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Form F . R . 283
STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
Released for publication
F r i d a y morning, September 13;
not earlier.

Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
September 17, 19^2

CONDITION OF THS FEDERAL RESERVE B ^ K S
During"the.week ended September 16 member b a n k reserve balances increased
$358,000,000. Additions to member b a n k reserves
arose from increases of
$151*,000,000 in Reserve Bank credit, .$2,000,000 in gold stock and $3,000,000 in
Treasury currency and decreases of $208,000,000 in Treasury deposits w i t h Federal
Reserve Banks and $1*3,000,000 in nonmembefr 'deposits and other Federal Reserve
accounts, offs'et *in« part : b y an increase of $51,000,000 in m o n e y in circulation.
Excess reserves on September 16 were * estimated to-be approximately $3,01*0,000,000,
an increase of $690,000,000 for the v/eek.
V

The principal change in holdings of bills and'securities was an increase of
$71,000,000" in United States Government securities. Bonds increased $13,000,000
and certificates- $207,000,000 arid'notes "decreased $60,000,000 and bills $94,000,000.
Changes in member bank reserve balances and related items during the v/eek
and the year ended September 16, 1942, were as follows:

Increase or decrease
since
Sept. 16,
1942

Sept. 9 ,
1942

Sept. 17,
1941

(In millions of dollars)
Bills discounted
10
U . S . Government direct obligations
3,568
U . S . Government guaranteed obligations
5
.Industrial advances (not including 14 million
cqmmitments - September 16)
15
Other Reservs Bank credit
259

- 3
+ 71

+

6

+ : 36

+

1U7

Total Reserve Bank credit
Gold stock
T r e a s u r y currency

3,357
22,747
5,346

+ 154

+1,541

+

2

+

3

+
+

Member bank reserve tralanco'B
ivloney in circulation
Treasury cash
Treasury, deposits w i t h F , R . Banks
Nonmeiaber deposits arid other -F.R. accounts

lf!,7o0
"13,440
2,206
6
1,533.

+ 358+ 51
+
l
- 208
- 43




1
+1,539

6
153

- 563
+3,594
- 202
- 523
- 591

Form F . R . 283c
L I A B I L I T I E S
Total
F.R.notes in actual circulation
10,392,123
Deposits:
M e m b e r bank-reserve a c c t . 12,759,539
U.S.Treasurer-general acct.'6,381
Foreign
972,113
Other
267,0U3
Total deposits
Deferred availability items

737,014

983,574

620,240 417,575 2 , 1 0 2 , 9 3 0 412,633 2 5 5 , 6 4 0 354,083 1 0 0 , 1 5 2 1,053,359

4,929,323
782
1/508,583
~ 109,866
5,547,554

677.U10 1,048,520

14,005,076

673,967
39
24,113
3,588
706,707

1,357,385

121,526

287,012

4,173

583

1,103

145,267
157,502
26,781
50,93?

622

73,299
8,729

70,245
53,989

514,613 413,710 1,844,363 387,545 2 1 9 , 9 1 2 459,323 389,008 1 , 1 9 6 , 8 3 7
530 •
220
896
513
590
545
146
1,276
33,595 26,724
93,151 2 2 , 9 0 6 16,798 2 2 , 1 4 2 2 2 , 1 4 2
58,415
11,468
2,646
8,470 10,539 8,408
7,742 2,244
40,354

759,652 1,173,376
92,061
177,661

560,206 4 4 3 , 3 1 6 1 , 9 4 6 , 8 8 0 4 2 1 , 5 0 3 2 4 5 , 7 0 8 4 8 9 , 7 5 2 4 i 3 , 5 4 o 1 , 2 9 6 , 8 9 2
126,372 55,823
195,585 66,086 3 1 , 0 9 6 62,862 44,4=9
96,832

268

372

213

335

386

130

120

229

212

222

9,439
10,949
2,874
2,647

53,4?}
56,651
7,070
14,417

11,774
15,171
4,393
3,366

5,837
5,236
3,244
2,128

14,845
14,346
1,007
4,992

5,152
5,725
713
2,491

16,005
22,925
1,429
8,828

4,522
4,966
530
2,077

3,077
3,152
1,000
2,663

4,696
3,613
1,137
2,156

4,448
3,976
1,263
2,026

11,993
.10,792
2,121
3,178

2 6 , 1 3 9 , 2 7 6 1 , 5 2 7 , 9 5 3 8 , 4 6 0 , 9 8 1 1 , 6 2 3 , 6 9 3 2,370,173 1,323,533 9 3 1 , 0 0 8 4 , 2 9 4 , 9 6 8 9 1 2 , 4 3 7 5 4 2 , 4 5 6 918,521 6 5 8 , 0 8 6 2 , 4 7 5 , 3 3 6

13,806

748

347

10,861,964

• 911,928 2,608,721

11,036,000

824,-000 2,635,000

5,195

Total
Bills discounted
10,443
Industrial advances
14,835
U . S . Government s e c u r i t i e s ,
d i r e c t and guaranteed
3,572,951




214

25,758,757 1 , 6 0 2 , 0 4 4 8 , 3 2 9 , 3 6 4 1,588,995 2,334,983 1,307,153 9 1 6 , 9 2 7 4 , 2 4 5 , 7 8 1 900,342 532,574 9 0 6 , 9 1 9 546,373 2,447,302

Commitments to make industrial
advances
F.R.notes outstanding
Collateral for F.R* n o t e s
held b y F.R.Agents:
Gold certificates
Eligible paper

S a n Fran.

773,228 2 , 4 9 3 , 6 9 5

accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES"
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
C a p i t a l paid in
Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts
TuTAL LIABILITIES ALT)
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

STATEMENT 0F~ CONDITION OF I'tiE FEDtfKAL KisatiKVK UAHiU> • vn ouriMtnzn xo,• x ^ e
(In thousands of d o l l a r s )
Boston N e w Y o r k
Phila.
C],eve.
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago St.Louis M i n n . K a n s . C y . Dallas

300

Within
15 days

4,125

1,396

602

764,458 1 , 0 1 9 , 6 7 4

1,210

331

—

88
348

21
142

327,259

153,357

497,324

—

1,857

1,612
l,6ifl"
74,579

6,010

—

1,128,018

465,000 2,160,000 450,000 £65,000 370,000 218,000 1,154,000

250

45

M A T U R I T Y DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS A N D SECURITIES
16 t o
31 "to
61 to
9 1 days t o
6 months
30 days
60 days
90 days
6 months
to 1 Year

8,720
8,964

1,163

645,807 4 4 9 , 0 8 6 2,147,185 443,949 2 6 1 , 6 3 5 369,089 2 1 2 , 4 1 6

800,000 1,020,000 675,000
125

142

2
773

1,156

210,437
145,885
, other
1 / After deducting $462,724,000 participations of/Federal Reserve B a n k s .

"

1 to 2
years

1,021
205,.575

350
2 to 5
years

Over
5 years

790
419,342

1,449,633

Form P. R . 233a
Released for publication Friday morning, September 11, 1942; not earlier
STATEMENT FOR TI3E RRESS
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS" COMBINED
(In thousand s of dollars)
Increase or decrease
since
Sept. 9 ,
1942

S e p t . 16,
1942
A

S

S

E

T

Sept. 17,
1941

S

Gold certificates on hand and
due from U . S . Treasury
Redemption fund - F , R . notes
Other cash
Total reserves
Bills discounted:
Secured b y U . S . Gov't obligations,
direct and guaranteed
Other bills discounted
Total bills discounted

20,562,625
15>409
226,168
20,804,202

+ 1,498
+ 2,168
+ 11,094
+ 14,760

+

7,875
2,5&

-

2,360
548

+

6,265
6,706

10,445

-

2,908

-

441

14,835

+

303

+

5,939

327,195
149,935
630,756
580,885

•

265,953
977
40,897
223,719

Industrial advances
U . S . Government securities,
direct and guaranteed:
Bonds
Notes
Certificates
Bills
Total U . S , Government securities,
direct and guaranteed

1,690,995
670,315
630,756
580,885

• 18,442
59,790
+206,776
- 94,692

+
+
+

3,572,951

• 70,736

+1,388,851

Total bills and securities

3,598,229

+ 68,131

+1,394,349

Due from foreign banks
F . R . notes of other banks
Uncollected items
Bank promises
Other assets

47
35,150
1,616,080
40,313
45,255

2,345
+516,435
+
l
- 11,701*

+

26,139.276

+590,021*

+1,933,336

10,392,123

+ 63,625

+3,244,667

12,759,539
6,381
972,113
267,043
14,005,076

+357,166
-207,383
+ 23,290
- 74,630*
+ 98,430*

- 568,387
- 327,381
- 154,337
- 442,139
-1,492,294

1,357.335

+430,701*

+

4,173
25,753 , 757

- 2,308*
+589,956*

+
700
+1,92 5,.608

+

+
+

TOTAL ASSETS
L I A B I L I T I E S
F . R . notes in actual circulation
Deposits j
Member bank- reserve account
U . S . Treasurer - general account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferrod availability items
Other inabilities including
accrued dividends
TOTAL Li.".3 JLITIES
C A P I T A L

+

6,750
319,481
349
2,886

172,535

A C C O U N T S

Capital piid in
Surplu3 (Section 7)
Surplus (oocuicn 13b)
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES jtfSD CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Ratio of total reserves to deposit
and F . R . note liabilities combined
Commitments to make industrial advances




- -

+

145,267
157,502
26,781
50,969
26,139.276
85.3%
13,006

37
—
—

+

28

+

4,222
437
4
3.073

+590,021*

+1,933,336

-

+

.5%
273

*Sept, 9 figures 'revised.

5.^
2,319

F o r m F. R . 283b

STATEMENT OF C O N D I T I O N OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE. BANKS ON

,

OCTOBER

21,

19^2

(In thousands of d o l l a r s )
ii S S E T S
Rich. Atlanta

Chicago St.Louis

M i n n . Kans.Cy. Dallas

Son F r a n .

Phila.

Cleve,

Gold certificates on hand and
due from U . S , T r e a s u r y
2 0 , 5 6 2 , 6 2 5 1 , 1 9 5 , 6 8 0 7,008,81*1 1 , 2 5 0 , 2 2 5
Redemption fund-F.R.notes
1,263
15,409
2,179
1,751
Other cash
49,622
226,168
12,556
22,135

1,815,877
1,291
. 15,768

9 3 9 , 1 6 1 6 8 8 , 9 8 6 3 , 5 5 9 , 3 2 5 6 4 5 , 1 9 8 397,195 6 6 9 , 5 2 2 451,663
611
1,988
286
1,236
544
366
647

1,850,936

953,802 7 0 1 , 0 8 0 3 , 5 9 7 , 1 0 4 657,595 403,948 6 7 9 , 9 6 1 4 6 3 , 3 3 0 1 , 9 9 2 , 1 8 5

Total

Total reserves

New York

20,804,202 1,219,994 7,060,214 1,244,044

Bills d i s c o u n t e d :
Secured b y U . S . G o v ' t o b l i g a t i o n s ,
direct and-guaranteed
7,875
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
2,568
Total b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d

Boston

300
—

12,653

11,808

36,543

11,853

6,387

9,792

11,065

1,962,952
3,247
25,986

4,125
1,062

125
240

50
230

250
110

1,000
88

305

75

55

350
72

1,605
141

I90

305

120

55

422

1,746

215

14

452

1,365

138

4,043

34,254

45,319
17,965

74,605
29,574
27,329

65,434
25,939
24,408

155,133
61,495
57,866

25,555

22,396

55,m6

45

10,443

300

5,187

365

280

360

1,088

Industrial advances
14,835
U . S. Government securities,
direct and g u a r a n t e e d :
3onds
1,690,995
Notes
670,315
Certificates
690,756
Bills
580,885

464

621

5,298

637

804

802

120,259

470,668
186,573
175,564

125,396
49,709
46,773

157,577
62,463
58,777
53,933

102,537
4o,643
39,247
35,095

73,149
28,997
27,286
25,036

216,664

47,670
44,857
41,160

161,092

42,918.

197"

85,888
80,817
74,256

33,399
31,423
23,837

—

16,004
15,511

25

-

Total U . S . G o v ' t s e c u r i t i e s ,
d i r e c t and g u a r a n t e e d
3,572,951

253,946

993,897

264,796

332,750

216,522

154,468

457,625

177,918

95,699 157,563

138,177

329,590

Total bills and
securiti3s

254,710

999,705

270,459

333,667

217,66$

156,358

458,127

178,052

96,206 159,350 140,061

333,340

3

l / 18
IT, 9 6 2
373,071

2

2
3,301
66,411
1,950
1,906

6

1
3,518

Due from foreign banks
F.R.notes of other b a n k s
Uncollected' items
B a n k premises
Other assets
T o T ^ L ASSETS




3,593,229
47'
35,150
1,616,080
40,313
45,255

1,160

146,467
2,74o
2,879

10,360
11,851

5 .
1,464
99,646
4,023
3,258

4
1,883
19^,377
4,334
4,942
.

f

2 6 , 1 3 9 , 2 7 6 1 , 6 2 7 , 9 5 3 8,1160,901 1 , ^ 3 , ^ ; 2,370,173

....

3,955

142,212
3,069
2,872

3,918

227,176

69,072

2,940
5,697

2,124
2,075

1 , 3 2 3 , 5 9 0 9 3 1 , 0 0 8 li,2914,968 9 1 2 , ^ 3 7

*

1,255
38,414

1,319
1,324

%2,k$&

•Less t h a n $ 5 0 0 . "
l / A f t e r deducting $29,000 participations of other Federal Reserve

1

1

3,149
71,201
2,825
2,034

1,271
50,530
1,083
1/801.

4
5,314

136,703
2,716
4,616

9 1 0 , 5 2 1 650/086 2 , k 7 5 , 3 3 6
Banks.