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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H.4.1

For Immediate Release
May l4, 1959

WEEKLY AVERAGES OF MEMBER BANK RESERVES, RESERVE BANK CREDIT, AND RELATED ITEMS
and
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
The average of d a i l y figures of member bank reserves f o r the week ended
May 13 decreased $21 million t o $18,550 m i l l i o n . Estimated required reserves
decreased $113 million; and estimated excess reserves increased $92 million t o
$491 m i l l i o n . Member bank borrowings at the Federal Reserve Banks exceeded excess
reserves by $218 million, compared with $276 million the week b e f o r e .
The p r i n c i p a l changes reducing average reserves were a decrease of
$98 million in Federal Reserve f l o a t and an increase of $136 million in money in
c i r c u l a t i o n . The p r i n c i p a l o f f s e t t i n g changes were increases of $202 million in
Federal Reserve holdings of U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s and $34 million in member
bank borrowings. Total Reserve Bank credit increased $139 m i l l i o n .
As of
bought outright
s e c u r i t i e s held
borrowings were

Wednesday, May 13, holdings of U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s
were $149 million higher than a week e a r l i e r , U. S. Government
under repurchase agreement were $4 million lower, and member bank
$210 million lower.

Member bank reserves,
Reserve Bank c r e d i t ,
and related items
Reserve Bank c r e d i t :
U. S. Government securities—
Bought outright--System account
Held under repurchase agreement
Acceptances-Bought outright
Held under repurchase agreement
Loans, discounts, and advances—
Member bank borrowings
Other
Float
Total Reserve Bank c r e d i t
Gold stock
Treasury currency outstanding

Averages of d a i l y f i g u r e s
Week ended Change from week ended
May 14,
May 6,
May 13,
1958
1959
1959
(In millions of d o l l a r s )

Wednesday
May 13,
1959

+2,009
+
70

25,977
108

10
1

29

- -

+ 586
+ 18

+139
- 11
+ 3
+133

+2,709
-1,635
+ 63
+1,13d

635
18
764
27,530
20,244

31,505
710
521
269
383
1,139
3k, 527

+136

4- 693
31
4- 51
25
3
+ 93
4- 777

31,482

18,550
18,059
491

- 21

4* 360
4- 531
171

18,553
18,259
294

25,9^0
70

+234
- 32

30
1

+ 1

+

709
18
795
277563
20,251
5,262
53,077

+ 3%

Money in c i r c u l a t i o n
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)
Member bank r e s e r v e s - Required reserves (estimated)
Excess reserves (estimated)

—

- 98

- -

+
+
+

21
13
23
3
+15 u

-113
+ 92

-

35

5,263

53,037

717

504
255
387
1,139
34,484

On May 13, 1959; U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks f o r foreign account were $3,613 million, an increase of
$115 million f o r the week and an increase of $517 million from the comparable

date
a year ago.


H.4.1(a)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
(in thousands of dollars)

ASSETS
Gold certificate adcount
Redemption fund for F* R. notes
Total gold certificate reserves
F. R. notes of other Banks
Other cash
Discounts and advances
Industrial loans
Acceptance s- -bought outright
U. S. Government securities:
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total bought outright
Held under repurchase agreement
Total U. S. Government securities

Change since
May 14,
May 6,
1958
1959

May 13,
1959

18,754> 892
907,851
19,662,743
344,576
363,767
652,340
4
28,983

-1,688,499
+ 71,920

-1,616,579
- 28,962

1
7,438

1,976,300
18,649,726
2,867,565
2, *83,771
25,977,362

15,021
210,333

1,370
+ 536,690
500
- 10,748

148,700

+ 774,990
-1,296,379

+2,867,565

- 305,486
+2,040,690
+ 107,600
+2,148,290

148,700
4,200
144,500

107,600

26,084,9^2

Total loans and securities
26,766,289
65,834 +2,673,732
Due from foreign banks
15
Uncollected cash items
5,836,607 + 839,504 + 436,104
Bank premises
480 +
8,468
95,648 +
Other assets
241,618 + 13,138
- 34,161
TOTAL ASSETS
53,311,263 + 764,828 +1,437,232
LIABILITIES
Federal Reserve notes
27,063,280 + 46,902 + 563,476
Deposits:
Member bank reserves
- 86,808 + 372,785
18,552,780
U. S. Treasurer--general account
503,621 37,987 + 76,443
Foreign
255,018
8,029
52,850
Other
387,356
3; 543 - 12,443
Total deposits
19,698,775
- 136,367 + 383,935
Deferred availability cash items
5,072,605 + 838,828 + 420,686
Other l i a b i l i t i e s and accrued dividends
3,837 + 19,569
39,019 +
TOTAL LIABILITIES
51,873,679 + 753,200 +1,387,666
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
Capital paid in
86 + 27,085
377,646 +
Surplus
868,4l0
1/+
31,669
Other capital accounts
9,188
191,528 + 11,542
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 53,311,263 + 764,828 +1,437,232
Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit
and F. R. note l i a b i l i t i e s combined
42.0#
4.4#
Contingent l i a b i l i t y on acceptances purchased
for foreign correspondents
9,180 - 67,683
67,472 +
Industrial loan commitments
360
637
l / Net change after elimination of Sec. 13b surplus of $27,543,000 on Sept. 2, 1958
MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AND SECURITIES, MAY 13, 1959
(Acceptances and securities held under repurchase agreement are classified as
maturing within 15 days in accordance with maximum maturity of the agreements.)
Within 15 days
16 days to 90 days
91 days to 1 year
Over 1 year to 5 years
Over 5 years to 10 years
Over 10 years
Total



Discounts and Industrial
U. S. Government
advances
Acceptances
securities
loans
628,085
1
7,840
596,350
24,146
21,143 S.o+ nS J 9927650
3
109

::

652,340

28,983

206,495
1,263,662

26,084,962
))

sj1 -

7

^ /"> c

E.4.1(b)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON MAY 13, 1959
PhilaCleveSt.
Boston New York delphia
Richmond Atlanta Chicago Louis
land
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )

Minneapolis

Kansas
City

18,754,892 869,503 ^ 967,322 1092,203 1676,842 995,330 883,350 3371,511 710,655

411,107

654,679 661,743 2460,647

43,688

22,322

42,708

5,156,867 1149,290 1761,543 1071,240 938,217 3540,699 754,343 433,429

697,387

Total
ASSETS
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e account
Redemption fund f o r
F. R. notes
Total gold c e r t i f i c a t e
reserves

907,851

55,629

19,662,743 925,132

189,545

57,087

84,701

75,910

54,867 169,188

San
Francisco

Dallas

29,207

82,999

690,950 2543,646

F.R. notes of other Banks
Other cash

344,576
363,767

26,615
27,586

92,522
73,208

18,210
16,866

15,054
34,933

35,122
23,015

55,606
29,343

24,019
56,668

9,372
21,178

9,915
11,829

7,341
11,716

17,423
13,008

33,377
44,417

Discounts and advances
I n d u s t r i a l loans
Acceptances—
Bought outright
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s :
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total
Held under repurchase
agreement

652,340

51,041

86,703

17,432

47,382

53,175

55,627 127,569

21,856

35,797 107,547
4

16,390

31,821

107,145
497,340 112,701 171,104
1011,095 4,693,241 1063,519 1614,656
155,465
721,628 163,526 248,268
134,658
625,046 141,639 215,040
1400,363 6,537,255 1481,385 2249,068

126,656
1195,224
183,7
159,1
1664,837

4

28,983
1,976,300
18,649,726
2,867,565
2,483,771
25,977,3^2

107,600

28,983

* •

1CJ

J 600

——

——

•»—

104,159
982,915
151,132
130,905
1369,111

342,004
3227,372
496,238
429,821
4495,435

«•» —

——

80,376
45,013 85,188 78,883 225,731
758,484 424,785 803,897 744,385 2130,153
116,624 65,315 123,606 114,456 327,530
101,015
56,573 107,063 99,137 283,694
1056^499 591^686 1119/754 103^861 2967] 108
— «*

«• w

—*

Total U. S. Govt, sees.

26,084,962 1408,363 6,644,855 1481,385 2249,068 1664,837 1369,111 4495,435 1056,499 591,686 1119.754 1036,861 2967,108

Total loans & s e c u r i t i e s

26,766,289 1459,404 6,760,541 1498,817 2296,450 1718,012 1424,738 4623,004 1078,355 627,487 1227,301 1053,251 2998,929

Due from foreign banks
Uncollected cash items
Bank premises
Other a s s e t s
TOTAL ASSETS

15

1

5,836,607 397,481
95,648
4,566
241,618 13,285

1

/

4

1

1

1

1

13,488

21,018

15,389

13.679

59,530

1

2

/

1

1

1

41,349

9.910

5.427

11.227

9.750

27,566

53,311,263 2854,070 13,108,754 3077,972 4687,363 3328,562 2973, 961 9221,962 2136,976 1241,476 2344,726 2100,405 6235,036

1 / A f t e r deducting $11,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s of other Federal Reserve Banks7
2/ Less
than $500.



2

955,861 377,141 549,010 458,8l4 502,634 923,560 256,869 148,181 385,024 307,438 574,594
10,221
4,159
9,354
6,969
9,743 12,661
6,948
5,208
4,729
8,584 12,506

H.4.1(c)
Total
L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member bank reserves
U.S.Treas.-gen.acct.
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

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON MAY 13, 1959
Boston Net, York
° ^ "
Richmond A t i m t a Chicago ^
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )

^

27,063,280 1569,009 6,289,559 1712,132 2484,792 2023,099 1455,756 5169,745 1197,998

Dallas

609,155 1095,407

T

_!™„

764,904 2691,724

18,552,780 785,172 5,130,385 902,453 1542,398 784,248 970,027 2902,960 648,712 438,061 812,446 946,748 2689,170
503,621 28,451
91,767 27,171 26,820 41,069 23,366 75,863 20,102 19,271 32,837 24,474 92,430
255,018
13,750 1/75,018 16,500 22,500 12,500 11,750 37,000
9,250
6,000
9,750 13,000 28,000
387,356
®34
333,761
1,020
902
2,821
2,262
849
616
352
945
875 42,119
19,698,775 828,207 5,630,931 947,144 1592,620 840,638 1007,405 3016,672 678,680 463,684 855,978 985,097 2851,719
5,072,605

374,155

784,670 322,o4l 476,665 388,021 439,638 816,101 203,307 132,102 334,106 274,996 526,803

39,019
2,063
10,533
1,903
3,695
2,207
1,964
6,242
i,44l
1,280
1,602
1,680
4,409
51,873,679 2773,434 12,715,693 2983,220 4557,772 3253,965 2904,763 9008,760 2081,426 1206,221 2287,093 2026,677 6074,655

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital paid i n
Surplus
Other c a p i t a l accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Conting. l i a b . on acceptances purchased f o r
f o r e i g n correspondents
I n d u s t r i a l loan commit.

377,646
868,410
191,528

IS 11 1:1 IS E:8 IS 1:1 IS 41 11 11 11

53,311,263 2854,070 13,108,754 3077,972 4687,363 3328,562 2973,961 9221,962 2136,976 1241,476 2344,726 2100,405 6235,036

67,472
360

3,712

2/18,872

4,455

6,075

20

3,375
—

3,172
—

9,990
—

2,498
—

1,620
—

2,633

%4n

3,510

7,560

FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS
*• n. notes outstanding
28,002,294 1646,249
C o l l a t . f o r F . R. notes:
Gold c e r t i f i c a t e a c c t . 10,725,000 580,000
E l i g i b l e paper
134,336
U. S. Govt, s e c u r i t i e s 18,685,000 1150,000
Total c o l l a t e r a l
29,544,336 1730,000
r
0/
^ d u c t i n g $180,000,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s
2/ A f t e r deducting $48,600,000 p a r t i c i p a t i o n s



6,529,508 1759,127 2545,743 2101,053 1528,707 5263,551 1247,849 622,077 1125,221 804,549 2828,660

2,920,000 64o,ooo 920,000 670,000 475,000 2000,000 430,000 200,000
6,270
—
—
—
—
21,205
-4,000,000 1200,000 1750,000 1500,000 1100,000 3500,000 935,000 425,000
6,920,000 1846,270 2670,000 2170,000 1575,000 5500,000 1386,205 625,000

of other Federal Reserve Banks.
of other Federal Reserve Banks.

300,000 290,000 1300,000
106,861
850,000 575,000 1700,000
1256.861 865.000 ^000.000