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Form F. R. 283
STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

Released fo r p u b lica tio n
Friday morning. Mar, 2;
not e a r lie r *

Board o f Governors
o f the Federal Reserve System
March 1, 1945

CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS .
During the week: ended February 28, member bank reserve balances increased
$229,000,000. Additions to member bank reserves arose from an increase- o f
$155*000,000 in Reserve Bank c r e d it and decreases o f $27,000,000 in 'T rea su ry cash,
$57,000,000 in Treasury deposits w ith Federal Reserve Banks and $91,000,000 in
nonmember deposits and other Federal Reserve accounts, o f f s e t in part by an
increase o f $98,000,000 in money in c ir c u la tio n . Excess reserves o f member banks
on February 28 were estim ated to be approxim ately $900,000,000.
Holdings o f loans, discounts and advances increased $27,000,000 and o f
United S tates Government s e c u r itie s $208,000,000. The increase in holdings o f
United S tates 'Government s e c u ritie s ' resu lted from.an increase o f $214,000,000 in
b i l l s and a decrease o f $6,000,000 in bonds.
Changes in member bank reserve balances and re la te d items during the week
and th e y e a r ended February 28, 1945, were as fo llo w s »

Increase or decrease
since
Fob. 28,
___ 1945

Fob. 21,

1945

Mar. 1,

1944

(I n m illio n s o f d o lla r s )
lit S. Government s e c u ritie s
Loans, discounts and advances
Other Reserve Bank c r e d it

19.439 >
325
39b

;+

+ 7,615
+
273
+
23

T otal Reserve Bank c r e d it
'Gold stock
Treasury, currency

20, 158'
20,506
4,123

:+

' + 8,116
- 1,206
+
32

Member bank reserve balances
Money in c ir c u la tio n
Treasury cash
. .
Treasury d eposits w ith F* R* Banks
Nonmember deposits and other F.R. accounts

14,228
25,750
2,357
46o
1,991

+
+
-




208
27
«*•
80
155
---1
229
98
27
57
91

+ 1,848
+ 4,927
+
7
+
320
161

Forffl F« Rm 2830
L I A B I L I T I E S

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDB-LiL SSSEiiTE BAIL'S 0 » FEBRUARY 28, 19^5
(I n thousands o f d o lla r s )
Total

Boston

New York

P h ila .

Cleve.

Rich.

Atlanta

Chicago St.Louis

Federal Ré.serve notes
22 , l 62 , 307- 1388,486 4,938,427 1462,262 1933 ,544 1500,118 1307,313 4067,363
Deposits:
iuember bank-reserve acct.ll; ,223,453' 646,329 4 , 616,672 691,385 1039^921 596,256 626,452 2141,990
U.3 »Treasurer-general acct. 460,184
38,696
21,310 ' l.'5,472
3l4,6l6
25 ,003
190,105
23,979
Foreign
39,903 1143,231
1,191,796
99,201
47,890
78,119 1/462,507 100,341
Other
5,532
4,210
4,331
2 ,068
339 ,096
4,501
299,413
3,475

1 6 , 269,529

760,926

5 , 568,697

Deferred a v a ila b ilit y items 1,490,513
Other l i a b i l i t i e s including
8,609
accrued dividends

117,207

205,656

88,036

766

2,131'

582

Total deposits

TOTdL LIABILITIES
Capital paid in
Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts
TJT.iL LIABILITIES iMD
CAPIIAL ACCOUNTS
Commitments to make
in d u strial loans

321,610 1232,213
169,293
369

670,193
106,223
384

Idinn.. Kans .Qy .

Dallas S&nFran.

944,602 483 Moo

317,540

556,046 2762,906

524,242 313,722
16,352 24,200
34,207 26 , 22c

61+2,473
20,36c

1,839

4,492

653,143 l 68c ,863
20,892
433
86,752
34,207
5,332
39,353

691,971 2537,905

5o->,£?01 360,097

702 ,04?

696,115 lü 20,560

222,121
1,3^3

67,540 ■ 29,729
241
323

80,610
354

91,753
371

1G,600

34,207

55,216
255

177,079

918

.

39,930,963 2275,337 10,794,961 23?2 »540 3335,919 2276,918 2091,413 6629,250 1597,366 379,46? 1600,347 1307,652 4769,263
14,986
160,507
6,016
12 , 52l*
5,202
5,552
5,341
59,794
6,730
10,157
19,769
3 ,649
16,707
6,196
35,201
6,025
15,899
7,043
19,b72
7,81?
7,936
4,950
84,903
19,071
228,153
15,239
1. I «
2,142
2,380
1,007
762
3,290
1,307
27,165
1,137
1,429
527
1,075
7,143
15,906
5,266
4,328
4,052
11 ,000
5,632
5,81?
3,619
80,817
4*784
9,703
7,131
4,645
»
4&*433,605 2308,1(47 10,962,707 2415,21? 5332,407 2300, 0 1 7 .2110,772 6695,537 1615,051 692,821 1617,073 1324,135 4309,421
3,547

—

2,479

20

400 ”

—

55

----

—

—

593

F. R. notes outstanding
22>749,849 1418,812 . 5 , 105,031 1493 ; 2?6 1973,172 1526,599 1347,345 4i4o,3i8 974,146 490,504 832,616 535,075 2857,455
C ollateral f^ r F. R. notes
held by F. R. Agents:
Gold c e rtific a te s
10 , 896,350 610,000 3 ,070,000 61;.3 ,000 832,000 615,000 605,000 1960,000 375,000 183,350 320 ,000 259,000 1424,000
---—
E lig ib le paper
22 ,440
25,700 ' 13,950
190,500
12,230
13,900 .
292,895
9,175
U.S.Govt, se c u r itie s
12,044,135 810,000 2 ,000,000 850,000 1150,000 950, 000' 750,000 2200,000 6'54,135 310,000 525,000 345, 0001500,000
MATURITY DISTRIBUII jN OF LOINS .'JND SECURIT1:es
vïithin
16 to
Over
31 to
6i to
6 months
1 to 2 2! to 5
91 days to
Total
¿ears
years
5 years
6 months
to 1 year
90 days
15 days
' 30 days
60 days
------—
....”.aa>
Discounts and advances
320,776
16,610
36,521
254,730
12,915
---Industrial loans
---—
3,801
6
6U7
3,104
32
9
3
•
U. S. Government
securities
31*3,200 619,802 806,370
4 , 160,201
•2,952,480
1,904,821
1236 ,¿¡40
2 , 504,500
19,439,319
4,861,505
1/ A ft e r deducting $727*1+73*000 p a r tic ip a tio n s of other Federal Reserve Banks,



Form F. R. 283a
Released fo r p u b lica tio n F riday morning, March

1945, n et e a r lie r .

•STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE' FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS'COhBINED
( In , thousands Of d o lla r s )
Increase or decrease
since
Feb. 28,
1945

Feb. 21,
1945

17,724,365■
620,310
264,374

' + 31,000
- 5,263
2/285 '

Mar, 1,
19W*

A S S E T S
Gold c e r t if ic a t e s
Redemption fund - i \
Other cash

R. notes

T o ta l reserves

13,610,049

-1,573,705
+ 373,668
- - 84,282

’ ■+ 23,452

-1,284,319

,.+ 26,721
182

+ 283,666
- ’
6,118

Discounts and advances
In d u s tria l loans
U. S* Govt# secu rities*«
B ills
C e r t ific a t e s
Notes
Bonds

11,830,3864,917,140
1,559,721
1,132,072.

+5',483,335
+2 , 220,900
+ 365-, 021
- 554,399

T o ta l U. S# Government
s e c u ritie s

'+ 2 1 3 '9 8 2 '
_ - - 5,980
* *

19,439,319

+208,002

+7,314,857

T o ta l loans and s e c u r itie s

19,763,896

+234,5^1

+8, 092,405

Due from foreign , banks
F. R. notes o f other banks
U ncollected items
Bank premises
Other assets

116
73,353
1,834,559
34,397
66,730

- +
942
- 99,101
61
+ 1-,95?

20
659
+ 153,076
625
-•
3,o4o

40,433,605

+161,732

+6 ,9 6 1#818

'320,7.763,801

-

TOTAL ASSETS
L I A B I L I T 1-E‘ S
Federal Reserve notes
D ep o sits:
Member bank-reserve account
U. S. Treasu rer-gen eral account
Foreign
Other

2 2 , 162,307

+ 97,147

♦
+4 , 823,362

14,228,453
460,184
1,191,796
389,096

+229,225
- 56,337
- 99,396
+ 8,200

+1,848,717
+ 320,129
- 382,680
+ 149,030

T otal deposits ■

1 6 , 269,529

+ 81,642

+1,935,196

D eferred 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 in clu din g
accrued dividends
TOTAL"LIABILITIES
«• t

- 1,490 >51,8

- 19 ,2 6 6

+.

134,681

m

199
+15? >324

■+

2 ,5 3 6

+

292
—
- + * 2 ;ii6 ‘

+
+
■+
+

+161,732

' +6,961,818

c a p i t a l

8,609
*

a c c o u n t s

C a p ita l paid in
Surplus (S e c tio n 7)
Surplus (Section l$h) .
Other c a p ita l accounts
TOTa L LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
R atio o f t o t a l reserves to d ep osit
and F.R. note . l i a b i l i t i e s combined
Commitmt-nts to make in d u s tria l loans




39,930,963

+6,395,775

166,507
228,153
27,165
80,317
40,433,605
48.4%
3,547

- .2%
+ 4 165* '

♦Feb. 21 fig u re

re v is e d .

-

1 0 ,19 7
4 0 ,0 5 6
- 2oo
15,990

14.4?;
6,761

Fora F. R. 283b
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS ON FEBRUARY 28, 1945
( I n thousands o f d o lla r s )
A S S E T S
Dallas SanFran.

Total

Boston

New York

Gold c e r tific a te s
17,724,865
Redemption fund-F.K.notes
620,810
Other cash
264,374

881,146
4 l,l6 2
22,780

5,015,325
103,675
64,117

960,084 3160,042
38,235 109,892
24,032
30,331

640,919 354,956
32,424 15,705
13,051
5,435

649,966
27,483
12,370

545,252 2274,271
18,462
85,260
8,767
25,779

18 , 610,049

945,083

5,183,117 1022,749 1420,708 1005,621 1022,351 3300,315

666,394 376,096

689,819

572,481 2385,310

320,776

13,900
19k

190,500

12,230
2,656

17,350
308

9,175

10

689,479
338,062

3,248,945
1 , 223,212
389,002
281,619

677,455
372,265
118,083
85,707

992,581
467,080
148,160
107,537

655,968
315,125
99,958
72,551

Total reserves
Discounts and advances
Industrial loans
U. S. Govt, secu ritiess
B ills
C e r tific a te s
Notes
Bonds
Total U. S. Government
secu rities
Total loans and
secu rities

3,801
11,830,386
4 , 9 17,140
1 , 559,721
1 , 132,072

107,232
77,831




Cleve,

Rich,

959,710 1340,695
57,810
43,165
22,203
19,874

942,499
47,537
15,535

120

A tlanta

2,200
-

Chicago St*Louis

7,950

-

25,700
mm

Minn. Iians.Cy.

13,950

22,440

25

mm

577,790 2074,075 456,369 :247,772
248,563 644,232 - 231,054 132,934
78,846 204,352
73,290 42,167
57,227 148,322
53,19? 30,605
-

427,382

381
•

—

488

241,617
76,640
55,627

356,875 1425,695
204,-675 498,321
64,923 158,068
47,122 114,729

19 ,^ 39,319 1212,604

5,141,778 1253,510 1715,358 1143,602

962,426 3070,981

813,908 ,453,478. 801,266

673,595 2196,813

19 , 763,896 1226,698

5,332,288 1268,396 1733,016 1152,897

964,626 3078,931

839,608 ;472,428

673,976 2197r301

Due from foreign banks
116
9
F.R. notes of other banks!
2,392
73,850
Uncollected items
.1,884,559 128,149
Bank premises
1,601
34,397'
Other assets
66,730
4,510
to ta l assets

Phila.

1/29
lT , 660
411,444
8,858
15,311

12
•12.
3,407
3,165
112,864 214.555
4', 082
3,433.
6,627
4,598

6
7,831 .

126,609
2,838
4,215

823,731

184
5
•4
3
2,170 . 3,407
9,766
5,223
9,^97
108,870 •294A56 • ?8,290 •39,112., . 93,927
3,161
1,249
l,6o4
2,105
2,655
3,530
3,530
1,763
9,25?
3,427

4
- 2,785
71,178
886
2,825

10
12,335

205,405
1,925
7,135

40, 433,605 2308,447 10 , 962,707 2415,217 3392,407 2300,017 2110,772 6695,537 1615,051 892,821 1617,073 1324^135 4809,421
l / A fter deducting $87,000 participation o f other Federal Reserve Banks.