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H.4.1

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OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

For Immediate Release
December 15, i960

WEEKLY AVERAGES OF MEMBER BANK RESERVES, RESERVE BANK CREDIT, AND RELATED ITEMS
end
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
The average of d a i l y f i g u r e s of t o t a l member bank r e s e r v e s h e l d during
the week ended December l 4 increased a net of $40 m i l l i o n t o $18,957 m i l l i o n . Cash
allowed as r e s e r v e s i n c r e a s e d $264- m i l l i o n and member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s a t t h e
Federal Reserve Banks decreased $224 m i l l i o n . Estimated r e q u i r e d r e s e r v e s increased
$25 m i l l i o n ; and e s t i m a t e d excess r e s e r v e s increased $15 m i l l i o n t o $716 m i l l i o n .
Excess r e s e r v e s exceeded member bank borrowings a t t h e Federal Reserve Banks by
$646 m i l l i o n , compared with t h e r e v i s e d f i g u r e of $64l m i l l i o n t h e week b e f o r e .
The p r i n c i p a l changes reducing average r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s with Federal
Reserve Banks were i n c r e a s e s of $316 m i l l i o n in currency i n c i r c u l a t i o n , $206 m i l l i o n in "other" d e p o s i t s with Federal Reserve Banks, and $49 m i l l i o n i n Treasury
d e p o s i t s with Federal Reserve Banks, and a decrease of $40 m i l l i o n in U. S. Cover- ;
nment s e c u r i t i e s bought o u t r i g h t . The p r i n c i p a l o f f s e t t i n g changes were i n c r e a s e s
of $215 m i l l i o n i n F e d e r a l Reserve f l o a t and $109 m i l l i o n i n gold stock, and a
decrease of $29 m i l l i o n i n " o t h e r " F . R. accounts ( n e t ) . T o t a l Reserve Bank c r e d i t
increased $184 m i l l i o n .
As of Wednesday, December 14, holdings of U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
bought o u t r i g h t were $43 m i l l i o n lower than a week e a r l i e r and member bank borrowings were $10 m i l l i o n h i g h e r .

Member bank reserves,
Reserve Bank credit,
and related items
Reserve Bank c r e d i t :
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s —
Bought outright--System account
Held under repurchase agreement
Acceptances-Bought outright
Held under repurchase agreement
Loans, discounts, and advances-Member bank borrowings
Other
Float
Total Reserve Bank credit
Gold stock
Treasury currency outstanding
Currency in c i r c u l a t i o n
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:
With Federal Reserve Banks
Cash allowed as reserves (estimated)
Total reserves held
Required reserves (estimated)
Excess reserves (estimated)
* Less than $500,000.

Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s
Week ended Change from week ended
Dec. 14,
Dec. 16,
Dec. 7,
I960
I960
1959
(In m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )

Wednesday
Dec. 14
I960

- 40

27,381
-49

*

-

1

+
-

239
34

27,353

+
-

8
17

48

—

- -

--

70
6
1,272
28,778
18,083
5,396
52,257

+ 10
- 1
+215
+i84
+109
+ 5
+297

- 886
+
1
+ 103
- 587
-1,395
+
85
-1,897

85
6
1,802
29,293
17,973
5,396
52,662

33,038
410
522
237
680
1,037
35,923

+316
- 3
+ 49
- 16
+206
- 29
+521

+
+

240
14
6
104
338
144
336

33,126
421
608
212
672
997
36,036

16,334
2,623
18,957
18,241
716

-224
+264
+ 4o
+ 25
+ 15

-2,233
+2,318
+
85
- 188
+ 273

16,626
2,853
19,479
18,447
1,032

+
+

On December l 4 , i960, U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign account were $5,827 million, an increase of
$284 m i l l i o n for the week and an increase of $1, 404 m i l l i o n from the comparable
date a year ago.

H. 4 . 1 ( a )

,
OF CONDITION
Of THi tWfefcVB FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )

Change since
Dec. 16,
Dec, 7,
i960
1959

Dec. 14,
I960

ASSETS
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e - a c c o u n t
Redemption fund f o r F . R. n o t e s
T o t a l gold c e r t i f i c a t e r e s e r v e s

16,640,644
1,033,793
17,674,437

F. R. notes of o t h e r Banks
Other cash
Discounts and advances
Acceptances:
Bought o u t r i g h t
Held under repurchase agreement
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bought o u t r i g h t —
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total bought o u t r i g h t
Held under repurchase agreement
T o t a l U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
T o t a l loans and s e c u r i t i e s
Due from f o r e i g n banks
Cash items i n p r o c e s s of c o l l e c t i o n
Bank premises
Other a s s e t s
TOTAL ASSETS

+

225,999
19,252
206,747

-1,578,998
+
65,246
-1,513,752

327,135
315,602

-

23,472
22,258

-

44,147
12,201

90,999

+

10,000

-

441,206

- -

+
-

6,600
31,196

42,750

-

48,105

3,066,463
9,158,743
12,532,298
2,595,071
27,352,575

-

42,750

~ 73,642
-1,348,250
+1,522,000
+ 111,300
+ 211,408
23,000
+ 188,408

-

32,750

-

+

907,687
6
13,760
636,214

- 705,964
+
6,725
30,052
-2,576,785

- - - »
-

- -

42,750
— •»

27,352,575
27,491,679
15
6,189,712
107,079
192,018
52,297,677

-

+

277,394

L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve n o t e s ~
Deposits:
Member bank r e s e r v e s
U. S. T r e a s u r e r - - g e n e r a l account
Foreign
Other
Total d e p o s i t s
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y cash items
Other l i a b i l i t i e s and accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

28,494,769

+

169,842

+

16,626,486
608,124
212,269
671,566
18,118,445
4,388,000
44,745
51,045,959

+
+

+
+

374,722
224,681
43,655
19,637
536,111
19,953
419
686,419

-1,752,626
+
48,403
- 157,457
+ 350,838
-1,510,842
-1,036,210
403
-2,356,876

CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
C a p i t a l paid i n
Surplus
Other c a p i t a l accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

407,136
774,808
69,774
52,297,677

+

269

+
20,705
93,602
- 147,012
-2,576,785

Ratio of gold c e r t i f i c a t e r e s e r v e s t o deposit
and F. R. note l i a b i l i t i e s combined
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on acceptances purchased
f o r f o r e i g n correspondents

~

-

+
-

50,474
4" 636,214

37-9%
237,148

1.]

1,620

190,579

2.:

+ 161,096

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES, DECEMBER l 4 , i960
(Acceptances and s e c u r i t i e s h e l d under repurchase agreement a r e c l a s s i f i e d as
maturing w i t h i n 15 days in accordance with maximum m a t u r i t y of t h e agreements.)

Within 15 days
16 days t o 90 days
91 days t o 1 year
Over 1 year t o 5 y e a r s
Over 5 years t o 10 y e a r s
Over 10 years
Total

Discounts and
advances
83,535
7,464

90,999

Acceptances
8,115
39,990

48,105

U. S. Government
securities
434,736
5,219,797
9,559,538
10,688,647
1,178,574
271,283
27,352,575

E.4.1(b)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OH DECEMBER 14, I960
Cleye
Fhila
St.
Boston
New York
Richmond Atlanta Chicago
delphia
land
Louis
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )

Total
ASSETS
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e account
Redemption fund for
F. R. notes
Total gold c e r t i f i c a t e
reserves
F.R. notes of other Banks
Other cash
Discounts and advances
Acceptances:
Bought outright
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s :
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total
Ifield under repurchase
agreement

Minneapolis

Kansas
City

Dallas

671,947

331,348

735,291

636,480 2167,546

183,793

46,646

26,033

49,237

927,223 2925,792

718,593

357,381

784,528

San
Francisco

16,640,644

686,6l4

4,481,805

1,033,793

62,354

229,584

17,674,437

748,968

4,711,389

327,135
315,602

27,505
23,082

69,170
52,355

16,516
12,573

12,416
24,270

20,057
16,375

48,360
24,364

26,747
57,471

11,733
16,554

12,995
7,690

19,867
11,896

16,562
13,585

45,207
55,387

90,999

17,059

7,235

19,654

4,739

1,820

13,412

12,928

1,098

4,533

7,035

748

738

48,105

- -

- -

- -

918,125 1422,780
65,251

91.224

983,110
81,220

983,376 1514,004 1064,330

48,105

- -

- -

863,599 2741,999
63,624

- -

32,693

102,134

669,173 2269,680

- -

- -

3,066,463 164,791
764,875 175,574 263,462 194,092 168,137 524,849 123,936
9,158,743 492,191 2,284,483 524,393 786,892 579,703 502,183 1567,592 370,169
12,532,298 673,486 3,125,956 717,549 1076,737 793,232 687,158 2145,003 506,518
2,595,071 139,459
647,294 148,583 222,960 164,254 142,291 444,168 104,886
27,352,575 1469,927 6,822,608 1566,099 2350,051 1731,281 1499,769 4601,612 1105,5^9

71,158 131,615 123,580 360,394
212,529 393,102 369,097 1076,409
290,812 537,899 505,052 1472,896
60,218 111,384 104,580 304,994
634,717 1174,000 1102,309 3214,693

Total U. S. Govt, s e e s .

27,352,575 1469,927

6,822,608 1566,099 2350,051 1731,281 1499,769 4681,612 1105,509

634,717 1174,000 1102,309 3214,693

Total loans & s e c u r i t i e s

27,491,679 1486,986

6,877,948 1585,753 2354,790 1733,101 1513,181 4694,540 1106,607

639,250 1181,035 1103,057 3215,431

Due from foreign banks
Cash items in process
of. collection
Bank premises
Otherassets
TOTAL ASSETS

15

1

1/ 4

1

1

1

6,189,712
107,079
192.018

333,199
3,947
10,770

1,102,793
9,425
47,028

382,336
3,813
10,884

521,397
8,668
16,386

479,730
6,159
12,075

1

2

(2)

(2)

1

1

2

510,295 1066,617
11,260
21,580
11,156
32,815

322,240
6,646
7,595

189,478
4,956
4,408

323,623
5,147
8,497

301,581
13,909
7,833

656,423
11,569
22,571

52,297,677 2634,458 12,870,112 2995,252 4451,932 3331,828 3045,840 8825,564 2189,968 1216,158 2334,594 2125,701 6276,270

1 / After deducting $11,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of other Federal Reserve Banks.
2 / Less jfchan $500.

H.4.1(c)
Total
L I A B I L I T I E S
F e d e r a l Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member bank r e s e r v e s
U.S.Treas.-gen.acct.
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
De f e rr e d a v a i l a b i l i t y
cash items
Other l i a b i l i t i e s and
accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL.RESERVE BANK OK DECEMBER14, i960
.
J „ . „ ,
PhllaCleve1
St.
Boston J New York d e l p h i a
Richmond A t l a n t a [Chicago L o u j L s
l a n 4
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )

Minne-

Kansas
city

a p o l i s

Dallas

San
Franclsco

28,494,769 1 6 3 7 , 9 2 2 6 , 6 5 6 , 9 6 1 1 8 6 1 , 4 5 3 2 5 8 7 , 2 1 7 2 1 9 0 , 7 2 2 1 6 4 4 , 5 5 2 5 3 0 9 , 9 3 0 1 2 3 6 , 6 8 3 596,738 1 1 5 6 , 7 2 2 837,055 2 7 7
16,626,486
608,124
212,269
671,566
18,118,445
4,388,000

6 9 1 , 7 0 5 4,462,853 773,462 1 2 7 8 , 9 3 7 6 9 4 , 2 8 2 868,694 2 4 4 9 , 4 5 2 6 1 8 , 0 2 2 398,399 8 2 5 , 3 8 7 8 9 8 , 0 9 0 2
38,468
95,475
4 1 , 5 0 4 44,030
39,921
39,236
8 1 , 1 9 2 34,576
3 0 , 3 8 5 4 1 , 9 3 2 5 0 , 2 6 5 71,140
9,947
1/67,124
11,977
1 9 , 0 8 2 9 , 1 3 5 10,556
2 8 , 0 1 4 6 , 6 9 9 4 , 6 6 9 8 , 3 2 3 11,774
24,969
253
604,428
6,495
498
3,093
1,318
844
593
303
1,555
433
51,753
740,373 5 , 2 2 9 , 8 8 0 8 3 3 , 4 3 8 1342,547 746,431 919,804 2 5 5 9 , 5 0 2 6 5 9 , 8 9 0 4 3 3 , 7 5 6 877,197 9 6 0 , 5
192,105

620,897

2 2 5 , 1 7 34 0 2 , 6 6 43 3 4 , 2 8 0

4 1 2 , 4 8 07 7 0 , 7 3 4

249,752

1 5 5 , 6 2 6 245,589

2 5 4 , 6 7 65 2 4 ,

44,745
2,229
11,737
2 , 4 2 8 3,949
2,511
2 , 2 5 0 7,371
1 , 6 4 6 1 , 3 6 8 . 1 , 9 1 8 1,977
5 , 3 6 1
51,045,959 2 5 7 2 , 6 2 9 12,519,475 2 9 2 2 , 4 9 2 4336,377 3273,944 2 9 7 9 , 0 8 6 8647,537 2147,971 1187,488 2281,426 2054,270 6123

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in
Surplus
Other c a p i t a l accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
-Coaating. l i a b . on acceptances purchased f o r
f o r e i g n correspondents

407,136
774,808
69,774

20,095
38,332
3,402

114,216
220,905
15,516

23,684
45,638
3,438

37,651
72,530
5,374

18,652
34,566
4,666

21,746
40,306
4,702

57,537
107,334
13,156

13,606
25,862
2,529

9,364
17,580
1,726

17,347
31,720
4,101

23,424
44,645
3,362

49,814
95,390
7,802

52,297,677 2 6 3 4 , 4 5 8 1 2 , 8 7 0 , 1 1 2 2 9 9 5 , 2 5 2 4 4 5 1 , 9 3 2 3 3 3 1 , 8 2 8 3 0 4 5 , 8 4 0 8 8 2 5 , 5 6 4 2 1 8 9 , 9 6 8 1 2 1 6 , 1 5 8 2 3 3 4 , 5 9 4 2 1 2 5 , 7 0 1 6 2 7 6 , 2 7 0

237,148

11,623

F . R. n o t e s outstanding
29,719,310 1686,144
C o l l a t e f o r F . R. notes:
9,980,000 500,000
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e a c c t .
E l i g i b l e paper
26,989
——
U. S . Govt, s e c u r i t i e s 20,440,000 1 2 5 0 , 0 0 0
Total collateral
30,446,989 1 7 5 0 , 0 0 0
1 / A f t e r deducting $145,145,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s
2 / A f t e r deducting $169,598,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s

2/67,550

13,995

22,297

10,674

12,334

32,733

7,827

5,456

FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
6,989,814 1 9 3 1 , 2 7 2 2 7 2 2 , 0 1 1 2259,067 1 7 1 8 , 5 2 8 5438,691 1283,859

9,725

13,758

29,176

674,050 1188,337 890,640 2 9

2,500,000 650,000 920,000 700,000 550,000 1900,000 410,000 180,000 300,000 270,000 1100,000
——
19,300
——
——
——
——
900
——
6,789
——
——
4,600,000 1300,000 1830,000 1590,000 1200,000 3700,000 935,000 510,000 900,000 625,000 2000,000
7 , 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 1 9 6 9 , 3 0 0 2 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 , 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 1 3 4 5 , 9 0 0 690,000 1 2 0 6 , 7 8 9 8 9 5 , 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 , 0 0 0
of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.
of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.