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FEDERAL

RESERVE

Factors Affecting Bank Reserves and
Condition Statement of F.R. Banks
For immediate^ release
February 27/ 1 9 ^

H.^.l

The average of daily figures of total member bank reserves held during
the week ended February 26 decreased $139 million to $20,03^ million. Estimated
currency and coin of member banks decreased $19 million and their reserve balances
at the Federal Reserve Banks decreased $120 million. Estimated required^reserves
decreased $38 million; and estimated excess reserves decreased $101 million to
$323 million. Excess reserves exceeded member bank borrowings at the Federal
Reserve Banks by $123 million, compared with the revised figure of $133 million
the week before.
The principal changes reducing average reserve balances with Federal
Reserve Banks were decreases of $137 million in holdings of U. S. Government securities and $91 million in member bank borrowings, and an increase of $91 million
in "other" F. R. accounts (net). The principal offsetting changes were decreases
of $161 million in currency in circulation and $76 million in Treasury deposits
with Federal Reserve Banks. Total Reserve Bank credit decreased $242 million.
As of Wednesday, February 26, holdings of U. S. Government securities
bought outright were $212 million higher than a week earlier and member bank
borrowings were $501 million higher.

Member bank reserves.
Reserve Bank credit,
and related items t
Reserve Bank credit:
U. S. Government securitiesBought outright--System account
Held under repurchase agreement
Ac ceptances--bought outright
Discounts and advances-Member bank borrowings
Other
Float
Total Reserve Bank credit
Gold stock
Treasury currency outstanding

Averages of daily figures
Week ended Change from week ended
Feb. 27,
Feb. 19,
Feb; 26,
1963
196k
1964
(In millions of dollars)

+2,389

61

-112
- 25
- 3

200

- 91

--

__

+ 5
-238

+ 71
- 30
+ 239
+2,627
- 451
+ 18
+2,195

32,750

1,835
34,846
15,462
5,588
55,896

- 11
-242
--

-

Wednesday^
Feb. 26,

196k

32,932

kk
62

574
1

--

1,375
34,943
15,463
5,586
55,992

Currency 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)

36,308
439
903
147
197
1,051
39,044

-161
+ 19
- 76
+ 23
- 12
+ 91
-118

+2,080
- 15
+ 102
- 83
- 117
- 74
+1,892

36,320
458
825
135
196
1,043
38,977

Member bank reserves:
With Federal Reserve Banks
Currency and coin (estimated)
Total reserves held
Required reserves (estimated)
Excess reserves (estimated)

16,852
3,182
20,034
19,711
323

-120
- 19
-139
- 38
-101

+
+
+
+
-

17,015
3,536

302
255
557
701
144

20,55-1
19,744

1

807

On February 26, 1964, U. S. Government securities held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign account vere $8,796 million, an increase of
$12 million for the week and an increase of $l,68l million from the comparable
date a year ago.



H.k.1(a)

CONSOLIDATE! STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL KSSERV'E B A M S
(in millions of dollars)
Feb. 26,
19

ASSETS
Gold certificate account
Redemption fund for F. R. notes
Total gold certificate reserves
Cash
Discounts and advances
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
Total loans and securities
Cash items in process of collection
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member hank reserves
U. S. Treasurer--general account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
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

13,75^l,4ll
15,165
(697)

(1*3$3)
(1,890)
(697)

(1,193)
( l , 890)

289
57^
62
3,491
3,265
21,621
4,555
32,932
,
ZZ.
32,932
33,568
5,301
102
$26
5^,951
31,183

Change since
Feb. 19,
Feb. 27,
1964
1963
-

k

+

578
148

7"X

r~-"T?3o

- 4
+501

+
+

+212

+ 1,163
-10,315
+11,332
+ 391
+ 2,571
Jl___^2,i
+ 2,43+
+ 2;cc9

+212
II
+212
+713
-9^5

119
450
5

+ 35
'I^5
- 96

17,015
+^26
825
-119
1 3 5 - 6
196
- 3
18,171
+298
3,926
-473
88
+ 6
53,368
^255

+ 1,93^
+
+

+
+
'+

519
66
87
11
1*23
^
18
2,361

CAPITAL
A C C O U N T S
Capital paid in
507
+ 2
-1- 33
Surplus
990
~+ ; 56
Other capital accounts
86
_+_l8
+
?
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS (1,890) 5^,951
-2K5
+' 2,^59
Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit
and P. R. note liabilities combined (computed from figures as shown on the following pages—not consolidated)
30-3$
-.1$
- 2-5$
Contingent liability en acceptances purchased
for foreign correspondents
9 2 - 1
+ 8
* Figures in parentheses are the eliminations made in the consolidating process;
see comparable figures on combined basis on the following pages«
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES, FEBRUARY 26, 1964
(Acceptances and securities held under repurchase agreement are classified as
maturing within 15 days in accordance with maximum maturity of the agreements.)
U. S. Government securities
Changes
Discounts and
Ac<
^eptances
Holdings
during
week
advances
- 50
21
Within 15 days
572
603
+187
2
16 days to 90 days
8,079
4l
--9,815
91 days to 1 year
+ 75
~--12,1^9
Over 1 year to 5 years
...
-2,067
Over 5 years to 10 years
--219
-Over 10 years
Total
"575
"52
32,932
+212




H.4.l(b)

STATEMENT OF CXJNDTTXDH^OF E&CH FEDERAL BESERVE BAHK ON FEBRUARY 26, 1961*
Total

New
York

Boston

_JL

Phila- Clevedelphia
land

Richmond

Atlanta Chicago

St.
Louis

Minne- Kansas
Dallas
apolis
City

San
Francisco

(in millions of d o l l a r s )

ASSETS
§
Gold certificate account
I 13,754
Redemption fund for F. R. notes
J l,4ll_
Total gold certificate reserves 1 15A65 ;

713
79
792

3,873
336
4,209

742
76
818

1,019
123
1,142

864
116
980

685
85
770

2,261
258
2,519

510
60
570

293
28
321

518
54
572

51
21

176
69

57
15

57
20

38
19

86
23

58
35

23
13

42
10

2
230
Piscounts and advances
frj
4
574 !
Acceptances:
r
Bought outright
l
62
U. S. Government securities:
[
Bought outright-f
Bills
|\ 3,491
184
175
873
Certificates
}! 3,265
172
164
817
Notes
I 121,621 1,C66
5,4c8
i,l4o
Bonds
|j 4 . 5 ^ ,
240
229 ._ Ll4o..
Total
f[32,932
1,654
8,238
1,736
Held under repurchase agreement 1

9

39

31

130

12

288
269
1,783
^75
2,715

237
222
1,469
^oq
2,237

191
178
1,181

138
129
852

1,799

589
551
3,649
76Q
5,556

—

'

F. R. notes of other Banks
Other cash

' f\ |
rj

J

697
289

494
44

1,782

.538

1,934

15
12

4c

^4

Q

*3

*

39

16

62

71

143
134

138
129
855

464
4^4

152

62

24Q

885

170.
1,298

66
437
0?

666

2,870

6n6

1,349

18a
1,302

4,^80

187

i

Total p. S. Government securities J ^2^132

1,654

8,238

1,736

2,715

2,237

1,799

5,558

1,298

666

1,349

1.302

4.38c

Total loans and securities

1,658

8,530

1,738

2,724

2,276

1,830

5,688

1,310

666

1,388

1,318

4,442

1,215
8
136

380
3
28

478
6
46

430
5
31

510
17
29

1,116
22
81

285
6
20

184
4
11

367
6
23

357
12
26

715
10

3,039 4,473

3,779

3,265

9,519

2,227

1,238

2,383

2,300

7,267

Cash items in process of
collection
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS




33,568
6,494 |
102
1
526
56,841

457
3
26

3,008 14,343

* Less than $500,000.

69

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON FEBRUARY 26, I96I+

H. h.1(c)

Total

Boston

New
York

Philadelphia

D e f e r r e d a v a i l a b i l i t y c a s h items
Other l i a b i l i t i e s and accrvled
dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in
Surplus
Other c a p i t a l a c c o u n t s
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
C o n t i n g e n t l i a b i l i t y on ace: e p t a n c e s purchased f o r f o r e i g n
c o r r e spondent s

Richmond

St.
Louis

A t l a n t a Chicago

Minne- Kansas
apolis City

Dallas

San
Francisco

953

3,1*6**

( i n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )

L I A B I L I T I E S
F e d e r a l Reserve n o t e s
Deposits:
Member hank 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 ac: count
Foreign
Other
Total deposits

Cleveland

31,880

1,873

7,730

1,855

17,015
825
135
196
18,171
5,119

612
1*3
6
*
661
395

k,9k6
I83

726

lA7

2,731

2,608

1,822

5,7**9

1,298

581

1,23.6

59U
in
k
1

1*0U

762
35
5
2

5,317
856

6
l
781
310

1,095
56
11
*
1,162
>+31

6801*3
6
3
732
353

867
57
7
1
932
klj

2,5**0
115
17
3
2,675
851

h
88
55,258i 1 2,933

21
13,92^

5
2,951

7
^,331

6
3,699

5
3,176

15
9,290

507
990
86

2k
hi
k

135
26^
20

28
55
5

k6
90
6

k9

6

29
56
h

56,8)a

3,008

1^,3^3

3,039

M73

3,779

92

5

_^L

5

8

5

—mo~
231

3
*
1*61
158

8o¥~
290

916
2,873
95
55
16
7
*
978"" 3,028
27k
553

h

k

2,173

2
1,202

2,31^

2,209

72
1U0
17

17
3'*
3

12
23
1

22
*K3
k

30
57
h

67
132
12

3,265

9,519

2,227

1,238

2,383

2,300

7,267

5

13

3

2

h

5

12

6,032

1,361*

605

1,261

1,030

3,651

1,100

112

75c

500

272
39
1,100

180

5,177

250
12
1,210

900

3,200

6,277

l,Vf2

612

1,1m

1,080

3,950

h

11
7,056 "

FEDERAL RESERVE AGENT'S ACCOUNTS
F . R. n o t e s o u t s t a n d i n g
C o l l a t e r a l f o r F . R. n o t e s :
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e account
E l i g i b l e paper
U. 5 . Government s e c u r i t i e s
total

collateral

33,621
6,607
53
28,387
35,oU7

1,962
1+23
1,580
2,003

8,2'+2

1,920

2,937

1,650

425
2
1,600

500

605

2,550
3,050

2,170

6,750
8,^00

2,027

2,599 - T 7 9 I S -

2,775

1/ After deducting $ 88 million participations of other Federal Reserve Banks.
2/ After deducting $ 67 million participations of other Federal Reserve Banks.



3**0
1,650
1,990

* Less than $500,000.