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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H.4.1

For Immediate Release
August 20, 1959

WEEKLY AVERAGES OF MEMBER BANK RESERVES, RESERVE BANK CREDIT, AND RELATED ITEMS
and
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS

The average of daily figures of member bank reserves for the week ended
August 19 decreased $113 million to $18,509 million. Estimated required reserves
decreased $16 millionj and estimated excess reserves decreased $97 million to
$438 million. Member bank borrowings at the Federal Reserve Banks exceeded excess
reserves by $507 million, compared with $538 million the week before.
The principal changes reducing average reserves were decreases of
$128 million in member bank borrowings and $74 million in Federal Reserve holdings
of U. S. Government securities, and increases of $163 million in Treasury deposits
with Federal Reserve Banks and $43 million in "other11 F. R. accounts (net). The
principal offsetting change was an increase of $294 million in Federal Reserve
float. Total Reserve Bank credit increased $89 million.
As of
bought outright
securities held
bank borrowings

Wednesday, August 19, holdings of U. S. Government securities
were $104 million lower than a week earlier, U. S. Government
under repurchase agreement were $4l million higher, and member
were $67 million lower.

Member bank reserves,
Reserve Bank credit,
and related items
Reserve Bank credit:
U. S. Government securities-Bought outright—System account
Held under repurchase agreement
Acceptances—bought outright
Loans, discounts, and advancesMember bank borrowings
Other
Float
Total Reserve Bajik credit
Gold stock
Treasury currency outstanding
Money in circulation
Treasury cash holdings
Treasury deposits with F. R. Banks
Foreign deposits with F. R. Banks
Other deposits with F. R. Banks
Other F. R. accounts (net)
Member bank reserves-Required reserves (estimated)
Excess reserves (estimated)
*Less than $500,000.

Averages of daily figures
Week ended Change from week ended Wednesday,
August 12, August 20, August 19,
August 19,
1959
1958
1959
1959
(in millions of dollars)
26,525
6
22

- 72
- 2
- 2

+1,119
+
6
12

945

-128

+

1,065
28,562
19,601
5,282
53>45
32,051
397

638
256

349
1,246
34,937
18,509
18,071
438

26,493
43
21

729

524

+294
+ 89
- 18
-+ 72

+

57
+1,097
-1,485
+
72
+ 485

t 968
28,049
19,600
5,282
52,932

- 20
- 4

+

756
299
4- 110
3
+
48
13
+

625

31,991
397
517
259
345
1,306
34,814

- 16

+

- 97

~

139
44
183

18,117
18,088
29

*

+163
-

1

+ 6
+ 43

+186
-113

-

On August 19, 1959, U. S. Government securities held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign account were $4,208 million, an increase of
$37 million for the week and an increase of $836 million from the comparable date
a year ago.




H.4.1(a)

, STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TIvELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
(in thousands of dollars)
August 19,
1959

A S S E T S
Gold certificate account
Redemption fund for F. R. notes
Total gold certificate reserves
F. R. notes of other Banks
Other cash
Discounts and advances
Industrial loans
Acceptances--bought outright
U. S. Government securities:
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total bought outright
Held under repurchase agreement
Total U. S. Government securities

18,371,6^2

M l :

19

383,411
386,381
524,092

Change since
August 20,
August 12,
1958
1959

+
+
-

20,554

Total loans and securities
Due from foreign banks
Uncollected cash items
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS

+

27,080,808

-

15

30,007 +

8,928 +

67,172 +
--

-

1,693

-

45,662
11,640
283,918
341
11,520

- 103,500 + 1,180,590
-11,000,298
+11,000,298

2,492,200
10,506,993
11,010,298
2,483,771
26,493,262
42,900

26,536,162

100 - 1,259,851
1,961 4"
59,627
2,061 - 1,200,224

- 103,500 + 1,180,590
41,400 +

42,900

62,100 + 1,223,490
130,965

+ 1,495,547

5,732,23?*+ 340,891 +
96,942 +
757 +
122,903 - 87,086 +

598,317

24,268 +

721,616

91,110
2,576 +

460,625
68,612
5,982
36,040
349,991
505,444
22,744
899,813

53,104,529

L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member bank reserves
U. S. Treasurer--general account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferred availability cash items
Other liabilities and accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

18,117,452
516,938
258,791
344,555
19,237,736
4,764,418
,37,580
51,616,640

C A P I T A L
A C C O U N T S
Capital paid-in
Surplus
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

381,807
868,410
237,672
53,104,529

+

27,576,906
+
+

160,471

16,198 +
+

+
+

+
+

114,297 +
1,281 +
142,916 +
779 +
-- l/+
16,776" j_
160,471 +

6,886

16,074
973,902

26,114
31,669

16,306

973,902

Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit
2.9%
and F. R. note liabilities combined
41.2$
Contingent liability on acceptances purchased
3,617 23,739
for foreign correspondents
74,415
686
5 Industrial loan commitments
350
1/ Net change after elimination of Sec. 13b surplus of $27,543,000 on Sept. 2, 1958.
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES. AUGUST 19, 1959
(Acceptances and securities held under repurchase agreement are classified as
maturing within 15 days in accordance with maximum maturity of the agreements.)
Discounts and
advances
Within 15 days
16 days to 90 days
91 days to 1 year
Over 1 year to 5 years
Over 5 years to 10 years
Over 10 years
Total



Acceptances
5,864

516,479
7,413
200

14,690

524,092

20,554

U. S. Government
securities
459,110
6,275,300
11,807,683
6,523,912
410,385
1,059,772
26,536,162

H.4.1(b)
Total
A S S E T S
Gold certificate account
Redemption fund for
F. R. notes
Total gold certificate
reserves

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BAKK OCT AUGUST 19, 1959
ClevePhilaSt.
Boston
New York
delphia
land Richmond Atlanta Chicago
Louis
(in thousands of dollars)

18,371,642 911,126

Kansas
City

Dallas

689,979 369,628

747,876

642,924 2395,198

42,773

23,332

43,992

4,857,485 1129,540 1700,662 1122,197 925,192 3528,737 732,752

392,^60

791,868

4,665,437 1069,276 1615,725 1044,i4l
60,264

\

55,775

19,301,636

966,901

F.R. notes of other Banks
Other cash

383,411
386,381

42,357
25,841

76,552
70,407

30,502
23,629

13,104
35,531

29,394
24,331

59,665
35,481

26,617
58,852

10,200
24,763

22,475
8,803

21,997
13,284

12,397
12,964

38,151
52,495

Discounts and advances
Acceptances—
Bought outright
U. S. Govt, securities:
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total
Held under repurchase
agreement

524,092

22,650

50,810

8,l4o

69,895

21,933

103,130

110,392

21,500

34,890

39,642

34,110

7,000

56,764 107,426
99,474
101,358
427,319 239,318 452,904 419,376
447,789 250,782 474,599 439,465
101,015
56,573 107,063
99,137
"6037437
1151,992
1057,452
10777481"

284,657
1200,098
1257,585
283,694
3026,034

84,937

78,056

San
Francisco

930,794

57,508

176,089

29,680

86,340

672,604 2481,538

20,554

20,554
2,492,200
10,506,993
11,010,298
2,483,771
26,493,262

192,048

867,684 3352,648

Minneapolis

627,167 142,121
135,114
569,637 2,644,10b 599,172
596,923 2,770,763 627,873
lj4^658_
625,046 141,639
1436,332 1)76577582 T510:805

42,900

215,770 159,719 131,349 431,281
909,674 673,373 553,760 1818,256
953,250 705,628 580,287 1905,354
215,o4o 159,180 130,905 429,821
2293,7^697:900 "139^7301'¥584,712

42,900

Total U. S. Govt, sees.

26,536,162 1436,332

6,709,982 1510,805 2293,734 1697,900 1396,301 4584,712 1077,481

603,437 1141,992 1057,452 3026,034

Total loans & securities

27,080,808 1458,982

6,781,346 1518,945 2363,629 1719,833 1499,431 4695,104 1098,981

638,327 1181,634 1091,562 3033,034

Due from foreign "banks
Uncollected cash items
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS

2//HT
1
1 1 / 4
1
1
l
1
2
1
\ 15
5,732,^33 407,710 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 8 1 348,464 501,229 453,118 462,017 901,386 234,852 168, ffjl 289,180
5,142
4,692
96,942
4,463
10,117
4,125
9,357
6,878
9,636
13,504
6,943
2,850
6,207
7,480
20,300
5,062
122,903
6,593
29,640
6,657
10,559
7,679
1

1
682,150
12,530
14,701

53,104,529 2912,848 12,825,632 3061,863 4634,072 3363,431 2998,903 9244,502 2113,554 1238,528 2308,863 2087,733 6314,600

l/ After deducting $11,000 participations of other Federal Reserve Banks,
_2/ Less than $500.



1
283,475
9,555
5,175

J ft

Lj~

H.4.1(c)
Total

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK ON 1AUGUST 19, 1959
1
—
' St.
ClevePhilaAtlanta Chicago Louis
Boston New York
land Richmond
delphia

Minneapolis

Kansas
City

San
Dallas Francisco

L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member "bank reserves
U.S.Treas.-gen.acct.
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferred availability
cash items
Other liabilities and
accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

27,576,906 1 5 9 3 , 1 0 4

6 , 4 0 0 , 6 4 3 1742,067 2543,583 2067,937 1508,739 5264,549 1204,302

612,023 1108,099

791,746 2740,114

18,117,452 823,422 4,795,790 878,408 1496,471 775,306 9 7 2 , 9 0 3 2858,243 631,168 415,162 8 5 7 , 5 7 3 926,778 2686,228
37,637
67,094 2 5 , 3 5 9
31,177
44,127
31,821 86,082 29,704 24,140 33,961 30,871 7 4 , 9 6 5
516,938
14,135
1
/
7
3
,
7
5
1
16,962
23,130
12,850
12,079
38,036
9,509
6,168 10,023 13,364 28,784
258,791
41,530
379
2,831
332
654
290,587
1,828
1,020
2,64o
1,243
556
344,555
19,237,736 875,848 " 5,227^222 922^557 1551,798 834,923 1018,046 2982,917 670,713 445,849 904,388 971,968 2831,507
4,764,418
37,580

358,314

782,782

2
, 9 , 7 6 6
2,192

297,581 401,715

380,813

1,848

3,381

2,148

22,760
59,607
15,443

35,994
76,643

17,114
44,846

398,130 769,144 179,738 142,840
1,978

5,998

1,345

1,_491

19,661
52,164
39,474 132,159

12,733
33,746

8,677
20,785

234,868 246,570 571,923
1j.T24 ^ 4,163

51,616,640 1829,458 12,420,413 2964,053 4500,477 3285,821 2926,893 9022,608 2056,098 1202,203 2248,901 2012,008 6l4?,707

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in
Surplus
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Conting. liab. on acceptances purchased for
foreign correspondents
Industrial loan commit.

381,807

868,410
237,672

18,971

50,116

14,303

109,751

238,902
56,566

20,958

15,650

12,875

37,571

10,977

6,863

15,598
32,935

11,429

21,926
*6,436

10,363

46,458
95,76l

24,674

53,104,529,2912,848 12,825,632 3061,863 4634,072 3363,431 2998,903 9244,502 2113,554 1238,528 2308,863 2087,733 6314,600

74,415
350

4,092

2/20,847

4,910

6,696

3,720

3,497

11,011

2,753

1,785

10

2,902
340

3,869

8,333

FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
F. R. notes outstanding
28,489,354 1 6 5 0 , 7 2 0
Collat. for F. R. notes:
Gold certificate acct. 10,750,000 580 000
Eligible paper
69,282
U. S. Govt, securities 18,910,000 1150,000
Total collateral
29,729,252 1730 0 0 0
1/ After deducting $185,040,000 participations
2/ After deducting $53, 568,000 participations




6,631,346 1 7 9 1 , 2 9 2 2597,464-2136, fe8b 1 5 8 2 , 5 5 3 5 3 % 0 7 5 1 2 4 9 7 W " 6 2 7 , 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 , 5 4 2

039,430 2867,200

2,920,000 640,000 920,000 670,000 500,000 2000,000 430,000 200,000 300,000 290,000 1300,000
--

8,140

--

4,000,000 1200,000 1 7 5 0 , 0 0 0
6,920,000 1848,140 2670,000

-—
—
1 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 1200,000 3500,000
2170,000 1700,000 5500,000

21,500
935,ooo

1386,500

--

450,000

650,000

39,642
850,000

1189,642

of other Federal Reserve Banks.
of other Federal Reserve Banks <
•L

--5 7 5 , 0 0 0 1800,000
865,000 3100,00°