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STATEMENT foe the press
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
F r i d a y morning, Aor. 29;
not e a r l i e r .

--756
F e d e r a l Reserve Board
A p r i l 23, 1912
CONDITIO? 0? FEDERAL RESERVE BA^CS

Tne d a i l y average volume of F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g d u r i n g
tne weuk ending A p r i l 27, as r s n o r t e d by the F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k s , was
,759»000,000, an i n c r e a s e of $46,000,000 compared with t h e p r e c e d i n g week and
of $835,000,000 compared with t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g week i n 1931.
On A p r i l 27 t o t a l r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t amounted to $ 1 , 7 ^ 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , an i n c r e a s e
of $S5iOvO,000 f o r tne week. This i n c r e a s e corresponds w i t h an i n c r e a s e of
$135,000,000 i n member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s and a d e c r e a s e of $9,000,000 in
monetary g o l d s t o c k , o f f s e t i n p a r t by d e c r e a s e s of $27,000,000 in money i n c i r c u l a t i o n nr.d $4,000,000 i n unexpended c a p i t a l f u n d s , no::member deposits, e t c . , and
an i n c r e a s e of $29,000,000 i n Treasury c u r r e n c y , a d j u s t e d .
Holdings ol d i s c o u n t e d b i l l s d e c l i n e d $9,000,000 each a t the F e d e r a l Reserve
Banks of Cleveland and San F r a n c i s c o , $6,000,000 a t A t l a n t a and $33,000,000 a t
a l l F e d e r a l r e s e r v e 0antes. The System'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 $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , while h o l d i n g s of United S t a t e s T r e a s u r y n o t e s i n c r e a s e d
$10,000,000 and of Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s $ 1 0 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
Changes i n the amount of r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g and i n r e l a t e d
items d u r i n g the week and t h e year ending A p r i l 27, 1932, were as f o l l o w s :
I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e
since
Aor. 27
1932

Anr. 20
1932

Anr. 29
1931

( i n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )
B i l l s discounted
B i l l s bought
United S t a t e s s e c u r i t i e s
Other r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t

532
''45

1 ]_qj_
17

- 33
- 3
+113
+ 0

TOTAL RESERVE BA"1( CREDIT
Monetary gold s t o c k
Treasury c u r r e n c y a d j u s t e d

1,735
11)360
1,753

+ 25
- 9
+ 29

-t- 377
124
593
+
4
•f 849
353
+ 4

Money i n c i r c u l a t i o n
Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s
Unexpended c a p i t a l funds,nonmomber d e p o s i t s , e t c .

5,393

- 27
+135
- 4

777
254
16




2,114
424

-

-

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y morning, Aprjl

29,1932;

not

earlier.

E~756a

RESOURCES AKD LIABILITIES
OF THE TWELVE FLPEiiAL E3SE371 BA/^KS COMBINED

( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
Apr. 27,1932

Apr. 20,1932

Apr. 29,1931

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

2,265,856

36,100

2,223,947
41,070

1,782,31%
32,529

£oia held e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t F.R.notes 2,305,956
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F . R. Board .
311,873
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s h e l d by banks
394,700

2, 265,017
297,297
46l,4l5

1,814,843
5^31KLI-J
306,123

Total_gold reserves . . . . . .
Reserves o t h e r t h a n g o l d

3,014,534
218,502

3,023,729
212,969

3.17^^709
177,359

Totalj^serves
N o n - r e s e r v e 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

3,233,036
30,448

3,236,698
76,315

3^352^5
70,673

239,458

292,366

267,366
297,157

6l,46S
93]653

531,824
45,874

564,523
48,547

155,151

346,399

346,198

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
Tr0asury n o t e s
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s

.

169,765
60,457

95,447
749,386

85,446
646,486

R2 229
485,620

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

1,191,232
H.S15

1,078,130
4,501

598,306
350

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s . .
Due from f o r e i g n banks
F . R. n o t e s of o t h e r b a n k s
Uncollected items
Banjc p r e m i s e s
All other resources

1,773,745

1,695,701
6,683

923,572

TOTAL RESOURCES

5,695

l4,9l4
347] 115
57,855
35,100

697

16,305
388!362
57,855
34,118

15,302
469,'010
58,420
17,102

5,548,108

5,512,537

4,906,844

2,526,572

' 2,544,764

1,527,740

2,114,423
49,155
49,593
21,024

1,378,642
78,334
47,317
27,078

2,407,^29

2,234,200
341,313
155,240
259,421

2,131,371
390,708
155,376
259,421

2,462,240
457,272
163,612
274,636
15,744

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 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
.
AH other l i a b i l i t i e s

. . . .

TOTAL LIABILITIES . . . .

31,357

5,548,108

30,897
5,512,537

31,637
5,681

18,591

4,906,844

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 . .

67.9$

69,2$

84.0$

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

297,735

308,843

410,076




RESOURCES AID LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BAMS OF APRIL 27, 1932
( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
B-756t
T o t a l Boston >Tew York P h i l a . Cleve.
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 .
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
2,263,256 167,627
524,726 192,300 234,970 74,620 98,775 567,395 S0,845 62,745 66,080 29,010 170,763
Gold redemption f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s u r y 36,100
1,869
8,256 3,267 3,977 1,383 2,192 3,64-5 1,920
489
2,457
95®
5,083
Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
F . Ft. n o t e s
2,305,956 169,496 532,982 196,167 238,947 76,003 100,973 571,o4o 82,765 63,234 68,537 29,966 175,846
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h 3P.R. ?oar( *
6,442
313,373
133,670
4,231
3 , 3 6 1 35,559
9,654 64,916 6,079 2,902 7,409 5,937 27,712
2-oId and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d by t a n k s
394,700 19,221
251,077 12,681 17,735 6,622 7,916 27,929 11,853 2,952 13,103 3,942 19,657
T o t a l gold r e s e r v e s
3,014,534 195,165 917,729 212,209 292,241 86,862 118,543 663,885 100,697 75,088 89,049 39,851 223,215
Reserves o t h e r than gold
218,502 21,684
6,051 25,622 10,525 4,067 6,975 11,405 12,144
59,329 28,753 18,600 13,347
Total reserves
3 , 2 3 3 , 0 3 6 216,249
977,058 240,962 310,241 100,209 124,594 689,507 111,222 79,155 96,024 51,256 235,359
^on-reserve cash
20,44s
6,852 23,677 3,653 3,820 4,315 5,415 13,602 3,826 2,025 2,222 4,312 6,724
B i l l s discounted:
Secured by U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
239,45s 18,205
69,450 23,635 31,054 4,869 8,325 20,555 8,451 1,605 5,457 3,394 44,458
Other t i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
292,366 14,299
8,591 25,190 10,862 43,977
35,389 44,171 39,065 20,484 25,932 18,436
5,970
Total t i l l s discounted
531,824 32,504
104,339 67,806 70,119 25,353 34,257 38,991 14,421 10,196 30,647 14,256 88,435
I i l l s bought ir. open riarket
1,496 1,566 7,252
45,874 2,415
222
2,604
13,500
5,404
3,122
1,552
3,407
2,374
IT. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
346,399 26,847
130,534 23,192 26,422
7,695 16,929 16,863
5,340 57,119 11,674 15,946
7,772
Treasury n o t e s
6,494
4
I
,
I
4
7
8,OOS
1,448
1,446
95,447
11,678 3 , 1 2 0 2 , 3 2 1 2,636 1,973 5,209
9,857
C e r t i f i c a t e s and t i l l s
8,902 32,312
749,356 32,815
412,175 62,013 67,437 13,613
5,944 73,991 16,120 9,509 14,555
T o t a l U.S.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
1,191,232 66,156 583,856 93,213 103,722 22,831 12,732 142,782 30,974 27,776 24,936 27,864 54,384
Other s e c u r i t i e s
—
4,215
78
3,152
1,585
RESOURCES

-

T o t a l t i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Sue from f o r e i g n t a n k s
H. n o t e s of o t h e r 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




1,773,745

101,075

5,695
14,914
347,315
57,855
35,ioo

457
325
41,598
3,336
1,647

5,548,102

166,011 176,963 50,55s
620
2,038
229
578

705,647
3,929

278

14,513

9 08

92,009 29,564
14,817
2,651

1,226
31,250
7,963
1,700

372,139 1,239,688 444,652 534,401

-

-

994

27,670
3,609
5,003

49,593 187,183 46,947
806
212
21
1,224
1,764
763
9,329 41,426 14,232
2,488
3,461
7,827
3,663 1,714 1,432

38,932
13
400

6,170

1,834
1,345

150,071

57,079

43,68b

1,484
17,392
3,649
1,097

2,103
ll,06s 19,607

166

160
364

1,737
1,284

395

4,433
794

192,527 196,057 943,829 182,365 129,874 179,113 113,917 419,486

L I A B I L I T I E S
F.R.notes in actual c i r c u l a t i o n
Deposits:
Member "bank - r e s e r v e account
Government
F o r e i g n "bank
Other d e p o s i t s

RESOURCES'AED-'LIABILITIES' OF THE 'FEDERAL RESERVE' BA^XS OF APRIL 27, I932
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
3-756b
T o t a l Boston Hew York P h i l a . Cleve.
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.
2,526,572 176,50% 561,429 249,145 290,945 92,885 115,547 542,094 89,922 70,721 80,205 36,959 220,216

2,114,423 117,215 1,000,888 114,912 143,584 49,938 47,297 293,334 56,686
49,155
180
13,909 2,524 16,313 3,229 2,630
370
2,309
49,598
3,9^7
14,597
5,349 5,245 2,077 1,921 6,959 1,818
21,024

82

10,780

122

2,4l6

124

171

Total deposits
2,234,200 121,424 1,040,174 122,907 167,558 55,368 52,019
D e f e r r e d a v a i l a b i l i t y items
341,318 4i,606
93,858 28,066 31,139 26,507 10,554
Capital paid in
155,240 11,533 59,166 16,231 14,225 5,233 4,884
Surplus
259,421 20,039
75,077 26,486 27,646 11,483 10,449
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
31,357
1,033
9,984 1,817 2,894 1,111 2,6o4
TOTAL LIABILITIES
5 , 5 4 8 , 1 0 8 372,139 1,839,688 444,652 534,401 192,537 196,057
Reserve r a t i o ( p e r c e n t )
67.9
72.8
61.0
64.8
67.8 67.6
74.4
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r chased f o r f o r e i g n c o r r e s p o n d e n t s 297,735 22,531
97,918 30,536 29,
11,859 10,969
Federal reserve notes:
I s s u e d to F . R . h a n k by ? . R . a j e n t
Held by F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank
In a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n
C o l l a t e r a l h e l d by agent a s s e c u r i t y f o r n o t e s i s s u e d to bank
Gold and gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
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

543

273

824

301,206

40,851 14,967

17,360

39,652
i,o4o
1,142

4,486

2,54s

1,454
1,098

6,522

8,595

FEDERAL RESERVE FOTE STATEMENT

616,22;
54,793

2,526,572 176,504
966,726 47,010
1,303,130 120,617
539,668 32,556
2 , 8 0 9 , 5 2 4 200,183

132,636

72,391 92,293 42,149 259,242
4,649 1,670 12.088 5,190 39.026
561,429 249,145 290,945 92,885 115,547 542,094 89,922 70,721 80,205 36,959 220,216

2 , 7 6 2 , 6 7 4 196,068
236,102 19.564

Total




3,583
4,520

8,301 20,456

260,011 304,850 100,732
10,866 13,905
7,853

17,089

591,503
49,409

94,571

484,726 73,400 71,970 12,520 14,275 123,395 15,745 13,145 9 , 2 8 0 12,260 89,000
4o,ooo 118,900 163,000 62,100 34,500 444,000 65,100 49,600 56,800 16,750 81,763
107,409 67,782 69,911 26,342 34,711 39,915 13,922 9,812 29,910 14,586 92,812
632,135 260,082 304,881 100,962 133,486 607,310 94,767 72,557 95,990 43,596 263,575
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AH) SHORT TEH!SECURITIES

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 and b i l l s
Municipal w a r r a n t s

2,545

4,094
3,976 11,117
8,124
7,624 17,707
1,322
2,204
1,549
i O I _ 2,095
182,365 129,874 1 7 9 , H 3 113,917 419,486
73.4
70.2 64.2
58.1
63.7

39,726 10,376

81.8

46,113 132,622

2,935

6,356

943,829

1,550
1,506
71

51,213 149 ,,270
6,198 16,550 12,050 18,972

10,025

38,411
3,907

66,182

531,824
45,874
749,326
4,215

Within 15 days

388,169
8,567
24,855

3,202

l 6 to 30 days
35,894
10,769
53,591

1,388

,
c.. ,
,
91 days t o
31 to 60 days 61 to 90 days g months
50,743

6,988

99,050
52

37,239

19,280
152,525
110

16,312
270

301,096
63

Over 6 months
3,467

118,269