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Form F. R, 283

STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
Released for publication
Friday morning, Aug. 25J
not earlier.

Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
August 2C, 1941

CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
During the week ended August 27 member bank reserve balances decreased
$39,000,000. Reductions in member bank reserves arose from increases of
$59,000,000 in money in circulation and SS,000,000 in nonmenber deposits and pther
Federal Reserve accounts, offset in part by increases of $9,000,000 in Reserve
Bank credit and $6,000,000 in gold stock and by a decrease of ¿13 ¡>000,000 in
Treasury deposits with Federal Reserve Banks* Excess reserves of member banks
on August 27 were estimated to be approximately $4,990,000,000, a decrease of
C70p0CG,000 for the week.
Changes in member baiil: reserve balances and related items during the week
and the year ended August 27, 1941, were as follows»

Increase or decrease
since
Aug. 27,
1941

Aug, 20«
1941

Aug. 28,
1940

(In millions of dollars)
10
2,179
5

+ 2
—
1“
r'*

6
+
- 256
2

10
77

—
+ 7

•f
+

Total Reserve Bank credit
Gold stock
Treasury currency

2,281
22,716
3,178

+ 9
+ 6

199
+x ,845
+ 144

Llember bank reserve balances
lioney in circulation
Treasury cash
Treasury deposits with F. P., Banks
1-ionuember deposits and other F. R, accounts

12,998
9,899
2,378
772
2,128

+
+
«
+

Bills discounted
U. S. Government direct obligations
U, S, Government guaranteed obligations
Industrial, advances (not including 13 million
commitments - August 27)
Other Reserve Bank credit




L,lTlf

39
59
1
13
O

1
51

•_

518
+1,893
+ 87
- 41
+ 369
mm

Form F. R. 283-a

.Released for publication Friday morning, August 29,1941; not earlier.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BJfiJKS COMBINED
(in thousands of dollarsO
Increase or decrease
since
Aug. 28,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 27,
1940
1941
1941
ASSETS
Gold certificates on hand and
due iron U. S. Treasury
+1,737,554
20,299,532
+
Redemption fund - F. R. notes
818
15,411
3,585
- ...73,685
+
66
Other dash
274,705
Total reserves
20,589,648
752.
+1 ,657,454
Bills di scounted:
Secured by U. S. Gov’
t obligations,
direct and guaranteed
+
220
1,178
+
2,407
Other bills discounted
+
+
1,871
_
1*354
.. J7i2Z2
10,380
+
Total bills discounted
+ 2,091
6,532
1,010
+
Industrial advances
9,563
23
U. S.Government securities,
direct and guarantcedi
•—
+ 44,604
1,363,800
Bonds
—
- 302,158
820,300
Notes
Total U.S. Government securities»
—
- 257,554
2,184,100
direct and guaranteed
Total bills and securities
Due from foreign banks
F. R. notes of other banks
Uncollected items
Bank promises
Other assets
TOTAL

ASSETS

2,068
—
930
34,365
26
861

- 2.50,012
—
+ 13,423
+ 317,844
723
9,971

23,873,262

- 31,284

+1,738,015

7,006,926

+ 54,321

+1,672,686

12,997,655
772,074
1,152,699
__ ^§9,9iil
15,612,351
877,919

+
—
-

—
+
+
-

_____ 2zll 5
23,500,511.

+
384
- 31,386

+ _____31
+1,725,123

140,942
157,065
26,785
47,959
23,873,262

+

74
—
—
+____ 28
- 31,284

+
3,360
+
5,345
54
+
4,241
+1,738,015

-

1,6%
+
+ - 4,69C

2,204,043
47
34,235
954,42S
40,641
50,220

+
+
—
+

L I A B I L I T I E S
F. R. notes in actual circulation
Deposits:
I.Ienber bank - reserve account
U. S. Treasurer — General account
Foreign
Other deposits
Total de-posits
Deferred availability items
Other liabilities including
accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES
C A P I T A L ACCOUI i T S
Capital paid in
Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AIJD CAPITAL ACCOUIITS
Ratio of total reserves to deposit and
F. R. note liabilities combined
Commitments to make industrial advances




91.0&
12,928

39,815
13..270
50',173
58,093
45,165
40,926

.1%
150

518,343
41,020
162,039
182,835
214,489

+ 266,895

Form if. E. 283-b
STATEMENT OF CONDITICI! OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS Oïl AUGUST 27, 1941
(In thousands of dollars)

ASSETS
Total

Boston

New York

Phila.

Cleve.

Rich, Atlanta

Chicago St,Louis Minn, Kans.Cy, Dallas

San Fran,

Gold certificates on hand and
due from U. S. Treasury
20 >299,532 1,149,147 8 ,560,200 1,298,225 1,617,792 712,004 480,640 3 ,369,114 546,486 348,845 469,592 329,429 1,418,058
Redemption fund - F.R.notes
15,411
1,021
566
937
1,322
1,125
519
530 1,496
497
747
4,943
1,708
Other cash
23,596
65,4-86
274,705
18,350 11,786 23,603
39,764 15,556 5,315 12,635 11,515
17,365
29,734
Total reserves
20.589,648 1 „177,686 8,626,707 1,316,715 1 ,636,672.725,286 504,762 3,410,200 562,979 354,726 482,724 341,691 1,449,500
Bills discounted»
Secured by U. S. Gov 11 oblig..itions,
—
direct and guaranteed
20
78
10
100
27
2,407
185
14475
50
1,695
23
—
56
Other bills discounted
4o
24
97
64
9
7,107
34
45
482
15
7,973
Total bills discounted
10,380
Industrial advances
9,563
U, S. Government securities,
direct and guaranteed»
1 ,363,800
Bonds
Notes
820,300

10
1,297

8,802
1,183

3,735

99,286
59,719

384,113
231,036

Total U, S. GovJt securities.
direct and guaranteed
2.184.100

159,005

Total bills and securities

? ,204,043

160,312

Due from foreign banks
F. R. notes of other banks
Uncollected items
Bank premises
Other assets

47
34,235
954,428
40-641
50,220

3
1,218
93,657
2,801
3 ,404

T O T A L

A S S E T S




23 ,873,262 1,439,081

112

140
321

194
817

65

165

24
369

107,301
64,541

141,895 74,720 57,484
85,348 44,943 34,577

166,999
100,446

615,149

171,842

227,243 119,663

625,134
10
3,278
244,049
10,280
13,505

175,689

227,704 120,674

5
1,906
64,001
4,827
4,235

172
457

87
721

626
333

65
165

65,886 38,477 66,280 53,594
39,630 23,144 39,864 32,235

107,765
64,817

92,061

267,445 105,516 61,621 106,144 85,829

172,582

92,291

267,838 105,599 62,250 106,952 86,788
*
6
1
1
1
2,926
2,066
435
2,259 1,085
136,134 46,570 25,453 36,697 2.8,024
2,932 1,174
2,997
2,298 1,350
1,998
5,849
2,329 1,446

172,812

2
2
4
2,461
1,574 11,106
118,852 77,093 34,235
4,488 2,740 1,963
a,,102
5,641 3,012

S3
—

4
3,121
49 ,663
2,791
4,326

9,522,971 1 ,567,378 1,994,935 939,913 637,816 3 ,825,890 722,035 446,310 634,605 460,111 1,682,217
*Less than Ô500.

>'orm F. R. 283-c
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS OU AUGUST 27, 194l
(in thousands of dollars)

L I A B I L I T I E S
Total
F. R. notes in actual cir~
culation
Deposits«

U.S.Treasiiror-Goneral aect.
772,074
Foreign
1,152,699
Other deposits
689,923
Total deposits
15,612,351
Deferred availability items
877,919
Other liabilities including
accrued dividends
3,315
TOTAL LIABILITIES
c a p i t a l

a c c o u k

Capital paid in
Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts

Boston

Hew York

Phila.

Cleve.

Rich. Atlanta Chicago St.Louis Minn. Kans.Cy. Dallas San Fran.

586,418 1,832,555

487,8/(9

669,507 3^4,029 230,158 1,492,561 258,829 177,448 232,933 110,593

634,729 6,101,787
46,656
247,317
53,001
451,237
10,300
577,562

791,923
61,058
109,773
16,283

83,733 23,505 27,779
104,115 48,662 39,609
26,684 5,093 9,202

744,686 7,377,903
82,029
183,027

979,037 1 ,183,334 505,156 362,355 2*125,954 404,694 237,651 353,065 311,030 1 ,026,678
65,654 107,236 74,361 31,549 159,305 46,532 21,300 36,340 26,861
43,637

330

794

307

353

334

117,650 35,471 40,942 24,890
135,802 33,950 24,897 32,819
4,4-58 7,2.50 5 ,882. 2,341

105

371

130

121

33,849
3-2,819
1,086

150

157

584,046
29,224
86,015
23,782

155

23,500,511 1,413,471 9,394,279 1,532,047 1,960,430 923,880 624,167 3,778-191 710,185 436,608 623,288 440,649 1,654,516
■I s
.11,910
14 ,602 5,530 4,840
15,060
4,348 3,002 4,548 4,285
11,763
51,687
9,351
140,942
10,906
15,144
5,247 5,725
22,024
56,447
3,974
10,785
157,065
14,323
4,925 3,152 3,613
1 ,13c 1,263
2,874
7,070
713
1,429
2,121
1,007 3,244
26,785
4,393
533 1,000
13,488
8,378
2,479
3,084
2,044 2,548 2,018 1,940
3,032
47,959
4,573 2,004 2,371

TOTAL LI .ABILITIES AND
CAPITAL accounts
23 5873,262 1/39,081 9,522,571 1,567,378 1,994,935 939,913 637,816 3,825,890 722,035 446,310 634,605 460,111 1,682,217
Oonnitnents to make industrial
advances
2,050
28
697
3,418
1,214
769
899
252
12,928
1,524
1,259
105
713
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AIJD SECXITIES

Bills discounted
Industrial advances
U. S. Government securities,
direct tuid guaranteed



Total
10,380
9,563
2,184,100

Within
15 days
7,212
2,202
—

l6 to
30 days
1,481
343
—

6l to
31 to
60 days 90 days
683
906
898
242
—

—

91 days to 6 nonths
6 months to 1 Year
96
2
1,160
1,517
43,000

84,800

1 Year
to 2 Years

2 Years to Over
5 Years
5 Years

------

1,658
238,700

——

1,543

—

584,000 :1,233,600

Form F. R. 28>*d

FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE STATEMENT 013 AUGUST 27, 1941
(in thousands of dollars)
Total Boston Hew York
pederal Reserve notes*
Issued to F.R.Bank by F.R.Agent
Held by Federal Reserve Bank
In actual circulation

Phila,

Cleve,

Rich. Atlanta

Chicago St.Louis Minn. Kans.Cy* Dallas San Fran.

7,362,287 611,474 1,918,459 509,165 692,105 364,560 258,411 1,532,197 279,009 182,737 244,076 122,451 647,593
355,361 25,056 ' 85,904 21,316 22,598 2.0,531 28,253
39,636 20,180 5,339 11,143 11,858 63,547
7,006,926 586,418 1,832,555 487,849 669,507 344,029 230,158 1,492,561 258,829 177,448 232,933 110,593 584,046

Collateral held by agent as se­
curity for notes issued to bank*
Gold certificates on hand and
due from U. S.Treasury
Eligible paper
Total collateral




7,490,000 635,000 1,920,000 520,000 695,000 385,000 265,000 1,560,000 289,000 184,000 250,0’128.000 659,000
9,281
10
8,717
93
—
185
—
—
27
168
1,1 —
—
7,499,281 635,010 1,928,717 520,093 695,000 385,185 265,000 1,560,000 289,0.27 184,168 250,081 128,000 659,000