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STATEMENT FOR TEE PRESS
B-801
F e d e r a l Reserve Board
December 22, 1932.

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
F r i d a y morning, Dec. 23;
not e a r l i e r .
CONDITION OF FEDERAL RESERVE BATIKS

The d a i l y a v e r a g e 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 t h e
week ending December 21, as r e p o r t e d by F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k s , was $ 2 , 1 9 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ,
a d e c r e a s e of $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 compared w i t h t h e p r e c e d i n g week and an i n c r e a s e of
$227,000,000 compared w i t h the c o r r e s p o n d i n g week i n 1931®
On December 21 t o t a l r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t amounted to $ 2 , 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a d e c r e a s e
of A9,000,000 f o r t h e week. T h i s d e c r e a s e c o r r e s p o n d s w i t h an i n c r e a s e of
$119,000,000 i n monetary g o l d s t o c k , o f f s e t i n p a r t by i n c r e a s e s of $oo,u00,000 i n
money i n c i r c u l a t i o n , $ 2 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s and $ 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
i n unexpended c a p i t a l f u n d s , nonm ember d e p o s i t s , e t c . , and a d e c r e a s e of
$14,000,000 in Treasury currency, a d j u s t e d .
Holdings of d i s c o u n t e d " b i l l s d e c l i n e d $ 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Bank
of San F r a n c i s c o , $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h a t C l e v e l a n d and A t l a n t a and $ l 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t a l l
F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k s . The System 1 s h o l d i n g s of b i l l s bought i n open market and of
U n i t e d S t a t e s Government bonds show l i t t l e change f o r t h e week, w h i l e h o l d i n g s of
T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s i n c r e a s e d $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 and t h o s e of U n i t e d S t a t e s
T r e a s u r y n o t e # d e c r e a s e d by the name amount.
During the week t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Bank of TTew York, i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the
December 15 payment by t h e B r i t i s h Government to t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , made a v a i l a b l e
in New York f o r a c c o u n t of the Bank of England gold to t h e amount of $95» 55^,000,
a g a i n s t t h e earmark i n London, p e n d i n g shipment to New York, of an e q u i v a l e n t
amount of g o l d f o r t h e a c c o u n t of the F e d e r a l Reserve Bank of New York. This g o l d
i s shown i n t h e s t a t e m e n t a s "Gold h e l d a b r o a d . M
Changes i n t h e 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 i t e m s
d u r i n g t h e week and t h e y e a r e n d i n g December 21, 1932, were
follows:

I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e
since
Dec. 21
1932

Dec. l4
1932

Dec. 23
1931

( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )
Bills
Bills
U. S•
Other

discounted
bought
Government s e c u r i t i e s
r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t

TOTAL RESERVE BAFK CREDIT
Monetary g o l d s t o c k
Treasury currency a d j u s t e d
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,nonmember d e p o s i t s , e t c




270

- l4

-

64i

1

-

224

1,851
25

+ 5

-

54

2, ISO

-

1,910

- 14

33

4,4gg
5,730

2,446

401

-

9

+119
+ 66

+ 21
+

8

+1,093

+17^

+

23

+ 150
-

3

+

445

-

95

R e l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y m o r n i n g , December 2 4 , 1 9 3 2 ; n o t e a r l i e r .

B-SOla

' RESOURCES AI'ID LIABILITIES
OF TEE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BAFXS C0MBI>13D
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
g e e . 21,1932

Dec. 14,1912

Dec. 23,1931

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 r e d e m p t i o n f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s u r y

2,297,515
40,^50

2,288,899
38,931

2,047,722
58,^77

Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t P . R . n o t e s 2 , W . S o 5
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F . R. B o a r d
321,Q42
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s h e l d "by b a n k s
451,814

2,327,830
370,791
394,716

2,106,^299

3,053","337

2,980,861

185,770

147,571

3,280,991

3,279,107

3,128,432

70,2 3 4

74,44 9

63,085

77,378
192,937

87.953
196,'520

561,374
349^820

Total gold reserves . . . .
Reserves otaer than gold
Total reserves . . . .

ton-reserve

cash

B i l l s discounted:
S e c . 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 b o u g n t i n open m a r k e t
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :

. .

®onds
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 . Government s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s
2P.tal b i l l s a n d s e c u r i t i e s
vj-old . l e l d a b r o a d

3,111,621

169,370

270,315
-2-2 opi

284,473
33,769

360,667

513.895

911,194
257 151

420,703
286,908
1,143,088

420,669
357,448
1,072,609

318,655
28,058
411,509

1,850,699

1,350,726

758,222

5,571

2,159,806

5,378

30,454

2,174,346

1,957,221

2!868
13,556
358,810
58,212
35,802

2,781
13,455
407,925
58,211
42,889

8,815
17,871
455'594
59,572

6,075,829

6,053,163

5,728,855

2,756,363

2,713,935

2,661,206

2,446,05b

2,424,53?

2,001,086

19,221
19,872

10,293
26,34$

107,823
30,529

2,521,338
34l,8S4
151,334
2^9,421
45,1+29

2,484,874
196,415
151,415
259,421
47,103

2,195,958
415,866
160,750
274,636
20,439

6,075.829

6,053.163

5.728,855

3^) ^^0

Due f r o m f o r e i g n b a n k s
F . R. n o t e s of o t h e r b a n k s
Uncollected items
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES . . . .

38,265

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 b a n k - r e s e r v e a c c o u n t . . .

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

36,2%

23,700

R a t i o of t o t a l r e s e r v e s t o d e p o s i t a n d
F . R. n o t e l i a b i l i t i e s combined .

62.2fo

63.1

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 c h a s e d
for foreign correspondents

36,171

35,911




f0

56,460

64.4$

238,648

RESOURCES AED LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BA1HCS OH BECEMBER 21, 1932
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
B-SOlb
T o t a l B o s t o n I'Tev/ 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. K a n s . C y . D a l l a s San F r a n .
Gold with F e d e r a l r e s e r v e a g e n t s
2,297,515 184,227
576,460 1 5 7 , 8 0 0 1 8 9 , 9 7 0 7 5 , 7 0 0 56,000 678,870 69,465 40,540 o l , 4 8 0 2 3 , 7 4 0 183,263
Gold r e d e m p t i o n f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s u r y 4 0 , 3 5 0
1,669
5,488
5,327
5,902
1,311
3,222
3,586 1 , 5 3 1 2 , 3 4 2 2 , 1 8 8 1 , 3 0 5 5,879
Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
F . R. n o t e s
2,337,865 185,896
581,948 163,127 195,872 7 7 , 6 1 1 59,222 682,456 70,996 4 2 , 8 8 2 63,66s 25,045 189,142
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F . R . B o a r d
321,942 15,064
60,356 21,105 3 3 , 1 4 4 1 3 , 9 2 4 9 , 7 3 8 1 0 4 , 7 1 4 8 , 6 s 4 9 , 1 7 7 11,685 8,658 2 5 , 6 9 3
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d "by "banks
4 5 1 , 8 1 4 14,007
326,201 7 , 3 0 4 1 8 , 6 1 0 2,889 9 , 3 7 8 27,299 5 , 8 0 2 2,658 9 , 7 3 0 4 , 2 4 5 23,691
Total gold reserves
3 , 1 1 1 , 6 2 1 214,967
968,505 191,536 247,626 9 4 , 4 2 4 78,338 814,469 8 5 , 4 8 2 54,717 8 5 , 0 3 3 37,948 238,526
1 6 9 , 3 7 0 15,375
51,260 18,651 8,901 7 , o 4 o 4,477 25,708 9 , 6 4 2 4 , 8 6 3 6 , 5 7 7 8,233 8 , 6 4 3
Reserves o t h e r than gold
Total reserves
3,280,991 230,342 1,019,765 210,187 256,527 101,464 82,815 840,177 9 5 , 1 2 4 59,580 91,660 46,181 247,169
?Ton-reserve c a s h
70,234 4 , 1 8 3
19,307 3 , 7 8 9 3,626 2,956 4,020 14,288 3 , 6 5 3 2,156 2,767 2,765 6,719
B i l l s discounted:
S e c u r e d by U . S . G o v t , o b l i g a t i o n s
77,378
5,251 32,771 12,520 9 , 0 4 0 1,717 2,546 4 , 8 9 1 4 , 6 7 4
1,914
306
541
547
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
9,482
30,806 3 7 , 3 3 5 1 8 , 9 4 5 14,607 17,383 1 2 , 0 3 4 3 , 4 2 1 10,901 1 1 , 4 8 7 4 , 8 7 6 21,660
192,937
Total b i l l s discounted
270,315 14,733
63,577 49,855 2 7 , 9 8 5 16,324 19,929 1 6 , 9 2 5
8,095 1 1 , 4 4 2 1 2 , 4 5 3 5 , 4 2 3 23,574
B i l l s b o u g h t i n open m a r k e t
2,261
33,221
s6o
612
830 2 , 4 8 1
3,070
9,758
1,969 3 , 4 2 4 3 , 9 8 7
974
2,995
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
420,703 20,333
187,205 3 1 , 1 7 0 3 6 , 4 9 2 9 , 6 4 s 9 , 5 6 7 4 0 , 7 7 4 1 3 , 9 4 1 17,216 1 1 , 7 7 4 1 7 , 3 1 3 25 , 270
Treasury notes
286,908 1 5 , 9 7 1
115,155 22,618 29,667 7 , 8 4 3 7,747 3 3 , 1 4 7 10,926 7 , 8 3 5 9 , 5 1 5 5 , 9 4 3 2 0 , 5 4 1
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
1,143,088 60,364
430,932 8 5 , 4 8 1 112,123 29,642 29,286 188,289 41,289 29,621 3 5 , 3 6 3 2 2 , 4 6 5 77,633
Total U.S.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
1 , 8 5 0 , 6 9 9 96,668
733,292 139,269 178,282 4 7 , 1 3 3 46,600 262,210 06,156 54,672 57,252 45,721 123,444
Other s e c u r i t i e s
4,io4
1,047
420
5,571
R E S O U R C E S

~

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Gold h e l d a b r o a d
Due f r o m f o r e i g n b a n k s
F . R. n o t e s of o t h e r b a n k s
Uncollected items
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES



2,159,806 113,662
95,550
2,868
13,556
358,810
58,212
35,802

——

228
324
38,011
3,336
965

—

— —

810,731 193,241 209,262 65,426
95,550
1,033
3,289

96,004

309
309

14,817
17,531

33,745
2,989
1,180

6,075,829 391,056 2,078,027

445,749

289
818
35,438
7,968
1,324

n4
717

27,622
3,619

2,836

——

6 9 , 9 5 3 283,122

106
775
9,944
2,489
4,026

75,225

67,146

70,565

5 1 , 9 7 4 149,499
—m —

401
2,130
41,551
7,828
1,385

17

1,311
14,823
3,461
1,086

11
573
10,355
1,835
1,747

83

1,270

19,465

3,650
887

WW MM

80

34s

ll,6l4
1,787

1,266

197
1,692
20,238
4,433
1,569

515,252 2 0 4 , 7 5 4 174,1281190,882 194,700 143,403 190,347 116,015 431,516

L I A B I L I T I E S
F . H. 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
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Reserve r a t i o (per cent)
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 f o r e i g n correspondents
Federal reserve notes:
I s s u e d to F.It.Bank by ]
sent
• -"-6
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 a g e n t 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 b a n k s
Gold and g o l d 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
U. S. Gov*t. s e c u r i t i e s
Total c o l l a t e r a l

RESOURCES AlTD LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON DECEMBER 21, 1932
( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
B-SOlc
T o t a l Boston New 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. K a n s . C y . D a l l a s San F r a n .
2,756,363 199,806 592,201 242,785 289,540 103,974 98,416 683,528 104,058 81,701 92,362 3 9 , 6 6 2 228,330

1,226,801 119,947 139,177 49,320 43,707 398,978 55,115 38,537 65,215 4 6 , 4 8 4 145,064
5,706 3,60b 2,404 4,289 3,267 6,188 1,956 1,683 1,056 1 , 9 5 9 1 , 3 2 7
0,09s 2,005 1,967
779
720 2,609
681
428
565
1,344
545
6,050
120 2,817 2,062
408
1,299
4l4
6
4
i
iflL
4
.999
_5ZL
2 , 5 2 1 , 3 9 8 122,067 1,244,655 125,678 146,365 56,450 4 g , m 408,183 59,051 4 i , 0 b 2 67,413
49,629 152,734
3 4 1 , 8 8 4 37,195
9 0 , 5 8 4 31,662 3 3 , 8 5 1 25,645
9 , 4 9 6 39,306 15,653
9,502 17,320 1 2 , 8 4 8 18,822
151,334 10,856 58,619 16,069 1 4 , 1 0 1 5 , 1 ^ 2 4 , 6 8 0 l6,lh6 4 , l 6 o
4,05^
3,922 10,483
259,421 20,039
75,077 26,486 27,640 11,423 10,449 38,411 10,625
6,356 8,124 7 , 6 2 4 1 7 , 7 0 7
45,429 1,093 16,891 3,069 3 , 7 5 5 2,060 2,976 5,298 1 , 5 5 3 1,890 1,074 . 2 , 3 3 0 3 , 4 4 0
6,075,829 391,056 2,078,027 445,749 515,252 204,754 174,1281^90,882 194,700 1 4 3 , 4 0 3 1 9 0 , 3 4 7 116,015 431,516
62.2 71.6
55.5 57.0 58.8 63.2 56.5 77.0 58.3 4 8 . 5
57.4
64.9
51.7
36,171
2,752 11,767 3,729 3,657 1,448 1,340 4,852 1,267
797
1,050
1,014
2,498
2,446,056 117,7H
2,808
36,249
19,221 1 , 4 8 0
19,872
68

FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE STATEMENT
3,005,204 218,393

676,274 256,305 302,367 110,444 116,266 723,653 111,585 54,459 100,517 43,812 261,129
84,073 13,520 12,827 6,470 17,850 40,125 7,527 2 , 7 5 8 8 , 1 5 5 4 , 1 5 0 32,799
592,201 242,785 289,540 103,974 98,416 683,528 104,058 81,701 92,362 39,662 228,330

1,076,255
1,221,260
254,606
471,600

442 ,460
134 ,000

248,841 18,587
2,756,363 199,80b

3,023,721 219,335
Total

B i l l s discounted
B i l l s b o u g h t i n open m a r k e t
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
Municipal warrants



47,010
137,217
14,708
20,400

270,315

33,221
1,143,088
5,571

78,290 71,470 18,430 13,500 262,870 20,765
79,510 118,500 57,270 42,500 4i6,ooo 4s,700
60,909 49,705 27,940 17,038 20,774 16,688 7,915
41 ,000 50,000 8 5 , 0 0 0 18,000 4 1 , 0 0 0 32,000 34.300
681,369 257,505 302,910 110,738 117,774 727,558 111,680

"7ithin 15 days

189,212
8,061

56,250
4,735

13,540 9,680 12,240 86,000
27,000 51,800 11,500 97,263
9,251 11,751 5,240 12,687
34.900 2 9 . 0 0 0 1 5 . 0 0 0 68.000
84,691 102,231 43,980 263,950

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AND SHORT TERM SECURITIES
9 1 days t o
16 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 6 l to 90 days
6 months
20,297
19,446
30,095
9,595
4,855
11,003
9,302
108,564
171,125
274,731
253,763
S23
13

Over 6 months

1,670
278,655