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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
-Released for publication
Friday morning, June 23;
not earlier,

St.2S50.
Federal Reserve Board,
June 22, 1922.
C O N D IT IO N

O F FEDERAL

BESERVE

BANKS.

Aggregate redu ction s of $74,100,000 in Government s e c u r i t i e s , la r g e ly
Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s , and of $62,900,000 in Government d e p o sits i n connec­
tio n with f i s c a l operations in cid e n t to the redemption o f ta x c e r t i i i c a t e s
matured.on June 15, and th e payment on that date of semi-annual in t e r e s t on
F ir s t L ib e r ty "bonds ind V ic to r y n o tes, are shown in the Federal Reserve Board's
weekly bank statement issu ed as at c lo s e of business on June 2 1 , 1922, ^ Gold
holdings of the reserve banks in creased by $12,200,000, w hile other cash re­
serves show a decrease of about $1,000,000 for the week, In a d d itio n to the
large decrease in Government d e p o s its , reductions Of $9,400,000 in members'
reserve d ep o sits and of $2,300,000 in other deposits, are noted. Federal r e ­
serve note c i r c u la t i o n in creased by $3,700,000* The reserve r a t i o , in conse­
quence of the above changes, shows a r i s e from 7 7 .4 to 79 *1 P er cent.
Four

of

and Kansas

the

reserve

C ity , r e p o r t

c e rtific a te s

to

and

fro m

of

fun ds

"o t h e r "
of

cover

c e rtific a te s

sp e cial

m uch m ore m o d e r a t e
in crease

in

go ld

fo r

by

of

scale

the

represents

h eld

sh iftin g

to

a

them

on

than

the

of

New

total

York,

The

larg ely
the

in

of

week

the
the

go ld

report

New

s p e cial

of

betw een

banks

tax

and

the

the

checks
in
am ount

am ount

of

dhte.

settlem ent

befo re,

M in n e a p o lis

of

$61,700,000

of

d iffere n ce
reserve

York

by

fun d p ro c eed ed
reports

$19,000,000, f o l l o w e d
$6,300,000 r e s p e c t i v e l y .

viz.,

L o u is,

c o llectio n

r e d u c tio n

latest

the

St,

$32,000,000

of

Treasu ry p en d in g

account

cred its

reserves,

those

assets

in s titu tio n s,

redeem ed

c e rtific a te s

In t e r b a n k

advances
held

v iz. ,

th eir

d e p o sitary

c e rtific a te s

tax

banks,

am ong

by

the

Boston

on a

largest
and

St,

L o u is

$8,100,000 a n d
Sm aller in c r e a s e s
t o t a l i n g $3,600,000 a r e r e p o r t e d b y t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a a n d K a n s a s C i t y b a n k s .
c r e a s e s i n g o l d r e s e r v e s b y $5,100,000 e a c h a r e s h o w n f o r t h e R i c h m o n d a n d

w ith

in creases

Clevelan d

of

banks,

w h ile

the

fiv e

r e m a in in g

banks

show a g g r e g a te

decreases

De­

of

$14,600,000.
Holdings of paper secured b y Government o b lig a tio n s show a slLght increase
for the w e e k from $140,600,000 to $140,700,000. Of the t o t a l h e ld , $ l l 4 „ 500,000',
or 8 1,4 per c e n t , were secured by L ib e r ty and other U. S. bonds, $6*700,000, or
4,8 per c e n t, - by V ic to r y n o te s , $11,700,000, or 8.3 per cen t, “by Treasury
notes and $7,800,000, or 5*5 Per c en t, - by Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s , compared with
$116, 100,000, $7 ,700,000, $10,800,000 and $6,000,000 reported the week before,
A

sum m ary o f

reserve

banks,

changes

as

in

com pared

the

w ith

p rin cip al
a

week

and

asset
a

year

and

lia b ility

ago>

item s

of

the

fo llo w s:

Incre ase
In

or

m illio n s

Decrease
of

dollars

sin c e
June
Total

Total

In c ,

reserves

G o ld

reserves
ea rn in g

- In c .

assets

D isc o u n ted b i l l s ,
Secured
Other

by

U,

b ills

Dec.
In c.

total

S.

Governm ent

o b lig a tio n s

In c.

d isco u n te d

Dec.

Purchased b i l l s
U n ited

States

Bonds

and

P ittm an
Other
Total

Other
Federal
R.

Dec.

total

Dec,

notes

Dec,

ce rtific a te s

Treasury

Dec.

ce rtific a te s

"E s c ,

reserve

Governm ent

F»

s e c u ritie s,

d e p o sits

M em bers'

Dec.

d ep o sits

Dec,

d ep o sits

Dec,

de p o sits
reserve

Bank

notes




. In c,

notes
in

in

In c ,

c ir c u la tio n

c ir c u la tio n ,

net

lia b ility

Dec,

14, 1922
11.2
12,2

June
In c ,
Inc.

65.7
8.0
.1
7 .9
2 .5
74.2
1 1.0
1 .5
61.7
7*+. 6
9 .4
62.9
2.3
3 .7
.3

Dec.
Dec,
Dec.
Dec.
In c.
In c,
■

In c .
Dec.
In c .
In c .
In c ,
Dec,
In c .
Dec.
Dec.

22, 1^21
527.7
569.5
953. s
1 ,332.4
517.3
8 15.1
82.0
266.6
193.7
148.4
221.3
157.2
164.3
7 .5
,4
513.0
67.3

Released for publication Friday morning, June 23, 1922; not earlier.

St.2350a,

RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED,
(in thousands of dollars)
R E S O U R C E S
June 2 1 , 1922
318,614
531,290

Gold and gold certificates .....................
Gold settlement fund - F. R. Board . .
Total gold held by banks

.

.

.

.

.

Legal tender note?, silver, etc. .

Total b ills on hand

.

2 ,1 2 1 ,6 8 0
^ 8,376

2 ,1 4 2 ,1 1 5

.

3 , 019,960

.M i 5 2 k
3 ,0 0 7 ,7 9 4

716,313
1 ,5 9 S , 12S
13 6 , 04j ,
2 ,450,435

127,715

1 2 2 ,6S4

169,517

3 ,1 4 7 ,6 7 5

3 , 136,478

2 , 620,005

140,713
280,255
121.467

140,639
2 7 2,97 ?
.....I23u215

1,095,933
39,HSS

.

537,592

.

227,374

232,30s

1,793,**51
33,729

.

7 4 ,0 0 0
254.160

75,5PO
..._3.i5.aSI5

222,375
.. 32j ^ §

1 ,0 98,569
41,362

1 , 167,275

2,0 3 2,40 3

41,074

24,717

.

Total earning assets ...................

•

Bank p r e m is e s ..............................................
5$ Redemption fund against
F. R. Bank notes . . . .
...................
Uncollected items .......................................
All other resources ...................................
It
\
1

657,980

5^3,035

. . . . . . .

U, S. bonds and notes , . . . . . . .
U. S. Certificates of indebtedness:
One-year certificates (Pittman Act)
Other c e r t i f i c a t e s ................... .....

^ ,7 0 7

315^72
4 0 0 . g4l

o21,l42

. .

Total reserves ..................................
Bills discounted:
Sec. by U .S . Government obligations .
Other b ills discounted . . . . . . .
Bills bought in open market ...................

3 1 6 . “ 35

249,904

.

Gold with Federal Reserve Agents . . .
Gold redemption fund . . . .
. . . . .
Total sold reserves . . . .
...............

June 1 4 , 1922 Juna;.2&» 1921

7 ,5 6 5
580,959
15,672

TOTAL RESOURCES

7,639
624,732 ,
20*829^'

10,194
56^,105
l4,4o4

4 ,2 9 1 ,8 0 8

4,9 9 8,02 7

5 ,315.S2S

105,079

104,579

L I A B I L I T I E S

JReserved' for Gov't, franchise tax
Deposits,:

.

.

Member bank - reserve account . . . .
Other deposits . , ...............................

Ratio of total reserves to deposit and
F. R. note lia b ilitie s combined-. , .




102,177
202,036
4o,4oo

10,383
1,2 1 2,01 0

73,273
1 ,8 2 1,45 0
_____ 3 .4 J 1 1

17,957
1,647,709
31,581

1,9 2 9,03 6

1 , 697 >2^7

2 , 122,610

2,639,319

500,049
. 2 0 , 652

68,000
535,464
20,409

13 5 ,004
467,928
31.717

4 ,2 9 1 ,2 0 2

4 ,9 9 3,02 7

5 ,3 1 5,82 5

32,006
.

TOTAL LIABILITIES . . . . . . . .

215, 39S
2,231

2,2 3 1

.

F, R. notes in actual circulation . . .
F. -R. Bank notes in circulation net -liability
Deferred availability items ............... ...
All other lia b ilitie s . . . . . . . . .

215,398

,

1 ,854,399
2 , 126,304

67,629

.

79-1$

7 7 .4 #

60 . 4#-

Released for publication Friday morning, June 23, 1922; not earlier.
St.2550.

RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JUNE 21, 1922.
R E S O U R C E S
Federal Reserve Bank of
Gold and gold certificates
Gold settlement fund - F. R» Board
Total gold held by banks
Gold with F. R, Agents
Gold redemption fund
Total gold reserves
Legal tender notes, silver, etc.
To+al reserves
B il l s discounted:
Secured by U .S.G o vt, obligations
Other b ills discounted
B ill s bought in open market

Boston

New York

13,471

210,531
133 532

2^!

47,921

35 ,^7 5

23,082

23,975
90.837

4,269
16.46s

26 —

32,098

63,943

52,541

3 8 ,5 27

22,697 114,812

20,737

33,933

5,5 ,US7 101,328 3 5 7 *72U
4 ,3 27
1,453
2.221
92 , 3m 13 1 , 47s 480,817

57.940

1,7 9 6

30,752
iT
’&

80,473

66,517

15.828
9 b , 301

9.509
7.235
6,127 19.724
— 3*552-- gg.308 --1.297
200,495 1 , 184,536 232,552 235,900 105,576 137,605 500,601

U. S. bonds and notes

4,574

S. Certificates of indebtedness:
One-year certificates (Pittman Act) 5,450
Other certificates
35,110

Bank premises

18,327 32,765 22,922
15,266 ll,4ii 19,169
23.518 -1L.49X. 14,446
57,111. 61,673 56,537
45,442
19,500
106.324

91,042 . 228,383
5,210 :

8,655

23,553
5,500
1,305

26,392

5,500
40.109

92,031 128,538

600

5,304

5$ Redemption fund against
F. R. Bank notes
Uncrllected items
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES




5,615

Chicago St,Louis Minn. Kans.Qy. Dallas San Fran.

39 , 23s

8°fi’ p ^ 157 Ji ^ l 6? 'J 91
-^21.3 , 7 ,i ? 2 _ „ 4 >659
126,943 1 , 154,622 224,555 226,391

Total b ills on hand

Total earning assets

t3 ,3 S

Rich. Atlanta

J ’ hip
58,412.

131,666
J L 296

2,507
15,271
-22,130
45,908

U.

344,069

Phila. Cleve.

>(In th0U3ands of dolla^ >

12,658
27,295
834

3,214
27,671

^1,387

31.750

1,233

387

865

17,508
42,494

6,775

12.172

15,788 -SL597
75.790 28,544
24,468

11,410

7 >3?4

9 .5 3 6

Total

8.215

19 361
32.958

312,614
531.2QO

34,594

17,751

52,319

249,904

19,506 1Q0 , 6S6 2,121,680
- L Q.3^
2,q4o
4^,376
32,291 245,945 3 , 019,960

644

49,614
1.373
85,521
5,226

67,161

90,807

J L 25!
6,054
127.71R
44,142 251,999 3 , 147,675

3,279

2,645

22,250

12,502
____ L

2,212
30,692
2.189

9,301
37.462

26,729

21,152

35,093

61,361

4,392

28,301

5^3,035

2 ,a i6

54.400

227,374

3,560

6,699
8.667
4,000
3,571
_____ 31 .3 8 ' 556 -1.5,023 -iL i5P3
46,120 32,867 147,481 5 2 , 60S 39,624
2,571
1,^15
7.552
922
914

i 4o

,713

280,255
121,46?

4,321
1,900
5,332
74,000
11.992 ___Z2 L ____372
254,160
65,766 *+0,584 121,465 1,098,569
^975

2,093

1,151

41,368

422

• 899

700

539

122

467

57,224

624

124,602

2,023

50,243

57.346

302

916

146

*+7,663

22,967

279

7 ,5 6 5

75,635

32,341

479

15.095

1,022

37,973

20,975

38,889

520,959

616

2,785

405 — ..163 .

862

J24_
-521 -1,336
1-81?
4.870
15,672
355,009 1-,549,866 376,605 428,649
355,009 1 . 5=49 .366 376,605 >ttS.6>* 808. 58} a o i .w u 7 » . » 5 190,779 12 k ,U 32 2 0 1,16 1 109,772 M S . ^ ^ M O S

Released, fo r p u b lic a tio n , Frid ay morning, June 23, 1922; not e a r lie r .
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 2 1 , 1922.
S t . 2 85O
(In thousands of d o lla r s )
L I A B I L I T I E S
Rich. A tla n ta Chicago S t.L o u is Minn, Kans.Cy. D a lla s San Fran. T o tal
Boston New York P h ila . Cleve.
Federal Reserve Bank
4,193
7,360
105,079
4 ,2 71 14,615
4 ,7 7 0
3,5 6 3
4 ,621
8,991 11,603
5,536
7,951
27,570
C a p ita l p a id in
7,394
15,199
21^,398
9,114
29.025
9
.
3
SS
7)468
9
;b^b
16,483
,030
60,197 17,945 22,509
Surplus
140
2,231
4o6
363
293
84
251
417
Reserved fo r Govt, fran ch ise ta x
277
Dep c si t s :
44s
sio
2 ,9.43
10,383
805
i,oss
514
425
717
138
729
771
995
Government
S0.8S4
44,238
125,010
1,5
12
,0 10
r1,085
123,618
715,106 105,256 141,455
,736 +9,273
,095
Member bank - reserve account
1,062
1,808
25LOQ6
295
790
13,579_______
429
956
290
939
603
10,993
Other d e p o sits
iuy,t>
j
>
i
50 , 1^0 pj.,xdu
^ , 0 x3 tu,324 82,762 49^230 141,532
1,554,399
124,359
T o ta l d ep o sits
617,510 175,472 195,532 83,620 I l 4 j l 4 363,650 68,239 49,254 58,020 2 6 ,2 29 2 17,5 2 5 ^ 2 ,1 2 6 ,3 0 4
F. R. notes in a c tu a l c ir c u la t io n
153,239
F. R. Bank n o tes in c ir c u la tio n 67.659
1^,593
5,135
4,934
2,534
4,520
7,976
3,404
3,261
8,485
2,682
3 , 4i 4
5,148
net l i a b i l i t y
500,049
ok
U
94
55,001
49,192
42,055
16,152
61,732
31,443
13,120
36,467
22.301
31,751
46,311
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items
1,732

20.659

TOTAL LIABILITIES
355,009 1 , 549,866 376,605 425,649 202,583 201,484 732,515 190,779 124,432 201,161 109,772 415,653
Ratio o f t o t a l reserves to deposit
«
and F.R. note l i a b i l i t i e s combined,
70.2
64.5
61.8
68.4
51.3
S3.0
70.3
69.7
75.5
SO. 7
• S7.9
per cent
72.2

4,891,808

905

Contingent l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s purchased
fo r fo r e ig n correspondents
2,514

12,775

2,756

2,824

1,685

S4T

1,240

3 ,959

4,099

920

1,619

1,074

930

567

165,503
12,264

F. R. n otes in a c t u a l c i r c u la t i o n

153,239

545,092 204,187 213,684

227,252

25,715

18,152

90,426 119,198 402,239
6,806
4,4s4 35,559

82,445
14,206

51,805
2,554

69,251
11,2 3 1

34,575

25,777 250,140
2,545 32,615

2,522,750
396,446

-

DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AND U. S. CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY MATURITIES
Over 90 days
6l to 90 days
31 to 60 days
16 to 30 days
Within 15 days
53,041
39,608
61,529
*+6,375
2 21,0 15
B i l l s discounted
6,6l4
4o,548
27,022
15,415
31,865
B i l l s bought in open market
37,652
229,979
500
26,329
33,700
U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness




79.1

1,554

896

1,653

FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES OUTSTANDING AND IN ACTUAL CIRCULATION
F. R, n otes outstan din g
F, R. notes h e ld by banks

1,743

2,126,304
T o ta l
421,56s

121,467
328,160

gt.2550

Released for publication Friday morning, June 2 3 , 1922; not earlier,
FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS* ACCOUNTS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JUNE 21, 1922.
(in thousands of dollars)
Federal Reserve Agent at

Boston

New York

Phila.

Cleve,

Rich.

Atlanta

Chicago

St.Louis Minn. Kans.Cy. Dallas San Fran.

91,700
402,239

23,450
52,445

11,175
51,505

Total

. R E S O U R C E S
Federal Reserve notes on hand
Federal Reserve notes outstanding
Collateral security for Federal
Reserve notes outstanding:
Gold and gold certificates
Gold redemption fund
Gold fund - F. R. Board
Eligible paper ~
Amount required
Excess amount held

95,250
165,503

271,150 39,920 33,905
345,092 ;204,157 213,654

31,519 67,549
90,426 119,193

5,300
3,366
118,000

363,154
13,275
40,162 12,051 10,916
401,000 141,359 145,000

2,692
52,795

2,400
4,925
94,000

16,079
341,645

11,210
3,930
42,300

44,493
11,939

34,939
5,525

17,870
13,725

44,515
’ 31,235

24,505
4,035

3 3 ,s37
12,071

4o,746 50,747
13,550 ' 1,794

15,300
69,251

761,251
19,633 54,430
250
,l4o
£
522,750
28,777

13,052
1,700
16,000

3,254
46,360

416,122
7,701
1,505 16,050
121,963
10,000 174,606 :L, 553,595

21,056
5,363

19,637
1,513

9 ,271
25,777

59,454
1,552

4oi,070
128,679

441,327 1,974,584 450,035 473,212 215,496 319,670

927,413 192,375 120,154 155,315 102 ,964 556,562 ;?,935,460

Net amount of Federal Reserve
notes received from Comp­
troller of the Currency

263,753 1,116,242 244,107 247,559 122,245 156,747

493,9^9 105,595

62,953

57,551

45,410 304,570 ;3,254,031

Collateral received from
Federal Reserve Bank:
Gold
Eligible paper

131,666
45,908

357,724
75,750

30,752
26,419

49,6l4
21,150

19 , 5 0 6 19 0 , 6 8 6 2 , 121,620
35 ,o4s 61,306
529,749

TOTAL

L I A B I L I T I E S

TOTAL




SOU,346 153 ,;44o 169,191

54,296

52,541

56,432

55,^57 10 1 ,32s
40,764 31^ 95

441,327 1 ,974,584 450,088 473,212 218,496 319,670

57,940
23,540

927,413 192,375 120,154 153,315 102,964 556,562 5 ,935,460