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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDEJAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(Released for Publication Friday morning, April 25; not earlier)
April 2k$ 1947
CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BAMS
During t h e week ended A p r i l 23 member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s decreased
$167,000,000. Reductions i n member bank r e s e r v e s arose from a d e c r e a s e of
$2l4ii*0Q0f00P i n Reserve Bank c r e d i t and i n c r e a s e s of $li|lj.,000,000 i n nonmember
d e p o s i t s and o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve ^accounts and $6,000,000 i n Treasury cash, offs e t in p a r t by d e c r e a s e s of $131,000,000 i n Treasury d e p o s i t s w i t h Federal Reserve
Banks and $58,000,000 i n money i n c i r c u l a t i o n and an i n c r e a s e of $38,000,000 i n
gold s t o c k . Excess r e s e r v e s of member banks on A p r i l 23 were e s t i m a t e d t o be
approximately $672,000,000•
Holdings of l o a n s , d i s c o u n t s and advances i n c r e a s e d $i.|0,000,000 while
h o l d i n g s of United S t a t e s Government s e c u r i t i e s decreased $76,000,000. The
decrease i n h o l d i n g s of United S t a t e s Government s e c u r i t i e s r e f l e c t s a d e c r e a s e
of $9l+,000,000 i n c e r t i f i c a t e s and an i n c r e a s e of $18,000,000 i n b i l l s ,
Changes £n member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s a n d r e l a t e d items d u r i n g the
week and t h e year ended A p r i l 2 3 , 19kl7> w o ^ ' &s f o l l o w s :

I n c r e a s e o r decrease
since
April 23,

I9k7

April 16,

A p r i l 2k$

I9k7

1946

( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
Loans, d i s c o u n t s and advances
Other Reserve Bank o r e d i t

21,829

Total Reserve Bank c r e d i t
Gold s t o c k
Treasury c u r r e n c y .

22,230
20,621

U,558

+ 38
—

Member bank r e s e r v e . b a l a n c e s
Money i n c i r c u l a t i o n
Treasury cash
Treasury d e p o s i t s w i t h F . R. Banks
Nonmember d e p o s i t s and o t h e r F . R . a c c o u n t s

15,820
28,105
1*338
1+82
1,661;

-167
- 58
+ 6
-131
+1W+




lte

258

- 76
+ UO
-209

-475
-183
- 15

-2hh

-671
+374
+ 22
+363
+228
-922
+ 97
- 42

tf.l+.l(a)
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
(In thousands of dollars)
Increase or decrease
since
April 23,
19U7

April 16,
I9U7

April 2h»
I9I46

TOTAL ASSETS

35,000
2>6?1
37,671
11,507
1*0,733
61*

+1,31U,122
28,766
+1,285,356
- -61,81*8
- 182,3^9
h05
8,729

15,058,111
5,665,718
351,800
753,390

+ 17,761*
- 9I+,000

+1,510,318
r. 660,478
-1,175#000
- ll|9,552

21,829,019

- 76,236

-

21,971,251*
102
100,1+37
2,3)45,910
32,131
1+2,593
1414,152,9111+

- 35,567
+ 2,852
-592,550
20
+
707
-598,1+11+

2l+,02l+,86l

- 60,2+69

15,8l9>7l+3
1+81,668
558,7<3+
1+61,795
17,321,970
2,087,559

-167,625
-131,820
+162 ,968
- 21,550
-158,027

+
+

-383.736

+

362,778
97,058
171,11+5
32,693
52l,36i+
277,519

15,271
1+3,1+1+9,661

+ 2,51+9
-599,683

+

2,300

+

698,085

191,181+
1+39,823
27,1+55

21

+
+
+

1+1.!., 8 2 1
M+,152,9hk

+ 1,21+8
-598,1+11+

9,551+
81,1+68
27
7,923
781,191

+ 1

Due from foreign banks
i\ R* notes of other banks
Uncollected items
Bank premises
Other assets

+
+
+
+

1

Total loans and securities

18,660,177,
723,330'
19,383/557
276,960
11*1,197
1,038

1

GOld certificates
Redemption fund for ?• R. notes,
Total gold certificate reserves
Other cash
Discounts and advances
Industrial loans
Acceptances purchased
U. S. Govt* securitiesj.
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total U, S. Government

1 1

A S S E ,T S

+

474,712
666,195
8
36,635
271,939
992
10,1+26
781,191

L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member bank - reserve account
U«S.Treasurer-general account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferred availability items
Other liabilities including accrued
dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES
C A P I T A L A CCO U NTS
Capital paid in
.Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus Section 13b),
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Ratio of gold certificate reserves
to deposit and *\ R. note
liabilities combined
Contingent liability on bills purchased
Tor foreign correspondents
Commitments to make industrial loans




h6.9%

+

+

2.7%

+ ,h%

8,001
7,351

96,902

+

Ik

+

8,001

21+7

+

5,801

H.4.1(b)
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON APRIL 2 3 , I947
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
A S S E T S
Total

Boston

New York

18,660,177

735,931

5,687,688

723,380

55,045

117,752

19,585,557
276,960

790,974
21,179

5,805,420
58,22o

Discounts and advances
141,197
I n d u s t r i a l loans
1,030
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s ;
Bills
15,058,111

15,098
15

3U,528

Gold c e r t i f i c a t e s

. Phila.

Cleve,

Rich,

837,606 1167,321 918,298

Atlanta

Chicago S t . L o u i s

902,2333984,425

Minn. Kans.Cy.

555,600

380,786

45,851

21,554

D a l l a s SanFran.

622,73,5 454,909 2 432,645

Redemption fund f o r

F . .R. notes

60,157

75,672

58,505

897,765 1242,993
18,905
24,632

976,805
16,706

1+4,469

82,181

55,506

24,493

ioii,457

T o t a l gold c e r t i f i c a t e

reserves
other cash

Certificates
Notes
Bonds

5,665,718
351,800
755,590

15,070
1,023

15,495

946,702 4066,606. 601,431 4o2,l4o
25,340
27,992
12,973
7,061

14,289

10,895

13,118

11,070

7,698

756,776

427,105

741,010

758,035 293,113
47,o68
16,200
100,798
56,976

162,087
io,o64
21,553

262,362 253,246
16,291
15,725
54,887
33,675

3,520,007 1126,427 1517,202 1000,524

828,006 1927,995

589,445
24,102
51,736

1,454,161
90,293
195,565

290,696
18,050
58,655

507,427
31,508
67,474

348,624
21,647
46,558

:

2,234
—-

968,606

403,556
25,044
55,653

656,241 459,402 2537,082
9,39^
10,817
43,694
1,756

4,150

588,008 1647,765

545,188
35,728
72,230

Total U # S # Government
securities

21,029,019 1434,019

5,257,826 1608,440 2123,611 1424,953 1175,407 2833,894 1107,065

620,809 1054,550

391,534 2296,911

Total loans and
securities

21,971,254 1449,132

5,292,154 1622,533 2137,104 1439,242 1186,300 2836,128 1120,183

631,879 1062,248

893,290 2301,061

Due from f o r e i g n banks
F . R . n o t e s of o t h e r banks

Uncollected items

102
100,437

6
2,702

1/55
17,652

8
4,992

9
5,4ll

5
14,052

4
10,474

14
12,023

7,538

4
3,235

3
5,H9

4
4,149

3

9
15,092

210,554

2,345,910

195,204

431,497

141,494

2o6,3H

196,129

155,5^0

564,58.5

100,750

55,15U

122,659

H6,193

Bank premises

32,151

1,285

3,4o4

3,122

, 5,022

2,658

1,514

3,038

1,999

1, 2 32

2,505

787

1,769

other assets

42,595

2,815

lo,4o8

2,615

4,090

2,655

2,592

5,665

2,582

i,i60

1,755

1,966

4,260

TOTAL ASSETS




44,152,944 2465,295 11,675,760 2691,450 5624,450 2648,250 2526,506 7516,071 1847,460 1101,870 1359,918 1480,607 5 i n , 5 4 i
l/ After deducting $69,000 participations of other Federal Reserve Banks.

H.l+.l(c)
Total
Boston
L I A B I L I T I E S
F e d e r a l Reserve n o t e s
2l+,02i+,86l 11+1+5,997
Deposits:
Member b a n k - r e s e r v e a c c t . 15,819,71+3 720,531+
U . S . T r e a s u r e r - g e n e r a l a c c t . 1+81,668
28,515
Foreign
558,761+
35,068
Other
1+61,795
2,836
Total d e p o s i t s
17,321,970 786,751
Deferred availability items 2,087,559 184,422
Other liabilities including
15,271
1,043
accrued d i v i d e n d s
TOTAL LIABILITIES
43,1+49,661 2418,213
Capital paid in
191,134'
11,166
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 7)
459,825
27,557
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 13b).
27,455
3,012
Other c a p i t a l accounts
i+4,.821.:
3,345
:
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
'
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
1+4,152,91+4 2463,293
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s purchased
for foreign correspondents
8,001
512
Commitments t o make i n d u s t r i a l
7,551
loans
F. R. notes outstanding •
24,726,055 1482,509
C o l l a t e r a l f o r F . R. n o t o s
held by F . R. A g e n t s :
12,063,000' "455,000
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
E l i g i b l e paper
94,294
14,407
U. S . Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
13,644,70!+ 1100,000

Discounts and advances
I n d u s t r i a l loans
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s




Total
141,197
1,038
21,829,019

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TKS FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON APRIL 23. 191+7
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
New York
Phila.
Cleve.
Rich. A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s
•linn. Kans.C;
5,49-6,051+ 1637,1+51 2060',509 1671,185 1375,979 1+474,869 1077,678 588,916 905,671+
i+,889,390
84,179
1/186,751
'
389,201
5,549,521
405,058

739,173 1196,063
29 > 68 5
50,525
44,294
50,856
2,087
6,920
865,2391304,362
130,942" 193,341

701,474 720,281 2302,549
64,888
37,1+42 29,649
22,421
74,371
26,795
3,892
2,254
4,818
769,603 774,60521+46,626
171,372 147,335 297,319

587,760
35,760
19,159
6,281

401,572 767,649
23,982
28,225
19,139
13,671
1,272
2,264
646,940" 445.752 '817,042
96,376
47,64o 110,750

D a l l a s SanFran.
575,093 2719,1+56
755,921 2007,577
25,600
42,422
18,046
48,213
839
39,131
778,4062157,143
111,898 191,106

4,8oi

1,130
670
597
2,157
526
1,058
1,370
827
519
573
1 1 , 4 5 5 , 4 3 4 2654,459 3559,582 2612,830 2296,516 7220,971 1821,520 1085,546 1353,985 1463,970 5043,335
8,065
7,291
22,778
6,500
4,194
6,549
7,078
17,845
67,247
l4,204
18,669
156,549
54,720
41,594
20,676
18,665
65,078
16,577
10,997 • 15,729
15,777
38,106
7,253
4,489
1,007
3,325
762
1,429
521
1,073
.1,137
1,307
2,140
7,305
3,558
3,778
3,336
3.074
5,815
2,542
2,260
2,718
2,475
4,615
'
' !
'
11,675,7.88"2691,1+50 3624,430 2648,230 2326,306 7316,071 1347,460 1101,870 1859,918 1438,607 5111,541
2/2,561

61+8

71+4

392

328

1,088

280

1,255
1,761
82
-.-... 15
5,640
5,683,2491683,665 2110,047 1725,110 1415,880 4547,501 1115,579

200

280

601,895

450
927,363

264

704
170

596,2052836,752

3,470,000 -500,000-- 645,000 700,000 590,000"2970,boo 300,000 184,000 280,000 169,0001800,000
19,872
12,195
—
13,76.0
—
—
12,740
10,800
7,320
—
3,200
2,400,000 1200,000 1500,000 1130,000 350,000 1600,000 939,701+ 425,000 700,000 500,000 1300,000
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES
6 months
61 t o
Over
16 .to
2 to 5
Within
31 to
91.days to
1- t o 2
t o 1 year
5 years
90 days
years
60 days
6 months
years
50 days
15 days
23,054
109,1+49
4,783
"""3,911
32
7
5
9
3
4
974
4
580,040
143,350
5,153,674
2,421,115
3,355,217
1,432,459
3,381,873
320,400
5,035,891
l / A f t e r d e d u c t i n g $371,355,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.
2 / A f t e r deducting
$5,1+40,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.