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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERW, SYSTEM
(For Immediate R e l e a s e )

Hvlwl

February 2l\f

19^9

CONDITION, OF THE...EEOBRAL RESERVE BANKS
During the week ended February 23 member bank r e s e r v e balances decreased
56,000,000^ Reductions i n member bank r e s e r v e s r e s u l t e d from i n c r e a s e s of
171,000,000 i n money i n c i r c u l a t i o n , - )22, 000,000 i n nonmember d e p o s i t s and o t h e r
F e d e r a l Reserve a c c o u n t s , and ^3,000,000 i n Treasury cash and a decrease of
)79,000,000 i n Reserve Bank c r e d i t o f f s e t i n p a r t by a decrease of 5163,000,000
i n Treasury d e p o s i t s w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Banks and an i n c r e a s e of )6,000,000 i n
gold stock* Excess r e s e r v e s of member banks on February 23 were e s t i m a t e d t o be
approximately 5620,000,000,
Holdings of l o a n s , d i s c o u n t s and advances i n c r e a s e d )65,000,0O0 and of
United S t a t e s Government s e c u r i t i e s 155,000,000* The i n c r e a s e i n holdings of
United S t a t e s Government s e c u r i t i e s r e f l e c t s i n c r e a s e s of )93»000,000 i n c e r t i f i c a t e s and )35,000,000 i n b i l l s and decreases of )71,000,000 i n bonds and )2,000,000
in notes•
Changes i n member bank r e s e r v e balances and r e l a t e d items during the week
and the y e a r ended February 2 3 , 19U9, were as f o l l o w s :

Increase or decrease
since
February 23,
191+9

February 16,1
191L9
'P

11'

i

February 25,
19l£

i

(In millions of doll.ars)
U*' S^ Government s e c u r i t i e s
Loans, d i s c o u n t s and advances
Other Reserve Bank c r e d i t

22,358
301+
185

+ 55
+ 65
-199

+1.321+
+ 21
-• 205

T o t a l Reserve Bank c r e d i t
Gold s t o c k
Treasury currency

22,81+7
2i+,290
14,586

- 79
+ 6

+1,11+0
+1,262
+ 29

Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s
Money i n c i r c u l a t i o n
Treasury cash
Treasury d e p o s i t s w i t h F.R* Banks
Nonmember d e p o s i t s and o t h e r F«R«*accounts
;s

19, Ua
27,551
1,326
1,591
1,8 li+

- 6
+ 71
+ 3
-163
+ 22

+2,6142
- 503




65
+ 356

H.l*.l(a)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e
since

A S S E T S
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
Redemption fund for 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
Other cash
Discounts and advances
I n d u s t r i a l loans
U, S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s s
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
T o t a l U. S. Government
securities
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
F. R, n o t e s of other banks
U n c o l l e c t e d items
Bank premises
Other a s s e t s
TOTAL ASSETS
L I A B I L I T I E S
F e d e r a l Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member b a n k - r e s e r v e account
U . S . T r e a s u r e r - g e n e r a l account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
Other l i a b i l i t i e s i n c l u d i n g a c c r u e d
dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES
C A P I T A L
ACCOUNTS
C a p i t a l paid i n
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 7)
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 13b)
Other c a p i t a l accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
R a t i o of gold c e r t i f i c a t e r e s e r v e s
t o d e p o s i t 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 a c c e p t a n c e s purchased
for f o r e i g n c o r r e s p o n d e n t s
Commitments t o make i n d u s t r i a l loans




Feb. 23,
19^9

Feb. 16,
19^9

Feb. 25,
19U8

22,1*28,1*32
_ 61Z,JL88
"23,6U 5,620
355,250
303,057
780

+ 10,002

+1,332,262
-_ 62,861
+1,269^0!
12,630
+ 23,908
3,573

5,305,910
6,751,769
379,050
.._9,92l,76g„

_-_Ji289
+ 6,713
- 18,99**
+ 65,051
7
+

35.U93

-3,976,9U3
+2,389,686
-1,31*2,800
+ii,25li,7l2

• 92,500
- 1,500

22,358,1*91

+

55,318

+1,32U,655

22,662,328
U9
125,1*1*9
2,31*0,659
32,235
17U,732

+120,362
- 9,792
-792,876
19
+ 5,166

+1,31*1*, 990
1*6
1,1*56
- 1*55,699
656
+ 21*, 500

1*8,736,322

-689,1*1*0

+2,168,1*01*

23,527,511

+1*6,295

-

19,1*1*0,860
1,591,108
750,266
1*1*3,172
22,225,1*06
2,156,01*3

- 6,11*5
-163,386
+ 21,697
-153,216
-593,067

+2,61*1,570
61*, 867
+ 301,505
9,183
+2,869,025
- 250,331

15.303
1*7,921*,263"

+„iu282
-695,706

+2,080,366"

203,339
U66,7H
27,5^3
llii,Ii66
1*8,736,322'

•

50.1*95
3,508
1.61*3

257
—
—

537,981*

3hL.

+
+

5,955
18,522

63,561
• 6,009 +
-689,1*1*0 "+2,168,1*61*"

•2fo
•/"

107
85

1,U79
6,267

H.4.l(b)
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON FEBRUARY 2 5 , 191+9
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
A S S E T S

Total

Boston

22,428,432

786,919

6i7,l88

55,257

Total gold c e r t i f i c a t e
reserves
23,045,620

840,176

Gold c e r t i f i c a t e s

New York

Phila.

Cleve.

Rich.

7,115,945 1139,998 1635,082

990,795

Atlanta

Chicago S t . Louis

974,020 1+405,570

Minn. Kans.Cy.

661,681 452,771

799,225

D a l l a s SanFran.

648,519 2820,107

Redemption fund f o r

F. R. notes

other cash

51,805

58,894

74,534

54,123

45,673

105,499

1+4,537

22,984

35,94l

7,167,748 1198,892 1707,4l6 101+4,918 1017,693 4510,869

706,218

475,755

835,166

26,1+95

45,61+8

675,014 2865,755

355,250

36,875

62,805

23,596

51,475

22,744

24,716

51,274

18,954

14,679

12,321

14,246

41,787

Discounts and advances
303,^57
I n d u s t r i a l loans
78O
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s j
Bills
5,305,910

15,955

81,597

28,170
715

24,421+

22,889
65

12,921

38,255

12,452

7,751

27,472

15,064

18,169

355,619

1,265,665

361,426

489,368

540,624

284,465

791,753

286,742

171,769

256,657

229,506

476,360

465,790
26,150
634,433

1,600,102
39,351
2,551,558

459,917
25,820
675,851

622,725
34,960
915,094

453,444 361,985 1007,478
2l+,334
20,522
56,561
656,947 551,955 1480,496

564,880
20,484
536,192

218,575
12,271
321,197

526,569
18,554
479,396

292,047
16,596
429,166

598,261
53,587
879,147

Certificates
Notes
Bonds

6,751,769
579,050
9,921,762

Total U»S«Government
securities

22,353,491 1550,042

5,504,954 1525,014 2062,145 1455,349 1198,703 3336,268

1208,293

723,812 1081,436

967,115 1987,355

Total loans and
securities

22,662,328 1545,997

5,336,551 1551,899 2086,569 1458,505 1211,624 3374,501

1220,730

731,545 1108,908

980,179 2005,524

Due from f o r e i g n banks

49

5

l / lo

4

4

2

2

7

2

1

2

2

4

F.R.notes of other banks 125,1+1+9
Uncollected items
2,540,659

7,577
190,580

9,750
465,020

4,265
161,162

7,267
252,402

52,965
197,151

14,220
170,088

12,607
537,585

6,564
100,910

6,51+4
59,109

5,004
117,387

5,971
114,981

14,715
196,504

Bank premises

other a s s e t s
TOTAL ASSETS




32,255

1,180

8,005

5,042

4,849

2,542

1,567

3,185

1,933

1,174

2,374

755

1,626

174,732

12,002

4l,l79

11,450

16,226

11,560

9,544

25,875

9,729

5,562

8,517

7,787

15,903

48,736,522 2654,190 15,159,074 2954,110 4086,206 2769,965 21+49,254 3515,901

2065,025 1294,367 2089,479 1796,933 5 i 4 l , 8 l 3

l/ After deducting $33,000 participations of other Federal Reserve Banks,.

iU.l(c)
L I A B I L I T I E S
F e d e r a l Reserve notes

Boston
Total
2 3 , 5 2 7 , 5 1 1 1389,59k

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF TIE FEDERAL RESERVE BAMS ON FEBRUARY 2 3 , I9U9
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
New York
Phila.
Cleve.
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s
Minn. Kans.Cy.
5,376,620 I636,361i 2103,925 159it,k29 128li,910 1*518,181 1108,lil3 618,218 920,307

Dallas
599,k71

SanFran.
2377,079

I)enosits ?

Member b a n k - r e s e r v e a c c t . 19,1*1*0,360 818,81*8
U . S . T r e a s u r e r - g e n e r a l a c c t . i t 5 9 1 , 1 0 8 135,962
Foreign
750,266
1*6,828
0ther
3,195
kk5,172
Total deposits
22,225,1*06 100l*,833
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items 2 , 1 5 6 , Ok 3 187,15k
Other l i a b i l i t i e s i n c l u d i n g
accrued d i v i d e n d s
15,303
672
TOTAL LIABILITIES
l*7,92k,263 2582,253
C a p i t a l paid i n
ll,k80
203,339
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 7)
29,3k7
k66,711
Surplus ( S e c t i o n 13b)
27,5k3
3,011
Other c a p i t a l accounts
8,099
llk,k66
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
t*8773"6,J22"2S3tT, 190
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on
a c c e p t a n c e s purchased
for f o r e i g n c o r r e s p o n d e n t s
3,508
221
Commitments t o make i n d u s t r i a l
36
loans
l,6k3
F.R. n o t e s o u t s t a n d i n g
21*, 318,609 Ikk6,k92
C o l l a t e r a l for F.R. n o t e s
held by F.R.Agentss
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
13,23k,000 kkO,000
E l i g i b l e paper
5,0k0
90,030
U.S.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
12,100,000 1100,000
Total
Discounts and advances
I n d u s t r i a l loans
U.S.G0vt. s e c u r i t i e s




305,057
780
22,358,k9l

6,305,957
200,317
1/21*1,789
381,189

896,171 11419,097
138,597 181,756
59,k6k
68,383
5,506
h5&L

825,901*
78,1*62
36,1*22
1,717

8l*9,83k 3000,91*1
80,503 27k,02l4
30,1475 102,575
1,961
_3il87

715,955
82,717
26,759
5,211

k70,9kk
108,315
18,583
1,122

91k,585
85,851
26,759
_i93

917,096 2305,5k3
107,718
116,886
26,016
66,213
k2.3__._j6,279.

7,129,252 1096,815 1671*,7U2
382,827 155,718 231,1*06

9^2,505
189,86k

962,773 3380,727
165,505 303,577

830,622
93,712

599,561* 1027,388 1051,259
5^,309 109,959 115,5kk

252l*,926
166,1*68

512
579
2,021
516
_.__23_
731
1,392
61*5
5J9_.
12,89k,895 2889,628 k o i l , l * 6 5 2727,1*1*3 21*13,767 82ol*,5o6 2033,263 1272,1*80 2058,166 1766,797

1_,_127_

6,196

69,639
Ik3,0l9
7,319
21*, 202
15,159,07k

lk,8k0
36,70k
k,k89

8,kk9
'WftV

19,200
k3,968
1,006
10,567

8,883
22,1*17
3,3k9
7,873

8,022
20,028
762
6,675

25,765
68,Sk2
1,1*29
15,359

6,7k5
17,97k
521
6,522

k,526
11,797
1,073
k,k9l

7,17k
17,008
1,137
5,99k

8,108
Ik,95k
1,307
5,767

5069,600
18,957
ko,653
2,lk0
10,k68

>,l?05~2759,965 21*1*9/25^ 8 3 T 5 7 9 o r 2 W , o 2 5 129^,567 2o897k79 1796,953 ~ 5 1 k l , 3 1 8
126

88

126

123

312

107
956
lkk
281
22
5,53k,386 1690,979 2185,196 I6k2,3k0 13k2,5k2 k 6 2 l , 7 l o l l k 8 , 9 5 8

63k,985

9k2,65k

633,857

97
2l*9l*,5l0

2 / 1,108

281

323

172

lkk

k8l*

1*,670,000 550,000 7k5,000 625,000 575,000 26k0,000 315,000 210,000 280,000 18k,000 2000,000
23,200
Ik,310
13,900
—
u,xy?
?,i*uu
5,koo
21,235
—
2,750
6,195
1,000,000 1200,000 1500,000 1050,000 850,000 2000,000 950,000 k5o,ooo 700,000 500,000
800,000
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION CF LQAIIS AND SECURITIES
~6~ months
Over
1 to 2
91 days t o
61 t o
16 t o
Within
31 t o
2 to 5
5 years
t o 1 year
years
90 days
6 months
30 days
15 days
years
60 days
195,030
k,880
101,330
3,817
72
2
683
1,11*6,591
1,600,326
379,050 l,86U,U63
1,282,31*2
2,315,897
2,297,k51
3.518,932
7>95U,939

l/
2/

A f t e r d e d u c t i n g $508,i|17>000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.
A f t e r deducting
$2,[|00,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of o t h e r F e d e r a l Reserve Banks #