e r .
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X-1089b
WEEKLY STATMENT OF RESOURCES Ai-TD LIABILITIES FOB EACH OF THE F3BEEAL RESERVE BAIBCS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1918.
(in thousands of d o l l a r s . )
RESOURCES
Boston Uew York
P h i l a . C l e v e l . Richm. A t l a n t a Chicago S t . Louis Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n . T o t a l
Gold in v a u l t and in t r a n s i t
8,088
259,344
1 , 1 0 4 3 5,230
6,330
6 , 8 9 8 27,419
1,693
8,710
337
6,229 16,13 0
418,012
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d , F.R.Board
38,787
253,326 49,728 46,791 19,248 19,616 50,477 22,261 l 6 , 3 4 i 3 7 , 4 3 8 13,153 31,611
598,777
Gold with f o r e i g n a g e n c i e s
SlM
k^Dl?
glU
l^CiiB.
kC.7
3^5
l.f.PX
46q
k6c;
5^
koj
A.'iO
n
T o t a l gold h e l d by banks
47,689
557,182 51,646 83,067 25,985 26,863 79,5*24 24,419 25,51$ 38,356 19,729 48,381 1,028,417
Gold.with Federal Reserve Agents
56,445
279,859 99,389 110,629 32,950 26,339 118,392 31,496 23,596 33,497 13,980 83,848
910,420
Gold redemption f u n d
3J&5
L^S25—3^5-00
9^5—
3-0-5
2+Zp
? t 40?
?,0iq
1,085
1,250
3^,3^5
Total geld reserves
107,299
851,866 154,535 194,661 59,24o 55,473 201,472 58,317 51,151 72,938 35.019 132,229 1 , 9 7 ^ 2 0 0
Legal t e n d e r n o t e s , s i l v e r , e t c .
2,564
44,197
687
3 57
697
629
2.911
918
119
295
1,524
209
55. 129
Total reserves
103,863
896,063 155,222 195,018 59,937 56,102 204,385 59,235 51,290 73,233 36,543 132,438 2 , 0 2 9 , 3 2 9
B i l l s d i s . . f c r members & F.B.Banks
91,174
396,395 81,391 99,025 59,810 3 8 , 2 6 2 238,441 59,666 55,690 78,255 3 8,216 65,826 1 , 3 0 2 , 1 5 1
B i l l s boMght in open ire,ricet
24.297
104.033 13.430 15.776
4.118
3.563 17.284
2.171
4l0
129
1.320 18.541
205.274
T o t a l b i l l s on hand
115,471
500,428 94,821 114,801 63,928 4 l , 8 2 5 255,725 62,039 56,100 78,384 39,536 84,367 1,507,425
U.S.Gcrve.-mitent l o n g - t e r m s e c u r i t i e s
1,122
1,557
1,747
6,704
1,233
771
7,090
2,233
1,317
8,876
3,979 ' 3 , 4 6 l
40,090
U.S.Government s h o r t - t e r m
"
l,4l6
3,548
1,232
1,690
1,510
983
2,112
321
946
1,259
901
1,004
16,922
Al] o t h e r earning a s s e t s
51
15
—37
103
T o t a l earning a s s e t s
118,009
505,584 97,800 123,195 66,671 43,594 264,927 64,593 58,363 88,519 44,453 88,832 1 , 5 6 4 , 5 4 0
Uncollected items (deduct f r o m
33,930
I l 4 , l 4 4 64,902 50,957 38,457 28,645 83,002 3 4 , 0 3 2 n , 6 6 l 52,420 13,269 32,973
558,392
grocs deposits)
Jfc Eedempviund a g a i n s t F»R,3k»not es
———
———
———
———
14
94
———
———
372
137
84
701
All other resources
780
3.060
1.264
572
Lt3.§3
663
1.514
5l4
236 0
357
524
1,574
12.44-1

TOTAL RESOURCES

L I A B I L I T I E S
Capital paid in
Surplus
Government d e p o s i t s
Due t o members, r e s e r v e account

Collection items

262,582 1,518,851 319,188 369,742 166,448 129,018 553,922 158,374 121,550 214,901
6,4?4
75
15,178
86,021

27,248

Other dep. i n c l . f o r e i g n G o v t . C r e d i t s
Total gross deposits
128,44?
F.R. n o t e s in a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n
125,759
F.R.Bank n o t e s in c i r c . , n e t l i a b .
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
1.827

TOTAL LIABILITIES




19,967
649
7,539
660,176

98,039

6,939
8,610
3,917
—
——
116
17,793 20,956 11,156
81,124 103,970 42,920

49,356

56,494 28,285

103.625
393
869,379 148,263 181,813
620,439 162,918 177,616
8.417

1.068

1.703

82,361
78,819
L.23-5

3,117
9,929
40
216
14,246 38,782
34,923 177,731

18,675

45,483

3,604
—
16,756
42,330

21,623

2,846
38
15,34?
35.869

8,293

3,542
—
30,035
70,84?

94,926 255,901 4,165,403

3,001
—
16,963
30,669

21,828 10,571

5
4*ZS5———232#54
--67,849 266,781 80,943 59,563 122,710
57.237 2? 1,777 72,726 5 8 , 0 7 8 , 7 6 1
110
1,998
7,990
665
3,221
1,101
1,015. 1 . 8 9 8

4,495
76,44%
— 1 , 1 3 4
28,299
233,040
68,6l6 1,435,196

15,291

401,186

28
2,%l6
lllrS40
58,231 114,922 2 , 1 8 1 , 2 6 2
32,750 133,945 1 , 8 7 0 , 8 3 5
986
11,084
944
1.551
?4, ^4.7

262,582 1,518,851 319.188 369,742 166,448 129,018 553,922 158,374 121,550 214,901 94,926 255,901 4,165,403

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Sxmday morning J u l y 28, 191S

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Not e a r l i e r .

STATEMENT OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS1 ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 26, 1918(in thousands of d o l l a r s . )
Total
Boston
New York P h i l a , C l e v e l . Richm. A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES:
Received f r o m C o m p t r o l l e r
186, 640 1, 012, 080 230, 240 230, 000 116, 820 96, 740 372, 860 102, 800 78, 580 111, 700 68, 500 156, 980
2, 763,940
34,955
226,325 40,244 19,491 25,501 20,045 23.393 1 8 . 7 8 0 14.883 19.237 17.068 11.948
Chargeable t o F.R. Agent
151/685
785,755 189,995 210,509 91,319 76,695 349,467 84,020 63,697 92,463 51, 432 145,032
2,292,070
22,800
121,400 14,540 20,800
In hands of F*R, Agent
6,365 17.735 50,900
4.555
7.050
8.220 18, 225
292.590
I s s u e d to F,R* bank l e s s amount
returned to
Agent f o r r e demption
128,885
664,355 175,456 189,709 84,954 58,960 298,567 76,970 59,142 84,243 33, 207 145,032
1,999,480
COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR OUTSTANDING
NOTES:
Gold c o i n and c e r t i f i c a t e s on hand
6,945
Gold redemption f u n d
49,500
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d , F^R. Board
72,440
E l i g i b l e p a p e r , minimum r e q u i r e d
Total
128,885

.163,740
•
11,312
16,119
8,655
9,317
100,000 90,734 90,000
384^496 76,067 79,080
664,355 175,456 189,709

450
32,500
52,004
84,954

2,504
2,265
549
21,570 117,843
32.621 180.175
58,9 60 298,567

1,866
29 , 630
45.474
76,970

13,102
994
9,500
35.546
59,142

2,-137
31,360
50.746
84,243

11, 581
8,747
1, 815
584 75,101
19, 227 61,184
33, 207 145,032

202,239
59,859
648,322
1.089.060
1,999,480

AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE PAPER DELIVERED
115,471
TO F . R. AGENT

500,428

61,784

32,744 243,859

54,296

51,812

78,384

39, 536

73,253

1,453,246

33, 207 145,032
457 11.087
32,750 133,945

1,999,480
128.645
1,870,835

87,415 114,264

MEMORANDA
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES OUTSTANDING AND IN ACTUAL CIRCULATION
F, R* n o t e s o u t s t a n d i n g
F« R. n o t e s h e l d by bank
F . R . n o t e s in a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n

128,885
3,126
125,759

664,355 175,456 189,709
43,916 12,538 12,093
620,439 162,918 177,616

84,954
6,135
78,819

58,960 298,567
1.723 26.790
57,237 271,777

76,970
4.244
72,726

59,142
1,054
58,088

84,243
5.482
78,761

DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS, U.S.GOVERNMENT SHORT-TERM SECURITIES AND WARRANTS
BY MATURITIES.
B i l l s d i s c o u n t e d and bought
U.S.Government s h o r t - t e r m s e c u r i t i e s
Municipal w a r r a n t s



Within -15 days
884,111
2,045
4

16 to 30 days
200,758

31 t o 60 days
240,900
350
51

6 l t o 90 days
141,331
4,155
1

Over 90 days
40, 325
10,372
10

Total
1,507,425
16,923
66

R e l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Sunday morning J u l y 28, 1918.
Not e a r l i e r .
X-lOgQd
STA.TMEHT SHOWING PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF MEMBER BASKS LOCATED IN CENTRAL RESERVE, RESERVE AND OTHER
SELECTED CITIES AS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 1,9, 1918.
1. Data f o r a l l r e p o r t i n g banks i n each d i s t r i c t .
(In thousands of d o l l a r s . )
Boston New York P h i l a . C l a v e l . Richm. A t l a n t a Chicago S t , L o u i s Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n . T o t a l
No. r e p o r t i n g "banks
42
101
49
85
Up
43
73
32
95
34
717
48
73
J u l y " 12
U. S. "bonds t o s e c u r e
circulation
14,621
51,986 12,970 *6,539 24,565 15,590
18,776 17,417
6,469 14,051
272,268
34,655
Other U. S. bonds i n c l u d i n g
L i b e r t y bonds
14,991
258,304 25,905 57,422 31,030 27,434
82,382 23,496 12,649 18,817 15,516 23,843
591,789
U, S: c e r t i f i c a t e s of
indebtedness
29,799
255,389 26,070 37,245 14,375 12,717
69,712 17,217 12,298 18,624 11,169 25,555
530,170
T o t a l U, S» s e c u r i t i e s
59,411
565,679 64,945 138,206 69,970 55,741
170,870 58,130 131,4*6:: £ , 492- W 3 1 4 L W 0 5 3
1,394,227
Loans secured by U. S»

amr

bonds, e t c .
45,905
230,155 42,584 37,530 18,685
5,385
53,394 14,733
5,975
4,381
5,948
9,151
473,824
A l l o t h e r l o a n s and
. in / estments
^ , 9 3 4 973,611 351,998 274,814 1,411,743 367,654 255,198 471,772 165,063 515,768 10,531,347
Reserve with F.R. bank
66,654
61^,200 65,717 79,904 27,186 25,204
135,735 30,212 17,873 42,287 1 4 , 5 7 4 44,655
1,162,111
Cash in van] t
122,030 20,880 36,207 17,179 14,346 58,582 12,386
8,207 15,706
11,284 20,285
364,387
Net demand d e p o s i t s
6U 5 ; 4b6 4,252,937 561,652 699,511 266,352 195,947 1,016,855 250,028 160,135 359,104 137,065 373,611
8,922,663
Time d e p o s i t s
93,832
265,619 15,340 226,035 47,017 82,983
358.766 74,407 44,2g0 62,092 '25,901 112,462
1,408,734
Government d3-d o s i t s
6.egg 11.470
6 2 ^ 2 4 2 — 3 2 i x g k 0 — 3 - Q ^ 5 3 g - J 6 a - 5 L - i ^ 7 0 15,247
48.801 21.130 18.Q76 i2.qgg
603,855
2. Data f o r banks i n each C e n t r a l Reserve c i t y , banks in a l l o t h e r r e s e r v e c i t i e s , and o t h e r r e p o r t i n g b a n k s .
New York
Chicago St .Louis To t a l C e n . R e s . C i t i e s
Reserve C i t i e s
Country Banks
Total
J u l y 19
J u l y 12 " - - - - - - - - J-u l y 19
J u l y 12
J u l y 19
J u l y 12 J u l y 1 9 — - J u l y 12
J u l y 19
J u l y 12
No. r e p o r t i n g banks
68
68
40
14
122"
122
430
428
165
163
717
713
U.S. bonds t o s e c u r e
circulation
37,643
l , 4 6 ' 9 10,392
37,63 8
49,504
49,499
17^, 883
173,553 49,881 49,711
272,268
272,763
Other U.S. bonds i n c l u d i n g
L i b e r t y bonds
230,717
234,243 47,554 16,497
294,768
2$s, cm
241,233
213,205 55,788 48,637
591,789
557,892
U.S. c e r t i f i c a t e s of
indebtedness
242,396
377,208 39,191 11,687
293,274
443,388
201,560
249,816 3 5 , 3 3 6 42,580
530,170
735,784
T o t a l U.S. s e c u r i t i e s
649,089 88,214 38,576
510,756
637,546
788,937
615,676
636,574
141,005
140,928
1,394,227
1,566,439
Loans secured b y U.S.

bonds, e t c .
A l l o t h e r l o a n s and i n vestments
Reserve w i t h F.R. bank
Cash in v a u l t
Net demand d e p o s i t s
Time d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s



206,522

223,181

38,303

11,966

256,791

274,039

187,580

182,304

29,453

28,717

473,824

485,060

4,008,026
4,008,026 4,041,478
4,041,478 859,986 277,293 5,145,305 5,161,819 4,543,556 4,504,642 842,486 843,097 10,531,347 10,509,558
590,612 96,552 22,564
588,713
707,829
708,338
400,981
382,244 53,391 52,144 1 , 1 6 2 , 1 1 1 1 , 1 4 2 , 7 2 6
108,961
114,798 34,662
trn
6,487
150,110
155,732
174,015
177,136 40,262 38,615
364,387
371,485
3,944,373 4,038,568 692,770 178,182 4,815,325 4 , 8 9 6 , 1 1 6 3 , 4 5 5 , 6 8 2 3 , 4 8 4 . 4 2 0 651,656 651,835 8,922,663 9 , 0 3 2 , 3 7 1
216,711 139,070 53,359
215,771
408,200
408,715
806,666
805,311 193,968 196,322 1 , 4 0 8 , 7 3 4 1 , 4 1 0 , 3 4 5
299,812
419,927 32,077 16,918
348,807
508,061
216,415
263,113 38,633 44,705
603,855
815,879