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STA3MK* tt&L THE K3SS
Released for p u b l i c a t i o n
Friday morning, Juno 17;
not e a r l i e r .

s t . 51407
Federal Reserve Board,
Juno l 6 , 1927.
CONDITION OF FEDfefiAL B.&SHSVE BASKS

Largely as a r e s u l t of the Treasury's f i n a n c i a l o p e r a t i o n s , the consolidated
statement of c o n d i t i o n of the Federal reserve banks on June 15, made public by
the Federal He serve Board, shows d e c l i n e s f o r the v/oelt of $38,300,000 i n holdings
of discounted b i l l s and $39,100,000 Ifi acceptances purchased i n open market, and
i n c r e a s e s of $89,700,000 i n member bank reserve d e p o s i t s , and of $109,200,000
i n Government s e c u r i t / h i d i n g s ox which included $18^,000,000 of temporary c e r t i f i c a t e s i s s u e d by the Treasury t o the Federal reserve banks, pending the c o l l e c t
t i o n of the quarterly i n s t a l l m e n t of t a x e s . Total b i l l and s e c u r i t y holdings i n creased $31,200,000 during the week, cash r e s e r v e s $15,500,000, and Federal r e serve note c i r c u l a t i o n d e c l i n e d $18,500,000.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows a decrease of $29,300,000 i n i t s
discount h o l d i n g s , Boston $ 5 , 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 , St. Louis $3,$00,000, and Kansas City
$2,400,000, while the San Francisco bank reports an increase of $2,300,000. The
Federal Reserve Bank of New York a l s o shows a d e c l i n e of $32,200,000 i n open
market acceptance h o l d i n g s , Boston of $5,400,000, and Dallas $2,300,000.
. Total h o l d i n g s of Treasury notes were $33,200,000 below the previous week's
| o t a l , while h o l d i n g s of United S t a t e s bonds i n c r e a s e d $4,500,000, and of Treasury
C e r t i f i c a t e s $137,900,000. Holdings of Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s included
$135,000,000 of temporary c e r t i f i c a t e s i s s u e d by the Treasury to the New York
bank and $50,000,000 to seven other reserve banks pending the c o l l e c t i o n of the
quarterly i n s t a l l m e n t of t a x e s .
A l l of the Federal reserve banks report a smaller volume of Federal reserve
notes i n c i r c u l a t i o n than a week ago, except P h i l a d e l p h i a and Boston, which show
i n c r e a s e s of $1,800,000 and $600,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y , the p r i n c i p a l decreases being:
San Francisco $5,100,000, New York $4,500,000, Chicago $ 3 , 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 , Atlanta
$2,400,000, and Cleveland $2,200,000.
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 June 15, 1927, f o l l o w s :
Increase or decrease during
Week
Total r e s e r v e s
Gold r e s e r v e s

+
+

$15,500,000
10,800,000

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 TJ.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s , .
Other b i l l s discounted

+

-

31,200,000
38,300,000
13,300,000
25,000,000

-

39.100,000

B i l l s bought i n open market

. . . . .

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 . . .

C.

-

4-

+
-

4-

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 d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s

.

+




,.

+
-

Year
+
+

$201,000,000
180,000,000

-

27,500,000
32,400,000
10,800,000
43,200,000

-

50,700,000

—

+

109,200,000
4,500,000
33.200,000
137.900,000

+
+
+

65,000,000
38,400,000
61,100,000
87.700.000

18,500,000

+

10,100,000

83,200,000
89,700,000
22,000,000

+
+

182,800,000
160,300,000
600,000

-

-

Released, f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Friday morning, Juno 17, 1927; not e a r l i e r .

St. 5407a

EE SOURCES MD LIABILITIES
OF THE T'iSLVS F5IJSRAL RESERVE B.1HICS COMBI^D
( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
June 15.1927 June 3,1927 June 16.1926
R E S O U R C E S

Gold with Federal reserve agents
Gold redemption fund With U. S. Treasury .

1,675,233
49 , 272

1,634,388
48,765

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

1,7,27,505

1,683,153

1,576,010

531,377
757,763
3,016,645

579,600
743,138

604,S20
655,795
2,236,625

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 .
Total gold r e s e r v e s
Reserves other than gold

163,713

Total r e s e r v e s

3,185,35S

Non-re serve 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 discounted . . .
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 notes . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness
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 . . . .
Foreign loans on gold

TOTAL RESOURCES

1,530,551
45,459

147,737
2,984,362

60,546

3,169,901
61,276

190,139
170,803

203,461
195,822

179,30*
214,029

360,942
182,504

399,283
221,635

393,330
233,159

56,169

*

147,534
103,857
293,833

143,104
139,031
155,928

109,183
166,945
206,107

547,224
1,300

438,063
1,800

482,235
3,200
7,502

-

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

3,005,891
164,010

•

-

1,091,970

1,060,781

1,119,426

62,233
662
839,940
59,133
. 13,614

59,548
661
653,969
59,094
15,007

645
832,869
59,735
16,142

. . . . .

5,313,456

5,080,237

5,119,348

. . . .

1,598,294

1,716,779

1,688,150

2,421,163
5,548
4,378
42,577

2,331,460
27,591
5,453
25,963

2,260,827
6,136
6,307
17,6l6

2,473,Sb6
763,523
129,365
228,775
14,673

2,390,467
600,724
129,108
228,775
14,384

2,290,886
779,434
122,804
220,310
17,764

5,313,456

5,080,237

5,119,348

-

L I A B I L I T I E S
F. R. notes i n actual c i r c u l a t i o n
Deposits:
Member bank - reserve account
Government
Other d e p o s i t s
Total d e p o s i t s . . . . . . . .
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
Surplus . . . . .
All other 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 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 b i l l s purchased
f o r f o r e i g n correspondents



.

76.4%

77.2$

75.0$

148,535

149,539

55,088

"

st

.KBSOURCES'AH>- LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BASKS OH JUNE 1 5 , 1Q27R E S O U R C E S
Total

( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
B o s t o n Mew York • Phi l a .
Cleve.

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
1,678,233 125,665
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 .
49,27 2
6,903
•°°^ d R e l L t e s 1 U S l V e : l y

afi31

"5*

1,727,505 132,568

R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s

Minn. ICans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .

5%,631 151,29% 2 4 4 , 0 5 0
3.143
1,908
1,055

16,387
1.^7

53,852
L2b0

50,383
l ^ b

2

4 6 7 , 2 6 6 1 3 1 , 5 6 9 200,H65

57,774 153,202 245,105

17,974

55.121

51.841

28,729 1 8 5 , 8 9 1

s - ^
3 , 0 l 6 , 6 4 5 2 0 9 , 5 6 7 1 . 1 3 0 , 2 2 2 1 9 6 , 1 7 2 292,026

E3serves other than gold

1o8,713

Total reserves
Ton-reserve cash

21,889

35.103

5.3%0

10.576

3,185.358 231.456 1 , 1 6 5 , 9 2 5 201.512 302,662

'

30,5%6

s

s

6,330

re

5^7^

456,944 112,244 195,729
10,322 13,325
%,736

: :
Total gold r e s e r v e s

-

14,620

1,336

4,272

8 9 , 8 0 3 165,2%3 %11.601

1 : %

59.076

70,763

25.241

18,509

337

98,738 180,199 436,242

77,585

75,100

91.59%

4,070

1,522

2,531

8,935
6,005

S ' g

n - t i

",-si

, v s

14,956
4,776

8,426

: : S

s

J'581 ^ 3 , 4 7 3
1J>8
2,j4l8_

g

25,738
3^%

51.704 254,070
7.067

10j304

5 9 . 3 7 1 264,37%
2,834

1 8 S

3.224

a

a

Total t i l l s discounted

360,9%2

23,302

58,94%

39,226

59,118

19.590

31,474

44,521

17,026

6,152

15,599

5.742

40,248

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 i n d e b t e d n e s s

182,50%

18,652

32,256

13.364

17,701

8,329

9,860

29,079

11,427

7.013

9,175

8,629

17,019

147,53%. 5 . 7 0 1
3,%15
105,857
1
6,291
293,833

23,008
17,844
158,172

5.132
6,6b4
18,177

16,941
18,683
10,727

4,657
2,383
3.302

2,717
1,327
5,5%7

33,023
9,119
33.230

8,883
11,159
8,788

8,242
5.959
8,214

15.536
6,249
12,062

12,201
5.645
7,970

10,893
17,410
10,7%7

5%7,22%
1,300

25,%07

199,024

29.973
1,000

46,351

10,342

9,591
300

75,372

28,830

23.015

33,853

2o,4l6

39,050

1,091,970

67,361

290,224

83,563 1 23,170

38 , 2 o l

pi,225 1 8,97

62,233
662
839,9%0
59,133
13,6l%

4,b67
79,918
3,946
36

17,35%
662
220,628
16,276
3.655

5,974
, 75.359
1,738
195

3,23o
~
66,927
2,336
309

2,^52
8,586
~
_
32,80% 1 1 1 , 7 2 3 3 9 , 3 5 1
3,957
2,900
8,297
879
1 ,°3
<_.—5_

T o t a l U . S . Govt, s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i 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 banlcs
Uncollected items
Ponk p r e m i s e s
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES

c.



-

—

-

-

0.597
"
78,978
7,118
1,054

-

—

—

57.283
2,561

~

2,303

%0,787
2,178

96,317
4,356

%%,026
%,%59
717

27,217
1,227
585

46,182
3,505
1,239

36,180

58,627

1,867
l%» 767
2,77%
1,798

5 . 3 1 3 . 4 5 6 393,71% 1,729.3%% 3 6 9 , 6 7 7 5 2 4 . 4 5 1 2 1 5 . 8 7 2 276,088 7 2 4 , 3 6 3 1 8 5 , 6 8 6 1 3 4 , 0 0 8 20%,257 13%.799 4 2 1 , 1 9 7

L I A B I L I T I E S

S t . 5i40?c

EE SOURCES M D LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL .BE SERVE BAMS ON JUNE 1 5 , 1Q2 7.
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
T o t a l B o s t o n New York P i i i l a .
Cleve.
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s

F.R. notes 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
HurolvLs
All other l i a b i l i t i e s

1,698,294 140,085

4o3,807 127,054 211,307

61,880 161,384 221,503

40,922

Minn. i l a n s . C y . D a l l a s San F r a n .
59,757

63,485

34,959 171,651

2,421,163 148,033 997,932 139,020 197,152 70,888 67,137 349,072 88,194 48,587 87,498 5 7 , 4 9 0 1 7 0 , 1 6 0
442
300
335
934
979
392
566
561
380
300
142
5,5*43
217
166
157
3l4
184
620
193
135
1,131
431
476
234
4,378
337
61
3,786
262
161
1.128
437
264
33,064
i4o
1,869
89
42,577 1,116
2,473,666 149,703 1,032,688 139,971 199,797 71,353 68,616 351,799 8 9 , 2 1 6 49,552 8 8 , 3 6 8 58,008 174,595
768,683 76,652
1 8 8 , 5 9 2 6 7 , 7 6 7 73,652 63,444 3 0 , 0 8 1 99,331 39,246 13,161 38,422 28,833 48,902
129,365
228,775
14,673

9,145
17,606
523

38,843 I3,0b3
61,614 21,267
3,800
555

13,853
23,746
1,596

6,206
12,198
791

5,103 17,250
9,632 31,881
672
2,599.

5,289
9,939

1,074

3,005
7,527
1,006

4,217
9,029
736

4,247
8,215

537

9,1^
16,121

784

5 , 3 1 3 , 4 5 6 3 9 3 , 7 1 4 1 , 7 2 9 , 3 4 4 3 6 9 , 6 7 7 5 2 4 , 4 5 1 2 1 5 , 3 7 2 276,088 7 2 4 , 3 6 3 1 8 5 , 6 8 6 1 3 4 , 0 0 8 2 0 4 , 2 5 7 1 3 4 , 7 9 9 4 2 1 , 1 9 7
TOTAI LIABILITIES
—
—\
~
r~s~\ C
C r.< 1
C, ~Z O
59.6
68.7
6dr\0 . 31
63.9
7~71r\
6 . 4Li.
78.3
76.2
81.2
75-5
73.5
74.1
76.4
79.-9
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 4,475 5.519 5,221 10,441
7,756 6 , 1 1 6 2 0 , 5 8 4 6,4i4
4 0 , 6 9 1 14,320 15,811
148,535 11,187
chased f o r f o r e i g n correspondents
!
n o t e s on h a n d ( n o t e s r e c d f r o m
5,162 51,606
4,112 10,375
F . R . A g e n t l e s s n o t e s i n c i r c u l a t i o n ) 388,423 22,567
125,775 36,190 26,114 14,987 30,852 57,003 3,680
FEDERAL- RESERVE NOTE ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS
F.R.notes r e c ' d from Comptroller
F . R . n o t e s h e l d "by F . R. Agent
F . R . n o t e s i s s u e d t o F . R . Bank
C o l l a t e r a l held as security f o r
F.R. n o t e s i s s u e d to F.R.Bank:
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s
Gold r e d e m p t i o n f u n d
Gold f u n d - F. R. B o a r d
E l i g i b l e paper
Total c o l l a t e r a l

2,954,967 247,752
868,250 85,100
2,086,717 162,652

390,901
105,931
1,181,401
525,947

2,204,180 167,619
Total

B i l l s discounted
B i l l s "bought i n open m a r k e t
C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s
C.




35,300
16,365
74,000
41,954

360,942

182,504
293,833

321,662 199,344 275,Obl 100,591 269,41b 456,106 66,362r\ 85,238
108,000
57,773
267,657
1
(-*. £Z~7
/! / !
1 (L
~7
292,080 36,100 37,l40 23,724 77.130 177,600 21,760 21.169 34,i4o 17.657 44.400
529,582 163,244 237,921 7 6 , 8 6 7 1 9 2 , 2 3 6 278,50b 4 4 , 6 0 2 6 3 , 8 6 9 7 3 , 8 6 o 4 o , i 2 i 2 2 3 , 2 5 7
\

215,150
21,794
220,000
82,302
539,746

12,167
106,077
46.187
164,431

_ x.

— —
1—

— —> —,

Z' ^

^

^-v-i

—7/*"

m

11

1

185,032

JI

T

18,228 40,000
7,650 12,267
8,780 3 6 , 4 6 8 1 7 , 0 5 8
1,585 3,523 3 , 3 5 3 1 2 , 6 0 9
9,136
2,050
1,237
11,949 4 , 1 6 3
175,000 14,000 125,100 242,000 7,500 4o,ooo 46,860 6,000 124,864
75,619 27,434 41,181 73.147 28,301 13.036 24,646 1 4 . 1 5 0 5 7 . 1 8 8
271,348 82,115 192,477 317,197 44,688 6 6 : 9 3 8 75,029 4 1 , 9 3 1 2 4 o , 6 6 l

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AND CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
91 days t o
6 l t o 90 d a y s
31 t o 60 d a y s
l 6 t o 30 d a y s
3 months
Within 15 days

263,414
34,555

!A

23,793
44,800

30,695
37,669

18,299
12,261

19,300
3,219
20,045

Over 6 m o n t h s

44l
88,756