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STATEMENT FOR TEE PRESS
Released, f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
Friday morning, June 1;
not e a r l i e r .

St. 5797
Federal Reserve Board,
May 31, 1928.
CONDITION 05* TEimkL BESKHVE BANKS

The consolidated statement of- condition. o£ the Federal reserve banks on
29, made public by the Federal Reserve Board, shows decreases f o r the week
of $26,600,000 i n holdings of b i l l s bou^at i n open market, of $11,100,000 i n
Government s e c u r i t i e s , of $37,900,000 i n crash reserved and of $12,300,000 i n
member bank reserve d e p o s i t s , and i n c r e a s e s of $96,300*000 i n holdings of die-*
counted b i l l s and of $13,900,000 i n Federal reserve note c i r c u l a t i o n . Total
b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s were $58,800,000 above the amount held on May 23.
All of the Federal reserve banks except Minneapolis report l a r g e r h o l d i n g ,
of discounted b i l l s , the principal i n c r e a s e s being $31,700,000 at the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago, $25,000,000 at Philadelphia, $14,100,000 at New York
and $9,500,000 at Boston. The System1 s holdings of b i l l s bought i n open market
declined $26,600,000 and of Treasury notes $19,800,000, While holdings of United
States bonds increased $3,900,000 and of c e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness $4,800,000#
Federal reserve note c i r c u l a t i o n increased $13,900*000 during the week, the
principal changes being i n c r e a s e s of $5,200,000 each at Philadelphia and Chicago,
$3,bOO,000 at Boston and $2,400,000 at New York, and a decrease of $2,000,000 at
Richmond.
A summary of changes i n the p r i n c i p a l a s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of the reserve
banks during the week and the year ending May 29, 1928, f o l l o w s :
Increase

or

decrease

Week
Total reserves
Gold reserves

Year

$37,900,000
27,400,000

Total b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s . . . .
B i l l s discounted, t o t a l
Secured by U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
Other b i l l s discounted . . . .

during

-

$396,300,000
386,200,000

58,800,000
96,300,000
59,9QO,ooo
36,400,000

+
+
+
+

378,500,000
447,300,000
371,700,000
75,600,000

B i l l s bought i n open market . , .

26,600,000

+

75,000,000

U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s , t o t a l
Bonds . . . . , .
Treasury notes , ,
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness

11,100,000
3,900,000
19,800,000
+ ; 4,800,000




+

-

143,100,000
56,400,000
55,600,000
31,100,000

-

147,100,000

W

+

Federal reserve notes i n c i r c u l a t i o n
Total d e p o s i t s
Members' reserve deposits
Government d e p o s i t s . . .

+
+
+

*

I

•

«

+ .13,900,000
*

+

8,900,000
12,300,000
1,300,000

-

-

+
-

41,000,000
49,200,000
3,000,000

Released, f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Friday morning, June 1, lp28; not e a r l i e r .

St. 5797a

BE SOURCES AND LIABILITIES
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
May 29.1928 May 23,1928 June 1,1927
RESOURCES
Sold with Federal reserve agents
Gold redemption fund with U.S.Treasury . . .

1,122,150
64,051

1,130,353
68,114

1,610,437
54,626

Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y against F.R.notes

.

1,186,201

1,198,467

1,665,063

Gold settlement fund with F. R. Board . . .
Gold and gold c e r t i f i c a t e s h e l d by banks . .

783.200
637,466

814,59 5
6 21,230

601,472
726,503

. . . . . . . . .

2,606,867
150,626

2,634,292
l6l,093

2,993,038
l6o,747

Total r e s e r v e s . . .
Non-reserve cash
B i l l s discounted:
Sec. 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 '

2,757,493
59,782

2,795,385
67,627

3,153,785
53,222

634,48 2
309,309

574,589
272,883

262,819
233,688

943,791

847,472

496,507

B i l l s bought i n open market . . .
TJ. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
Treasury notes .
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness . . . . . . .

303,983

330,562

228,993

60,462
65,370
93,594

56,528
85,160
88,793

116,862
120,953
124,682

Total U.S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s . .

219,426
1,090

230,481
990

362,497
1,800

1,468,295
572
630,675
60,013
9,487

1,409,505
^
571
656,931
60,0l4
9>439

1,089,797
59»548
660
702,734
58,882
13,898

4,986,317

4,999,4-72

5,132,526

F. R. notes i n actual c i r c u l a t i o n . . . . .
Deposits:
Member bank - reserve account . . . . . .
Government .
Foreign bank
•
Other d e p o s i t s

1,593,319

1,579,383

2,357,323
22,847
7,326
20,111

2,369,648
21,505
5,923
19,459

1,740,432
. .
2,308,140
25,895
4,687
27,857

Total d e p o s i t s . . .
. .
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items . . . . . . . .
Capital t>aid i n
Surplus
A l l other l i a b i l i t i e s . . . . . . . . . . .

2,4o7,6o7
594,069
139,599
233,319
lg,UoU

2,4l6,535
612,621
139,626
233,319
17,9^^

2,366,579
653,689
129,036
222,775
14,01$

4,986,317

4,999,472

5,132,526

Total gold r e s e r v e s
Reserves other than g o l d

Total b i l l s discounted

Total b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Gold h e l d abroad
Dae from f o r e i g n banks
Uncollected items
Bank; premises . . .
All other resources . .

. . .
.

. . . . .

TOTAL RESOURCES
L I A B I L I T I E S

TOTAL LIABILITIES
Ratio of t o t a l r e s e r v e s to 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 b i l l s purchased
f o r f o r e i g n correspondents .



68.9$

70.0%

.
'Jo.Sjb

266,659

26q,955

159,777

RESOURCES MD LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL
( i n thousands
Total Boston New York F h i l a .
Gold with Federal Reserve Agents
1 , 1 2 2 , 1 5 0 73,215
175,986 83,223
Gold redemption fund with U.S.Treas. 64,051
6,893
19,426
5,832
Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y against
F. R. n o t e s
1 , 1 8 6 , 2 0 1 80,108
195,%12 89,055
Gold s e t t l e m e n t fund with F.R.Boaxd 783,200 52,236
301,221 44,860
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d "by hanks 637,466 23,659
400,2l6 25,639
RESOURCES

RESERVE BANKS ON MAT 29, 1928.
of d o l l a r s )
Cleve.
Rich. Atlanta Chicago St.Louis
152,693 28,079 92,425 215,475 20,574
3,446
2,433
4,577
7,193
4,799

Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San Fran,
39,586' 4 l , 7 8 2 18,094 181,018
3,369
2,566
1,385
2,132

156,139
74,910
37,675

30,512
12,577
20,250

St. 5797b

97,002 222,668
7,408 149,094
10,596 50,527

25,373
27,323
12,182

42,955
l6,94l
5,573

44,348
37,397
6,863

19,479 183,150
20,625 38,6o8
14,391 29,895

88,608

54,495 251,653

Total g o l d r e s e r v e s
Reserves other than g o l d

2 , 6 0 6 , 8 6 7 156,003
150.626 14,774

896,849 159,554 268,724
6 , 6 6 4 12,728
31,805

63,339 115,006 422,289
11,723 15,695 16,115

64,878
13,661

65,469
2,728

Total r e s e r v e s

2,757,493 170,777
4,349
59,782

928,654 166,218 281,452
2,081
19,524
4,093

75,062 130,701 438,404
4,276
4,662
7,771

78,539
3,657

68,197
1,321

95,630
i,so4

Non-reserve cash
B i l l s discounted:
Secured "by U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
Other "bills discounted

7,022

7,955

9,756

62,450 261,409
3,464
2,780

634,482
309,309

43,354
35,692

246,180
75,715

61,809
18,671

51,055
20,883

18,002
28,579

15,084 104,274
41,275 23,443

26,079
23,782

7,222
3,612

8,491
14,927

4,530
6,802

48,402
15,928

Total b i l l s discounted
B i l l s bought i n open market
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
Treasury n o t e s
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness

943,791
303,988

79,046
41,355

321,895
59,506

80,480
33,254

71,938
27,621

46,581
l4,o4o

56,359 127,717
21,616 34,085

49,861
834

10,834
20,972

23,418
13,750

11,332
15,224

64,330
21,731

817
46
6,488

4,864
4,221
25,894

687
7,446
13,254

624
25,209
.7,649

1,192
17
2,244

72
2,594
2,516

21,712
383
13,098

7,125
9,500

4,574
3,090
3,246

10,737
946
6,139

7,896
2,221
5,844

162
9,697
7,222

Total U.8.Govt, s e c u r i t i e s

219,426
1,090

7,351

34,979

21,387
100

33,482

3,453

5,182

35,193

16,625

10,910

17,822

15,961

17,081

Other s e c u r i t i e s
Total b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s
Due $rom f o r e i g n banks
Uncollected items
Bank, premises
All other resources
1

'

;
i

TOTAL RESOURCES
c


I


60,462
65,370
93,59%

-

-

1 , 4 6 8 , 2 9 5 127,752
572 "
37
630,675 64,422
60,013
3,824
9,487
56

-

-

4I6,380 135,221 133,o4i
219
171,666
16,563
1,813

47
51,486
1,751
184

51
61,550
6,865
1,398

-

64,074
25
48,94o
3,379
395

—

—

83,157 196,995
21
68
21,541 79,622
2,832
8,720
1,385
96s

-

-

990

67,320

43,706

21
29,425
3,891
64i

13
12,047
2,202
968

-

54,990
18
33,474
4,308
542

-

-

42,517 103,142
17
21,912
1,844
459

35
t
34,590

3,83k

678

4 , 9 8 6 , 3 1 7 371,217 1,554,819 356,988 488,450 196,151 244,299 732,548 183,494 128,454 190,766 131,979 ^ 7 , ' 1 5 2

RESOURCES MO LIABILITIES 0? THE JTEEERAL SS&SRVE 3JL3KS 03 MAI 29, 1928.
s t . p797c
(Inr thousands of d o l l a r s )
Total Boston Hew York Phi l a . Cleve.
Rich. Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minn, Kans.Cy. Dallas San Fran.
F.B. notes i n actual c i r c u l a t i o n
1,593,319 129,063
339,236 131,162 193,825 55.335 138,168 252,55s 54,247 55,414 55,91s 30,994 157,399
Deposits:
Member 'bank - reserve account
2,357,323 149,844
932,742 132,217 190,231 69,642 68,067 346,835 81,335 49,613 88,357 63,930 178,510
Government
22,84?
910
4,716
385
2,325
3,716
1,967
1,833
1,066
1,371
1,251
1,442
1,865
Foreign bank
7,326
46i
2,915
584
264
166
639
258
854
313
221
215
436
Other d e p o s i t s
20,111
100
8,96s
861
129
74
87
I89
3,059
257
48
5,822
517
Total d e p o s i t s
2,407,607 151,315
949,341 139,315 194,056. 73,745 70,379 352,581 83,227 51,034 90,346 65,635 186,633
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
594,069 61,884
154,244 49,649 60,217 47,417 19,652 73,368 29,21s 10,954 30,507 21,977 34,982
Capital paid I n
139,599
9,87s
44,086 i 4 , i o 6 14,285
6,254
5,204 18,148
5,324
3,028
4,217
4,328 10,741
Surplus
233,319 17,893
63,007 21,662 24,021 12,324
9,996 32,778 10,397
7,039
9,o46
8,527 16,629
A l l other l i a b i l i t i e s
18,4o4 ; i , 1 8 4
4,905
1,094
2,046
1,076
900
3,115
1,081
985
732
518
768
TOTAL LIABILITIES
4,986,317 371,217 1,554,819 356,988 488,450 196,151 244,299 732,548 183,494 128,454 190,766 131,979 407,152
Beserve r a t i o (per c e n t )
68.9
60.9
72.1
61.5
72.6
58.2
62.7
72.4
57.1
64.1
65.4
64.6
76.0
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s purchased f o r f o r e i g n correspondents 266,659 20,022
74,985 25,361 27,763 13,615 11,212 37,107 11,479
7,208
9,610
9,343 18,954
F.R.notes on hand ( n o t e s r e e ' d from
F*E,Agent l e s s notes i n c i r c u l a t i o n ) 3 5 7 , 9 4 8 21,189
114,379 24,661 26,631 18,423 23,836 43,325 10,272
7,299
8,281
6,569 47,583
FEDERAL RESERVE HOTE ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS
y . E . notes rec*d from Comptroller 2,787,272 231,902
733,335 177,323 255.886 98,312 231,954 419,713 83,439 82,132 93,619 59,895 309,262
1".R. notes h e l d by F.R. Agent
336,005 31,650
284,720 21,500 35,430 25,054 64,950 123,330 13,920 19,419 34,420 22,332 104,280
P.R.notes i s s u e d to F.R.Bank
1,951,267 150,252
453,615 155,823 220,456 73,758 167,004,296,383 64,519 62,713 64,199 37,563 204,982
C o l l a t e r a l h e l d as s e c u r i t y f o r
M3
F.R.notes i s s u e d to F.R.Bank:
L I A B I L I T I E S

Gold and gold c e r t i f i c a t e s
Gold redemption fund
Gold fund - F.R.Board
E l i g i b l e paper
Total c o l l a t e r a l

354.606( 35,300
93,6211 9 , 9 1 5
673,923 23,000/
1,194,364^120,W
2,316,53^ 1 9 3 , 6 ^
Total

B i l l s discounted
B i l l s bought i n open market
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness
M m i e l g a l warrants




943,791
303,988 •
93,594
100

*153,161
50,000 21,375 20,000
17,325 10,246 12,693
6,704
4,225
2,475
5,000 72,977 90,000
63,200 213,000
358,934 93,356 98,363 53,944
534,920 176,579 251,056 82,023 170,227 377,131
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF B I L L S 0 1 ?

Within 15 days

l o to 30 days

806,549
97,597
4,122

35,865
73,528
10,997
100

31 to 60 days
53,093
95,842

8,300 14,167
12,303 40,000
1,774
2,419
3,922
2,791 18,632
10,500 23,000 37,860
3,000 122,386
49,911 31,739 36,977 26,518 84,763
70,485 71,325 78,759 44,612 265,731
IHDEET —i V W ZD MUNICIPAL WARRA1TTS
91 days to
6l to 90 days
Over 6 months
6 months
18,428
28,907
949
30,204
6,817
73,475
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