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STAtMiMT FOR THE PRESS
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
Friday morning, Apr. 15;
not e a r l i e r .

St. 5335 '
Federal Reserve Board,
April l 4 , 1927.
CC3DITIC3 OF FEDERAL RESFIRVE BANKS

The c o n s o l i d a t e d statement of c o n d i t i o n of the Federal r e s e r v e "banks on
April 13, made p u b l i c by t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Board, shows i n c r e a s e s f o r t h e week
of $54,700,000 i n b i l l and s e c u r i t y h o l d i n g s , $32,300,000 i n member bank r e s e r v e
d e p o s i t s , $l6,400,000 i n F e d e r a l r e s e r v e note c i r c u l a t i o n , and $7,500,000 i n cash
reserves. Holdings of a l l c l a s s e s of b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s .
were h i g h e r t h a n
a week ago - d i s c o u n t e d b i l l s by 523,800,000, acceptances purchased i n open market
by $17,500,000, and Government s e c u r i t i e s by $13,400,000.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Hew York r e p o r t s an i n c r e a s e f o r the week of
$40,000,000 i n d i s c o u n t h o l d i n g s and Cleveland an i n c r e a s e of $6,700,000, while
the Chicago bank r e p o r t s a d e c l i n e of $22,200,000 in d i s c o u n t s . The jew York
bank a l s o shows an i n c r e a s e of $19,700,000 i n open-market acceptance h o l d i n g s and
the Boston bank r e p o r t s a d e c l i n e of $4,000,000. The System's h o l d i n g s of
Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s i n c r e a s e d $6,700,000, of Treasury n o t e s $3,500,000, and of
U. S. bonds $3,200,000.
The p r i n c i p a l changes i n F e d e r a l r e s e r v e note c i r c u l a t i o n f o r the week comp r i s e i n c r e a s e s of $11,200,000 and $10,200,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y , r e p o r t e d by the
P h i l a d e l p h i a and Cleveland r e s e r v e banks, and a d e c l i n e of $5,900,000 r e p o r t e d
by .Tew York.
A summary of changes i n t h e p r i n c i p a l a s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of the r e s e r v e
banks during t h e week and t h e y e a r ending A p r i l 13, 1927, f o l l o w s :
Increase

or

decrease

Week
Total r e s e r v e s . .
Gold r e s e r v e s

+ $ 7,500,000
+ . 7,700,000

Total b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
B i l l s discounted, t o t a l
Secured by U.S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d

+
+
+
-

54,700,000
23,200,000
35,400,000
11,600,coo

. . . .

+

17,500,000

U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s , t o t a l .
Bonds
Treasury n o t e s
C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s . . .

+
+
+
+

13,400,000
'3,200,000
3,500,000
6,700,000

Federal r e s e r v e n o t e s i n c i r c u l a t i o n .

+

i6,4oo,ooo

Total d e p o s i t s
Members' r e s e r v e d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s

+
+
+

41,800,000
32,800,000
9,300,000

B i l l s bought i n open market




during

Year
+ $252,100,000
+ ?4s,900,000

-

201,900,000
151,500,000
sS,000,000
65,500,000

-

17,300,000

—

-

+

21,700,000
16,100,000
54,600,000
49,000,000

+

62,700,000

—

-

—

-

39,900,000
18,500,000
20,400,000

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y morning, A p r i l 15, 1927; not e a r l i e r .

St. 5335a

BE SOURCES MD LIABILITIES
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BMXS COMBINED
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
Apr. 13,1927 Apr. 6 . 1 9 2 7 Apr. 14,1926
R E S O U R C E S
Gold w i t h F e d e r a l r e s e r v e a g e n t s
Gold redemption f u n d w i t h U.S. T r e a s u r y

. .

Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t F . R . n o t e s
Gold s e t t l o m e n t f u n d w i t h F. R. Board . . .
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s h e l d "by "banks . .

1,628,860
48,740

1,630,855
45,304

1,335,430
52,815

1,677,600

1,676,159

1.438,245

613,278
733,509

622,994
730,049

3,022,946

3,030,643
Reserves other than gold

.

157,017

3,133,436

2,938,805

59,972

62,838

248,722
177,O45X^

213,306
188,642

334,735
242,549

425,767

401.948

577,284

256,724

239,221

274,058

78,099
88,836
188,409

74,870
85,377
181,688

94,136
143,465
139,415

355,344

341,935
2,500

377,016

61,480
. .

Total "bills discounted . . . . . . .
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :

T o t a l U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s .

2,781,788

160,490

160,280
3,190,923

B i l l s discounted:
• Secured "by U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s

715,880
627,663

2,500

uu/

5,185
8.700
1,242,243

1,040,335

985,6o4

659
734,298
58,561
13.022

659
643,961
53,558
12,982

. . .

5,099,278

4,945,172

5,088,459

F. R. n o t e s i n a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n

1.743,827

1,727,429

1,681,096

2,264,762
22,842
4,697
14,966

2,231,951
13,527
4,925
'•lfj,o64

2,283,222
43,280
4,576
16,074

2,307,267

2,265,467

2,347,152

Total "bills and s e c u r i t i e s

. . .

Due f r o m f o r e i g n "banks
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES

643
768,248
59,481
16,201

L I A B I L I T I E S

Deposits:
Member "bank - r e s e r v e a c c o u n t
F o r e i g n "bank

Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items

TOTAL LIABILITIES
R a t i o of t o t a l r e s e r v e s t o 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 . . . .
C o n t i n g e n t l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r c h a s e d
f o r foreign correspondents

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

.

678,127
128,280
228,775
13,002

532,633
128,212
228,775
12,656

5,099,278

4,945,172

703,600
120,898
220,310
15,403
5,088,459

78.8%

13-1%

73.0$

148,269

147,819

68,202

R E S O U R C E S

RESOURCES AHD LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BAMS OH APRIL 13, 1927.
( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
Boston

Gold w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Agents
119,172
Gold r e d e m p t i o n f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s . 4 , 9 2 8
Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
F. R. n o t e s

124,100

Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F.R.Board 5 6 , 9 2 2
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d by b a n k s 3 0 , 4 9 4
Total gold reserves
Reserves other than gold
Total reserves
Inn-reserve cash
"Bills discounted:
Secured by U . S . G o v t , o b l i g a t i o n s
Other b i l l s discounted
Total b i l l s discounted

Hew York

Phi l a .

CI eve.

363,417 125,189 1 9 6 , 1 3 3
13,223 11,420
2.643

R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s
6 4 , 0 0 5 169,132 234,251
1.539
2.150
3.446

168,269 48,947
482,868 27.696

40,434
55,724

33,095
4.530

60,857
1.215

63,394
1.967

Total

3 4 , 3 4 0 177,324 1 , 6 2 8 , 8 6 0
1.500
3.198
48.74o

21,031 l 4 4 , 9 l 6
4.390 54.194

18,175 l 4 , l l 4
13.410
6.913

2 7 , 0 6 5 18,701 31,325
7 . 7 1 2 ' 8 . 9 1 2 33.186

622,994
730.049

211,516 1 , 0 2 7 , 7 7 7 213,252 2 9 4 , 9 3 4 103,169 196,709 436,857 54,686 83,099 100,15s 63,453 245,033 3 , 0 3 0 , 6 4 3
22,702
33,836
6,174
9,971
8 , 9 1 7 1 1 , 6 1 2 22,696 19,008
4,l40
5,685
7,515
8,024
160.280
234,218 i , o 6 i , 6 i 3 219,426 3 0 4 , 9 0 5 112,086 208,321 459,553 73,694
6,536

14,595

1,724

3,951

5,653

4,763

ll,4l6
13,554

106,847
36,360

22,369
14.518

38,272
13,248

6,302
13,278

2,756
24.930

24,970

143,207

36,887 51,520

19,580

,2,831

9,346

, 21,053
i0
103 24,921 5 , 3 3 4
394 ' 6 , 1 9 5
8,487
.786 20.705 13.838

22,458

76,542

11,372

2,094
1,782
6,661

14,717
30,041
45,684

1,200 3 , 9 8 3
4,653
9,977
13,834 22,664

1,918
826
4,355

Total U.S.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s

10,537

90,442

19,687 36,624

7,099

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Dae f r o m f o r e i g n b a n k s
Uncollected items
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources

57,965
72,447
3,946
4q




'."inn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .

376,64o 136,609 198,776 65,544-171,288 237,747 23,101 62,072 65,361 3 5 , 8 4 0 180,522 1,677,600

B i l l s bought i n open market
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
Treasury notes
C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s

TOTAL RESOURCES

21,640
1.46l

S t . 5335b

2.500

20,209

-

3,283
-

9,897 3,539
^
l 4 , 9 Q f ^ 5,218
23.6T& 7.613

51, 821
-

87,239 1 0 5 , 8 4 3

70,96s 253,057 3,190,923

1,518

2,521

3,002

2,176
3.205

3,423
7.176

1,371
2.592

33,665
16.899

61,480
yy
248,722^
177.045

5,381 10,599

3,963

50,564

425,767]

7,680 12,028

9,250 23,996

5,615 9 , £ 3 7
4,246 3 , 1 7 9
6 . 6 8 1 14.579

3,781

4,654 3,723
6,306 12,750
1 4 . 0 2 3 22.599

27,659 16,542 27,595 24,983 ; 3 9 , 0 7 2
-

-

-

256,724/
a? J
78,099
88,836
188,409
355,344
2.500

3 1 0 , 1 9 1 70,446 1 0 8 , 3 5 3 36,025 4 2 , 5 8 1 121,578 61,543 29,603 50,222 38,196 113,632 1 , 0 4 0 , 3 3 5
659
_ _
„
„
_
_
650
190,674 62,570 69,688 56,898 3 1 , 3 7 5 8 7 , 8 0 2 3 5 , 6 3 1 13,449 4 3 , 0 4 1 27,922 42,801
734,298
16,276 l , 7 l 4
7,119
2,152 2,898 8 , 0 3 8
3,957
2,774
4,459
1,752 3,476
58,561
2,473
251
l,04g
378
1,879
2.200
987
1.823
477
329
1.128
13.0??

3 7 5 , l 6 l 1 , 5 9 6 , 4 8 1 356,131 4 9 5 , 0 6 4 213,192 291,817 689,06s 179,351 136,406 206,563 142,169 417,875 5 , 0 9 9 , 2 7 8

s t . 5335c
HE SOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON APRIL 13, 1927( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
L I A B I L I T I E S
Rich. 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 Fran. T o t a l
Boston New York P h i l a . Cleve.
128,668
F.R.notes in actual circulation
64,357 66,368 38,539 171,348 1,743,827
415,353 127,642 214,408 69,335 175,128 229,357 43,324
Deposits:
901,495 132,662 175,091 67,937 68,51s 325,35% 82,207 47,136 86,509 59,562 171,750 2,264,762
Member bank - r e s e r v e account
l46,491
22,842
1,225 1,731
1,065 1,021
2,680 1,093
1,513
6,027 1,999
464
2,499
Government
1,525
184
368
216
725
226
158
194
4,697
897
505
557
273
F o r e i g n "bank
39%
i4.Q66
132
203
7,418
324 1,145
66
6l
1,057
302
Other d e p o s i t s
87
5 1 4,116
Total deposits
148,497
915,837 135,^90 177,257 70,825 71,475 328,229 84,248 48,562 37,856 61,026 177,965 2,307,267
D e f e r r e d a v a i l a b i l i t y items
678,127
71,043
162,222 58,360 64,514 53,927 30,021 79,921 35,623 11,920 38,492 29,637 42,442
128,280
6,166 5,021 16,979
3,oo4
4,207 4,273
Capital paid in
8,889
5,280
9,357
38,309 12,981 13,814
6 i , 6 i 4 21,267 23,746 12.1S
7,527 9,029 8,215 16,121 228,775
Surplus
17,606
9,632 31,881 9,939
1.016
611
4?q
642
540
2.701
937
3.146
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
453
13,00?
1.325
391
375,161 1,596,481 356,131 495,064 213,192 291,817 689,068 179,351 136,4O6 206,563142,169 417,875 5,099,278
TOTAL LIABILITIES
68.6
78.8
80.0
884.5
4.5
82.4
72.4
83.4
71-3
57.8
Reserve r a t i o ( p e r c e n t )
84.5
77.8
77.3
79.7
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r 5,464
4,430
5,169 10,337
148,269
6,350
chased f o r f o r e i g n correspondents
11,076
6,055 20,379
41,499 14,177 15,654
7,679
F . R . n o t e s on hand ( n o t e s r e c ' d from
381,719
31,276 51,261 5,011 4,739 10,823 5,950 48,620
F.R.Agent l e s s n o t e s i n c i r c u l a t i o n ) 24,44l 125,818 37,5^7 21,317 14,916 31,276
FEDERAL RESERVE "TOTE ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS
833,251 192,689 281,005 108,965 271,100 442,118 69,795 87,003 103,73162,526 264,668 2,970,910
F. R. n o t e s r e c ' d from Comptroller 254,059
845.364
292,080 27,500 45,280 24,714 64,696 l6l,500 21,460 17.907 26.540 18.037 44.700
F. R. n o t e s h e l d by F. R. Agent
100,950
F.R. n o t e s i s s u e d t o F. R. Bank
Collateral held as security for
F . R . n o t e s i s s u e d to F.R.Bank:
Gold and gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
Gold redemption f u n d
Gold f u n d - F. R. Board
E l i g i b l e paper
Total c o l l a t e r a l

B i l l s discounted
B i l l s bought i n open market
C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s
C.




153,109

541,171 165,189 235,725 84,251 206,4o4 280,618

48,335

69,096 77,191

44,489 219,968 2,125,546

18,238 33,000 4
O
4
6
,O
5
7,750 13,507
235,104
8,780 36,468 16,458
3
,
1
0
2
13,789
1
0
0
,
6
8
3
4,537
5
,
6
8
0
2
,
2
5
1
3
,
5
9
0
1,350
4,534
22,313 12,312 12,353
106,000 112,877 175,000 23,000 147,000 232,000 10,300 46,000 58,860 13,000 130,535 1,123,572
201,262. 40.647 70.578 36.451 38.882 69.197 33.350 12.817 22.167 13,029 74,251
650.279
564,679 165,836 266,711 90,456 208,020 303,448 54,990 73,694 85,76147,369 251,575 2,279,139
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AND CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
91 days t o
Total
Over 6 months
l 6 t o 30 days
31 t o 60 days
Within 15 days
"
"6 l t o "90" days
6 months
21,983
425,767
2,235
21,960
32,717
9,557
337,315
3,746
256,724
122,602
15,152
50,274
64,950
188,409
200
86,750
74,454
20,515
6,490

35,300
14,872
69,000
47,428
166,600