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STATE,iMT FOR THE PRESS

st. 6566

Released f o r ' p u b l i c a t i o n
F r i d a y morning, Apr. 25;
not e a r l i e r .

F e d e r a l Reserve Board,
A p r i l 24, 1930.
CONDITION OF FEDERAL RESERVE BALTICS

The c o n s o l i d a t e d s t a t e m e n t of c o n d i t i o n of the F e d e r a l r e s e r v e "banks on
A p r i l 23, made p u b l i c by t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Board, shows d e c r e a s e s f o r the
week of $ 4 5 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n h o l d i n g s of b i l l s "bought i n open m a r k e t , $ 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s and <j>2,300,000 i n d i s c o u n t e d " b i l l s . Member "bank
r e s e r v e d e p o s i t s d e c l i n e d $ 1 6 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 , Government d e p o s i t s $ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 and
F e d e r a l r e s e r v e n o t e c i r c u l a t i o n $29,500,000, w h i l e c a s h r e s e r v e s i n c r e a s e d
$ 1 5 , 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 . T o t a l " b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s were $56,500,000 "below t h e amount r e p o r t e d a week ago.
The p r i n c i p a l c h a n g e s i n h o l d i n g s of d i s c o u n t e d b i l l s f o r t h e week were
d e c r e a s e s of $ 9 , 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Bank of Mew York a n d $2,700,000
each a t C l e v e l a n d and Chicago, and i n c r e a s e s of $6,4-00,000 a t A t l a n t a and
$ 2 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t San F r a n c i s c o . The System 1 s h o l d i n g s of " b i l l s "bought i n open
market d e c l i n e d $ 4 5 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of U. S. bonds $ 2 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 , of T r e a s u r y n o t e s
$ 1 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 and of T r e a s u r y b i l l s and c e r t i f i c a t e s $ 4 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
F e d e r a l r e s e r v e n o t e c i r c u l a t i o n d e c l i n e d $6*300,000 a t the F e d e r a l Beserve Bank of New York, $ 5 , 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t P h i l a d e l p h i a , $ 4 ,6 0 0 ,0 0 0 a t Chicago,
$ 3 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t B o s t o n , $ 2 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 each a t S t . L o u i s and* San F r a n c i s c o and
$29,500,000 a t a l l Federal r e s e r v e banks.
A summary of 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 t h e r e s e r v e b a n k s ,
t o g e t h e r w i t h changes d u r i n g t h e week and tfre y e a r e n d i n g A p r i l 23, 1930,
follows:

I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e s i n c e
Apr. 23.1950

A-or. 16.1930

Apr. 24,1929

( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
Total r e s e r v e s
Gold r e s e r v e s

3,224,776
+
3,o4s75g^yoo +

15,272
17,037

+
+

251,360
249,947

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s . .

1,004,963

-

56,513

-

275,63s

211,491

+

2,313
3,520
1,207

-

763,022
448,122
314,900

B i l l s discounted, t o t a l . . . .
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 d i s c o u n t e d . . . .

113,362

B i l l s bought i n open market

256,869

45,5^5

+

115,694

527,338
66,184
176,525
284,679

8,005
2,294
1,05s

+

377,606

Federal reserve notes in c i r c u l a t i o n 1,518,344

29,525

-

134,217

. .

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

Total deposits
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 . .




93,129

2,422,186
2,363,314
35,200

4,653

+
+

14,582
96,199
+ 266,825

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y morning, Apr. 25,1930; n o t e a r l i e r .

S t . 6560a

RESOURCES A1TD LIABILITIES
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BASKS COMBINED
( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
Apr. 23.1930

Apr. 16.1930

Ayr.24.1929

1,654,164
41,142
1.695,306
615.295

1,688,084
4 i , 245

1,279,901
68,466

1,729.329
592,097
710,065
3,o4g T 5eg-<vdd>3 i 0 3 l i 4 9 1
177,413

1,348,367
682,613
767,601
2,798,581
174,835

3,224,776
66,357

3,208,904
65,027

2,973,416
78,988

93,129
118,362

5^1,251
433,262

211,491
256,869

96,649
117,155
213,804
302,4i4

66,184
176,525
284,679

68,478
177,583
289,332

527,388
9.215

535.393
9,865

1,004,963
„
J
649 ^ 7 0
58,520
11,499

1,061,476
711
736,530
58,509
11,006

51,602
80,326
17,854
149,782
7,396
7,735
1,280,601
724
680,417
58,739
7,780

5,016,056

5,142,213

5,080,665

1,518,344

1,5^7,869

1,652,561

2,363,314
35.200
5.775
17,897
2,422,186
605,006
174,243
276,936
19.341

2,380,128
36,736
5,730
20,538
2,443,132
681,164
174,153
276,936
18,959

2,290,218
30,854
9,856
19,15b
2,350,084
643,581
155,851
254,39s
24,190

5,016,056

5,142,213

5,080,065

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 with U. S. TreasuryGold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F. R.
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s h e l d
Total gold reserves .
Reserves o t h e r than gold
Total r e s e r v e s

F.R.notes
Board .
"by t a n k s
. . .

176^248-^3^
. . . .

Non-reserve cash
B i l l s discounted:
Sec. by U.S. Government 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
Total b i l l s discounted
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 n o t e s
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s

. . . .

T o t a l U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s
Foreign l o a n s on g o l d
T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Dae from f o r e i g n banks
Uncollected items
Bank p r e m i s e s . . .
All other resources .

.

TOTAL RESOURCES . . . .

11

974,513
l4i,i75

L I A B I L I T I E S
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 . . .
Deposits:
Member bank - r e s e r v e account . . . .
Government
Foreign bank
Other d e p o s i t s
Total deposits
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
Capital paid in
Surplus
All other l i a b i l i t i e s

. . . . .

TOTAL LIABILITIES
R a t i o of t o t a l r e s e r v e s to 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 . .

81.8#

80.4#

74.3#

Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r c h a s e d
for foreign correspondents . . . .

459,983

459,446

345,317




RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS OH APRIL 23, 1930 ^
S t . 6566b
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago St.Louis' Minn. Kans..Cy. Dallas San Fran.
Total Boston New York P h i l a . Cleve.
258,594 l4o,OCX). 175.550 68,000 107,350 289,000 72,345! 55,845 80,000 32,800 189,763
Gold w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Agents
1,654,164 184,917
1,886 I 1 , 9 2 2 1,635 1,442 6,390
15,257
2,922
2,386
2,000
2,l4l
1,814
Gold redemption f u n d with U.S.Treasury 4 l , 142
1,347
Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
273,851 142,922 177,936 70,000 109,491 290,814 74,231 t 57.767 81,635 34,242 196,153
F. R. n o t e s
1,O95,306 186,264
b l 5 , 295/ 26,631
<^0,0 JX 180,568 37,661 67,908 17,170 15,759 128,883 28,664J 14,713 39,874 15,662 41,702
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d with F.R. Board
6 , 0 3 4 10.492
8,933 27,473
433,425 38,020 50,015
8,612
6,587 103,095
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d "by banks
737-^2f 35,369
78,514 132,001 58,837 265,328
3,o4g-r52g 248,264
Total gold r e s e r v e s
887.944 218,603 295,859 95,782 131,837 522,792 l i z
4,187
8,138
7.203 10,710
55,063 14,372 13,042
7,415 15,282 16,851
R e s e r v e s o t h e r than gold
^o° ^
13,570
943,007 232,975 308,901 103,197 147,119 539,643 123,182 82,701 14o,l39 66, ok) 276,038
3,224,776 261,834
Total r e s e r v e s
4,612
5.467
2,269
1.992
13,172
4,103
4,775
4,466
4,851
9,226 f 4,550
56,3571 6,874
H o n - r e s e r v e cash
0wf
/
X
SHJ
B i l l s discounted:
1,012
6,867
2,074
3,969
921 12,745' 5,023
4,914
22,337 l 4 , 0 9 b 12,527
93,129
6,644
Secured "by U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
6,043
9,209
2,189
6,539
a,132
9,461
9,680
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
4,263 13,178
7,551 12,910
34,126 27,297 22,870 i 6 , 4 o 2 22,053 22,206 14,703
211,491 13,932
T otal b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
7,948 34,382
8,760 20,117 10,462 24,757 22,471 11,755 12,306 12,880
74,084
256,869 16,947
B i l l s bought i n open market
RESOURCES

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 and b i l l s
T o t a l U.S.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s
T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Dae from f o r e i g n banks
U n c o l l e c t e d items
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES




35,111
17
12,669
2,018
434

31.982
22
33,014
3.972
366

41,136
22
26,672
1,876
483

83,987
50
31,279
4,681
480

55,612 115,251
26
97
22,077 83.146
2,658
8,295
3.630
393

45,741
26
28,425
3,811
322

1.299
3,660
7,681

125
4,508
4,169

527,388
9,215

40,323
1,000

192.863
7,200

46,125
1,000

49,995

12,640

8,802

1,004,963
711
649,170

72,202
53

308,273
226

83,182
70

92,982
72

3,580
55

15,664
3,379

1,762
173

7,059
l,i4o

39,504
30
43,991
3.204
644

11,499

36,695

19,268
15

670
22,695
26,630

58,580

25,637

4,787
6,517
7,238

27,200
978
54,422 •17,318
111,241 27,829

179,014 56,487 63,197

366
18,249
18,080

645
ii,5ll
7,112

1,190
12,646
26,487

69.199

8,279
6,973
10,380

18,542

81
1,886
3,957
5,924

20,564
16,135
33,875
70,574

66,184
176,525
284,679

5,016,056 413,797 1,462,735 378,752 478,126 195,036 235,973 756,051 206,057 135,219 211,487 I4O,84I 4 o i , 9 8 2

L I A B I L I T I E S
F.B.notes in actual c i r c u l a t i o n
Deposits:
Member "bank - r e s e r v e a c c o u n t
Government
F o r e i g n "bank
Other d e p o s i t s
Total deposits
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items *
Capital paid in
Surplus
•111 o t h e r l i a b i l i t i e s

RESOURCES MD LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL
( I n thousands
T o t a l Boston Hew York F h i l a . Cleve.
1 , 5 1 8 , 3 4 4 160,984
174,615 142,534 i 8 i , 4 4 o

RESERVE BANKS ON APRIL 23, 1930
of d o l l a r s )

2 , 3 6 3 , 3 1 4 147,988
35,200
2,796
5,775
419
17,897
ill
2,422,186 151,314
605,006 67,760
174,243 11,660
276,936 21,751
19,341
328

61,742
2,923
237
20

65,536 350,075
3,148
2,956
204
758
74
563

64,992
4o,793
5,896
12,496
1,037

68,962 354,352
21,497 75,787
5,453 20,335
10,857 40,094
2,147
2,847

957,671 137,753 186,822
7,668
2,288
1,509
1,978
549
566
7,823
138
1.126
9 7 5 , i 4 o l 4 0 , 7 2 8 190,023
157,043 51,009 60,036
69,755 16,727 15,898
80,001 26,965 2 9 , I 4 I
6,181
789
1,588

s t . 6566c

R i c h . 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 .
69,822 127,057 262,636 76,193 59,619 75,605 33,432 154,407
79,708
1,843
204
305
82,060
30,o4i
5,348
10,877
l,538

52,459
1,443
130
173
54,205

10,222
3,095
7,143
935

87,786 63,177
1,324
2,833
170
170
106 .
23
89,386 66,203
32,592 27,093
4,334
4,391
9,162
8,935
408
787
211,487 i 4 o , s 4 i
84.9
66.3

172,597
4,469
390
7,365
184,821
31,133
11,351
19,514
Z5l
401,982
81.4

TOTAL LIABILITIES
5,016,056 413,797 1 , 4 6 2 , 7 3 5 378,752 478,126 195,036 235,973 756,051 206,057 135,219
Reserve r a t i o ( p e r c e n t )
81.8
83.8
82.0
82.2
83.2
76,5
75-1
87.5
77.8
72.7
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 chased f o r foreign, c o r r e s p o n d e n t s
459,983 34,018
151,524 44,591 45,970 19,308 16,549 61,600 16,549 10,573 1 3 , 7 9 1 13,791 31,719
F . R . n o t e s on hand ( n o t e s r e c 1 d f r o m
I 1 .E.Agent l e s s n o t e s i n c i r c u l a t i o n ) 327,998 29,102
55,620 25,776 34,376 a , o o 4 25,720 41,705 16,972
5,728
9,824
9,730 52,441
FEDERAL RESERVE HOTE ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS
F . R . n o t e s r e c ' d from C o m p t r o l l e r
3 , 1 1 2 , 2 5 9 308,586
681,955 210,810 299,596 122,256 231,187 529,401 109,965 99,797 125,759 87,099 305,848
F . R . n o t e s h e l d "by F. R. Agent
1 , 2 6 5 , 9 1 7 118,500
451,720 42,500 83,780 31,430 78,410 225,060 16.800 34,450 40,330 43,937 99,000
F . R . n o t e s i s s u e d t o F.R. Bank
1 , 8 4 6 , 3 4 2 190,086
230>;a35 168,310 215,816 90,826 152,777 3 o 4 , 3 4 i 93,165 65,347 85,429 4 3 , 1 6 2 206,848
Collateral held as security f o r
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
402,108 35,300
229,968 39,900 15,550
5,000
6,000
9 , 2 4 5 11,845
14,300 35, 000
C-old f u n d - F. R. Board
1 , 2 5 2 , 0 5 6 149,617
28,626 100,100 160,000 6 3 , 0 0 0 101,350 289,000 63,100 44,000 80,000 18,500 154, 763
E l i g i b l e paper
460,096 30,802
106,152 34,295 42,267 26,565 46,081 44,489 25,238 16,345 25,710 15,059
47,093
Total c o l l a t e r a l
2,114,260 215,719
364,746 174,295 a 7 , 8 i 7 94,565 153,431 333,489 97,523 72,190 105,710 47,859 236,856
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AND SHORT TERM SECURITIES
91 days-.to
Total
Within 15 days
l o to 30 days
31 to 60 days
b l t o 90 days
Over b months
6 months
B i l l s discounted
211,491
,350
18,305
27,417
12,012
17,351
3,056
B i l l s b o u g h t i n open market
256,869
147 ,584
54,o4i
35,084
16,158
4,002
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
284,679
45,193
62,500
94,646
32,335
:;unicir)al w a r r a n t s
15
15