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E-4.1

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

For Immediate Release
September 20, 1956

WEEKLY AVERAGES OF MEMBER BANK RESERVES, RESERVE BANK CREDIT, AMD RELATED ITEMS
and
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
The average of daily figures of member bank reserves for the week ending
eptember 19 increased $132 million to $19,220 million. Estimated required reserves
increased $114 million; and estimated excess reserves increased $18 million to
$735 million. Excess reserves exceeded member bank borrowings at the Federal
Reserve Banks by $8l million; the week before they were $295 million less than
member bank borrowings.
(tin .i ^be principal changes supplying average reserves were an increase of
\
million in Federal Reserve float, and decreases of $100 million in money in
circulation, $65 million in Treasury deposits with Federal Reserve Banks, and
n
^
®
* n foreign deposits with Federal Reserve Banks. The principal offsetting changes were decreases of $358 million in member bank borrowings and
$157 million in Federal Reserve holdings of U. S. Government securities. Total
Reserve Bank credit decreased $82 million.
v
,.
of Wednesday, September 19, holdings of U. S. Government securities
bought outright were $243 million lower than a week earlier and member bank
borrowings were $190 million lower.

Member bank reserves,
Reserve Bank credit,
and related items
Reserve Bank credit:
U. S. Government securities-Bought outright--System account
Held under repurchase agreement
Acceptances--bought outright
Loans, discounts, and advancee-Member bank borrowings
Other
Float
Total Reserve Bank credit
Gold stock
Treasury currency outstanding
Money in circulation
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 reserves-Required reserves (estimated)
Excess reserves (estimated)

For week ending
Change from week ending
Sept. 19. 1956 Sept. 12. 19561 Sept.21. 1955
(In mdLllions of dollars)
23,673
IS
18

-156
- 11
- 1

+109
+ 18

654
1
1,489
25,852
21,883
5,043
52,778

-358

+ 1
- 81

- 87
- 26
+226
+239
+200
+ 37
+476

30,810
771
453
345
235
945
33,558

-100
+ 1
- 65
- 36
- 17
+ 4
-213

+409
- 23
-126
- 32
-159
- 45
+ 23

19,220
18,485
735

+132
+n4
+ 18

+453
+294
+159

— —

+444
- 82
— —

For Wednesday Federal Reserve figures see STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE
TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED - attached. Latest Wednesday figures for
other items appearing above are, in millions of dollars:
Gold stock
21,884
Treasury cash holdings
777
Treasury currency outstanding
5,043
Member bank) - Required (est.) 18 518
Money in circulation
30,745
reserves ) - Excess
(est.)
'519
On September 19, 1956, U. S. Government securities held in custody by the
Federal Reserve Banks for foreign account were $ 3 , 6 7 7 million, a decrease of
Digitized
FRASER for the week and an increase of $276 million from the comparable date
$14 for
million
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
a year ago.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

H.4.1(a)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF THE TWELVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS COMBINED
(In thousands of dollars)
Sept. 19
1956

Change since
Sept. 12,
Sept. 21,
1956

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

2?,585,982

Total loans and securities
Due from foreign banks
Uncollected cash items
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS

24,017,287
22
5,886,922
71,035
271,570
52,171,296

+
+

26,519,583

-

20,345,394
853,924
21,199,318
357,990
367,152
413,453

906,

16,946

+
-

+
+
*•

697,620
10,932,699
9,153,913
2,801,750
23,585,982

L I A B I L I T I E S
Federal Reserve notes
Deposits:
Member bank reserves
U. S. Treasurer—general account
Foreign
Other
Total deposits
Deferred availability cash items
Other liabilities and accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

19,036,765
325,888
355,434
220,222
19,938,309
4,416,293
22.248
50,896,433

C A P I T A L
A C C O U N T S
Capital paid~*in ~
"**
Surplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

319,289
693,612
27,543
234,419
52,171,296

Ratio of gold certificate reserves to deposit
and F. R, note liabilities combined
Contingent liability on acceptances purchased
for foreign correspondents
Industrial loan commitments

1
2,712
2,711
29,393
8,182
190,491
55
1,514
242,550
•

-

+
-

-8,245,623

-

- -

242,550
-

242,550

*

434,610

-

+

+
-

+
+

+
+

945,351
382
2,164
543,823

4-

22,874
22,874

-

436,014

+ 891,513
+
12,012
4* 130,345
+ 871,967

72,462

+

433,347

336,815
228,034
21,039
22,385
65,357
537,931
,3,556
534,382

+

+

447,748
390,653
47,909
162,953
153,767
485,146
, 6,734
771,460

+
4-

21,810
32,711

422

f
- •

4
+

190,042
11,860
201,902
75,030
2,821
458,817
200
271

144,126
+8 ,412,623

- -

9,019
543,823

45.6#
50,931
2.476

+
+
+

-

+

-

-

-

+
+

4- 45,986
4- 871,967
+

.1#

+
673
51 , -

23,663
335

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF LOANS AMD SECURITIES. SEPTEMBER 19, 1956
(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
Digitized forTotal
FRASER


Discounts and
advances

407,161

Industrial
loans
57
5
535

Acceptances
6,474
10,472

309

413,453

16,946

U. S. Government
securities
69,300
6,549,019
13,452,065
1,087,127
1,013,614
1,414,857
23,585,982

E.4.1(b)
Total

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1956
(In thousands of dollars)
Phila- | CleveSt.
Boston
New York
Richmond Atlanta Chicago
delphia | land
Louis

Minneapolis

Kansas
City

Dallas

797,803

343,872

868,408

707,531 2531,024

42,507

23,143

42,149

San
Francisco

A S S E T S
Gold certificate account 20,345,394 963,240
Redemption fund for
853,924
58,357
F. R..notes
Total gold certificate
reserves
21,199,318 1021,597

5,387,203 1078,335 1810,704 1268,799
184,259

60,331

74,095

68,101

888,003 3700,472
50,283

153,383

25,640

71,676

5,571,462 1138,666 1884,799 1336,900 938,286 3853,855 840,310 367,015 910,557 733,171 2602,700

F-R. notes of other Banks
Other cash

357,990
367,152

39,837
28,646

68,259
81,548

45,847
24,016

15,150
36,439

20,295
19,506

44,405
28,461

26,336
48,518

11,481
19,857

18,484

8,263

11,241
12,295

20,492
14,300

36,163

Discounts and advances
Industrial loans
Acceptances—
Bought outright
U. S« Govt, securities:
Bought outright—
Bills
Certificates
Notes
Bonds
Total
Held under repurchase
agreement

413,453
906

4,815
300

14,940

16,920

56,280

28,015

14,975

187,980

16,165

29,621
46

22,991

15,951

4,800

Total U. S. Govt, sees.

16,946

--

16,946

560

- -

—

- -

- —

--

--

-•

—

— —

--

--

697,620
38,345
10,932,699 600,927
9,153,913 503,154
2,801,750 154,001
23,585,982 1296,427

41,920
175,575
2,751,520 656,957
2,303,839 550,068
705,139 168,360
5,936,073 1417,305

121,714
1907,450
1597,102
488,827
4115,093

29,126
456,440
382,176
116,973
984,715

30,228
15,758
246,937 473,714
206,759 396,639
63,283 121,400
532,737 1021,981

27,726
78,065
434,509 1223,380
363,813 1024,332
111,353 313,518
937,401 2639,295

23,585,982 1296,427

5,936,073 1417,305 2040,022 1452,165 1212,768 4115,093

984.715

532.737 1021.981

937.401 2639,295

Total loans & securities 24,017,28? 1301,542

5,967,959 1434,785

42,952
60,339
35,872
945,602 673,115 562,148
791,749 563,597 470,685
242,332 172,501 144,063
2040,022 1452,165 1212,768

2096,302 1480,180 1227,743 4303,073 1000,880 562,404 1044,972 953,352 2644,095

1
1/ 6
1
1
22
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
5,886,922 482,775 1,081,234 364,530 565,909 450,987 425,971 920,282 242,223 145,943 286,495 300,335 620,238

Due from foreign "banks
Uncollected cash items
Bank premises
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS

—

45,303

71,035
271,570

5,385
14.678

8,848
66.411

52,171,296 2894,461 12,845,729

1/ After
deducting $16,000



4,871
15.851

7,415
23.376

7,069
16.530

3,985
14.801

5,928
49.217

4,173
11.067

4,748
6.101

4,180
11.516

3,479
11.680

10,954
10.120

3028,568 4629,392 3331,468 2683,653 9207,232 2129,992 1112,959 2281,257 2036,810 5989,775

participations of other Federal Reserve Banks,

H.4. 1(c)

STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF EACH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1956
(in thousands of dollars)
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 availability
cash items
Other liabilities and
accrued dividends
TOTAL LIABILITIES

Boston

New York

d

^ ;

Richmond Atlanta

Chicago

j^s

26,519,583 1582,994 6,097,0091722,5272485,6882061,1471304,8715138,4941174,137
19,036,765 820,188
325,888
42,340
355,434
20,650
220,222
3,065
19,938,309 886,243
4,416,293

345,045

mnne-

Kansas

499,561 1050,007

Dallas
710,049

2693,099

5,448,278 899,016 1543,414 791,129 921,595 3060,708 676,447 432,414 901,902 982,823 2558,851
6,951

1/105,509
" 149,794
5,710,532
682,118

17,230

25,200
9,908

24,321

31,850
760

27,545

17,850
3,198

17,051
15,400

1,595

68,203
49,000

19,44?

17,l8l

2,008

13,300
7,692

8,750
741

27,469

13,300
1,666

25,547

17,850
879

951,354 1600,345

839,722

955,641 3179,919

716,886

459,086

944,337 1027,099

263,513

361,858

363,203 701,304

188,356

120,884

235,254

426,825

236,010

32,603

36,775
38,916

2667,145

491,923

22,248
4,956
5,008
856
1,827
864
882
3,047
647
840
6ll
897
1.813
50,896,433 2819,238 12,494,667 2938,250 4514,685 3263,591 2624,597 9022,764 2080,026 1080,371 2230,209 1974,055 5853,986

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Cspital paid in
Sarplus (Section 7)
Surplus (Section 13b)
Other capital accounts
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Conting. liab. on acceptances purchased for
foreign correspondents
Industrial loan commit.

319,289
693,612
27,543
234,419

16,355
41,667
3,011
14,190

20,469
49,491
4,489
15,869

30,376

62,563
1,006

20,762

14,599
35,012
3,349
14,917

15,000
30,841
762
12,453

43,290

101,894
1,429
37,855

10,924
27,649
521

10,872

7,077

17,586
1,073

6,852

12,872
25,960
1,137
11,079

17,545
33,84?
1,307

10,056

38,791
71,275
2,l4o
23,589

52,171,296 2894,461 12,845,729 3028,568 4629,392 3331,468 2683,653 9207,232 2129,992 1112,959 2281,257 2036,810 5989,775

50,931
2,476

3,003
—

F. R. notes outstanding
27,518,523 1645,198
Collat. for F. R. notes:
Gold certificate acct. 11,568,000 580,000
Eligible paper
56,076
U. S. Govt, securities 17,135,000 1200,000
Total collateral
20,759,076 1780,000
1/ After deducting $249,900,000 participations
2/ After deducting $36,343,000 participations



91,991
195,827
7,319
55,925

2/ 14,588

3,665

4,632

2,596

2,240

71
173
-FEDERAL RESERVE AGENTS' ACCOUNTS

7,126
104

1,934
--

1,273
--

1,934

2*128

2,596
--

5,344

6,357,660 1805,561 2562,302 2112,462 1363,907 5224,630 1235,443 550,238 1083,156 750,613 2827,353
2,870,000 650,000 1090,000 895,000 500,000 2300,000 450,000 150,000 300,000 283,000 1500,000
—
16,920
--•
--16^165
—
22,991
--3,600,000 1200,000 1550,000 1300,000 1000,000 3100,000 900,000 460,000 800,000 525,000 1500,000
6,470,000 1866,920 2640,000 2195,000 1500,000 5400,000 1366,165 610,000 1122,991 80&,000 3000,000
of other Federal Reserve Banks.
of other Federal Reserve Banks.