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STATEIE^ FOR TEE PRESS
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
F r i d a y m o r n i n g , S e p t . 9;
not e a r l i e r .

B-801
F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Board.
September o, 1932.
COITDITIO^ 0 ? FEDERAL RESERVE BATES

Tne d a i l y a v e r a g e volume of F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g d u r i n g t h e
week e n d i n g September J , a s r e p o r t e d by t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k s , was
$ 2 , 3 3 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a d e c r e a s e of $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 compared w i t h t h e p r e c e d i n g week and an i n c r e a s e of $ 1 , 0 9 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 compared w i t h t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g week of 1931*
On September 7 t o t a l r e s e r v e b a n k c r e d i t amounted to $ 2 , 3 1 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a d e c r e a s e
of $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f o r t h e week. T h i s d e c r e a s e c o r r e s p o n d s w i t h d e c r e a s e s of $ 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
each i n member b a n k r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s and unexpended c a p i t a l f u n d s , nonmember d e p o s i t s , e t c * , and i n c r e a s e s of $ 1 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n m o n e t a r y g o l d s t o c k and $ 1 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
i n t r e a s u r y c u r r e n c y , a d j u s t e d , o f f s e t i n p a r t by an i n c r e a s e of ^ 3 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n money
in c i r c u l a t i o n .
H o l d i n g s of d i s c o u n t e d b i l l s d e c r e a s e d $ 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank
of P h i l a d e l p h i a , $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 each a t Richmond and A t l a n t a and $ 1 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 a t a l l
F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k s , The S y s t e m 1 s h o l d i n g s of b i l l s b o u g h t i n open m a r k e t were
p r a c t i c a l l y u n c h a n g e d , w h i l e h o l d i n g s of U n i t e d S t a t e s T r e a s u r y n o t e s i n c r e a s e d
$ 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 and h o l d i n g s of T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s d e c l i n e d $ 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
Changes i n t n e amount of r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g and i n r e l a t e d i t e m s
d u r i n g t n e week and trie y e a r e n d i n g September 7> --932, were a s f o l l o w s :

I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e
since

1932

1—1

1932

f

Sept. 7

Sept. 9

1931

( i n m i l l i o n s of do l i a r s )

420
34
1,551
14

- 13
4-

- 1
2

+ 160
- 154
+1,123
16

TOTAL RESERVE BAEZ CREDIT
Monetary g o l d s t o c k
Treasury currency a d j u s t e d

2,319
4,105
1,819

- 12
+ 19
+ is

+1,103
- 895
+ 57

Money i n c i r c u l a t i o n
Member bank r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s
Unexpended c a p i t a l funds,nonmember d e p o s i t s , e t c .

5,725
2,142
377

+ 34
- 4
- 4

+ 633
- i4s
- 220

Bills
Bills
U. S.
Other

discounted
bought
Government s e c u r i t i e s
r e s e r v e bank c r e d i t




R e l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y n o r n i n g , Septeriber 9 , 1 9 3 2 ; n o t e a r l i e r .

B-SOla

RESOURCES ATT
' D LIABILITIES
OF THE TT3L7S FEDERAL RESERVE BAFXS C01BIE3D
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
S e n t . 7,1932

Aug. 31,1932 S e p t . 9 , 1931

R E S O U R C E S
Gold w i t h F e d e r a l r e s e r v e a x o n i s . . . .
Gold r e d e m p t i o n f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s u r y .

2,088,557
57,078

Gold h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t F . R . n o t e s
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F . R . Board . .
Gold and f o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s held, "by banks

2,145,635
262,556
386,382

Total gold r e s e r v e s
R e s e r v e s o t h e r than g o l d

2,794,573

Total reserves . . . .
Yon-reserve cash
B i l l s discounted:
Sec. by U . S . Government o b l i g a t i o n s
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d

2,991,001

196,42s

2,081,761
57,668

2,190,648
29,731

2,139,429
273,486
360,046

2,220,379
419,228
330,439

2,772,961
206,702

3,470,046

74,4i4

2,979,663
75,H9

152,137

157,545

268,291

158,717
3,628,763
67,891

275,211
432,756

113,123
147,109
260,232

Total b i l l s discounted . . .

420,428

B i l l s bought i n open market
U. S . Government s e c u r i t i e s :
Bonds
Treasury notes
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
T o t a l U . S . Government s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s

33,585

34,098

197,788

420,772
399,799

420,988
395,974
1,034,753
1,851,715
5,915
2,324,484

292,027

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s . . ,
Due from f o r e i g n b a n k s
F . R. n o t e s of o t h e r b a n k s
Uncollected items
,
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources
,

1,030,352
1,850,923
5,714

2,310,650
2,659
13,305
330,425

58,121

48,055

2,668

15,082

312,272
58,121
47,613

18,962

417,076
728,065
6,267
1,192,352
10,746
14,794
440,305

59,109

35,104

5,828,630

5,815,022

5,449,064

2,831,749

2,814,020

2,010,322

2,141,655
47,295
11,079
20,127

2,146,183
59,429
14,187
21,485
2,241,284
308,796

2,289,756
30,575
207,415
25,984

5,815,022

5,449,064

L I A B I L I T I E S
F . R. n o t e s i n a c t u a l c i r c u l a t i o n
Deposits:
Member bank - r e s e r v e a c c o u n t .
Government
F o r e i g n bank
Other d e p o s i t s .
Total deposits
. ,
Deferred a v a i l a b i l i t y items . . .
Capital paid in
Surplus
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
TOTAL LIABILITIES

2,220,156
324,495
153,094
259,421
39,715
5,322,630

153,099
259,421
38,402

R a t i o of t o t a l r e s e r v e s to d e p o s i t and
F . R. n o t e l i a b i l i t i e s combined . . .

5 9 . 2fo

58.9#

C o n t i n g e n t l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r c h a s e d
for foreign correspondents

44,973

49,043




2,553,730
427,036
167,063
274,636
16,277

79.5ft

231,260

RESOURCES AH) LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SA11KS OF SEPTE#ER 7, 1932
( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
B-801Td
T o t a l Boston >Tew York P h i l a . C l e v e .
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
Gold w i t h F e d e r a l r e s e r v e a g e n t s
2,OSo,557 170,627
4 9 7 , 5 9 2 150,000 186,970 70,oOO 57,500 627,845 64,510 39,#35 58,680 26,835 137,263
Gold redenrption f u n d w i t h U . S . T r e a s u r y
57,078
3,056
12,106
6,g4S_ 6 , 6 5 7 ' 2,428
3,604
8,464
2,0l4
2,268
2,647
1,163
6,993
G-old h e l d e x c l u s i v e l y a g a i n s t
R. n o t e s
2,145,635 173,713 509,698 156,2%3 193,027 73,028 61,io4 636,309 66,824 4 2 , 1 0 3 61,327 27,995 144,256
Gold s e t t l e m e n t f u n d w i t h F . R . B o a r d
262,556 15,566
54,684
8,366 25,561 9 , 2 5 4 6 , 7 8 2 70,108 7,946 11,072 15,295 9 , 3 1 0 28,612
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f . h e l d by b a n k s
386,382 1 5 , 9 5 2
6,671 18,4o4 7,%97 8 , 6 4 6 27,210 5 , 8 6 i 3,366 10,557 3,990 2 3 , 4 4 3
254,755
Total gold reserves
2,79%,573 205,231 819,137 171,285 236,992 89,779 76,532 733,627 80,631 5 6 , 5 4 1 87,209 41,29s 196,311
Reserves other than gold
196,428 IS.1%0
5 4 , 5 7 3 33,252 18,546
8,515 %,972 26,057 8 , 4 4 7 2,990 4 , 5 5 5 6,805 9 , 5 7 6
Total reserves
2,991,001 223,371 873,710 204,537 255,538 9 3 , 2 9 4 81,50% 759,68% 89,07s 5 9 , 5 3 1 91,764 4 3 , 1 0 3 205,887
F a n - r e s e r v e cash
7%,%l%
20,827
4,695 3 , 5 3 1 3 , 3 2 8 5,582 12,992 3,637 2,060 2,568 3 , l 4 l 7,258
%,795
B i l l s discounted:
S e c u r e d by U . S . G o v t , o b l i g a t i o n s
1,102 1,435 1,546 28,729
6,916
152,137
4,o64
4,145
5,564
9,850
5 5 , 0 3 4 19,012 i 4 , 4 i i o
Other b i l l s d i s c o u n t e d
268,291 9 , 2 7 3
35,499 40,373 19,361 20,367 27,117 20,582
5,507 12,069 18,092 13,039 4 7 , 0 0 7
Total b i l l s discounted
420,428 16,139
9 0 , 5 3 3 59,390 3 3 , s o i 24,431 3 1 , 2 6 2 30,432 11,071 13,171 19.527 14,855 75,736
B i l l s b o u g h t i n open market
867 2,657
894
634
2,352
10,597
33,525
3,265 3 , 1 1 4 2 , 3 8 5 1,210 4,298 1,009
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s :
"Bonds
%20,772 20,350
190,274 31,230 36,491 9 , 6 4 9 9,577 40,775 13,940 17,202 11,776 14,2%1 25,267
Treasury notes
4,947 29,467
153,040 32,445 42,559 11,251 11,116 51,451 15,673 11,243 13,650
399,799 22,957
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
1 , 0 3 0 , 3 5 2 77,921
367,978 75,650 99,232 26,233 25,921 182,584 3 6 , 5 4 3 26,206 3 1 , 3 4 1 11,533 65,710
R E S O U R C E S

T o t a l U . S . Govt. s e c u r i t i e s
Other s e c u r i t i e s

1 , 5 5 0 , 9 2 3 121,228
5,71%

711,292

T o t a l b i l l s and s e c u r i t i e s

2,310,650 139,769
212
2,659

816,942 203,321
288
945

Due from f o r e i g n banks
F . R. n o t e s of o t h e r banks
Uncollected items
Bank p r e m i s e s
All other resources
TOTAL RESOURCES




-

13,305
330,425
58,121
4b,055

223
36,351
3,336
1,%15

5,828,630 409,972

139,325 178,222
4,220
1,3%l
-

4,73%
8%,390
1%,S17

29,16s

1,845,533

31S
27,076
2,901
7%0

215,197
269
b29
30,275
7,968
1,212

47,133
-

73,952
107
850
27,470
3,617
3,260

443,876 514,619 210,908

4 6 , 6 l 4 274,310

66,156

153

—*

79,086 309,540
99
591
9,910
2,439
3,679

54,651

374
1,439
40,485
7,828
2,430

183,2401^34,775

75,236
18

S60

16,002
3,461
1,118

60,609
11
294
8,5-29
1,535
1,592

57,267

3 0 , 7 2 1 123,444
-

-

77,658
77

1,113

20', 315
3,649

862

-

4 6 , 4 7 3 201,837
184
75
1
,
6
58
236
12,564 16,552
4,433
1,757
1,284
1,295

192,410 142,461 198,039 113,67% 439,123

B I L I T I E S

RESOURCES A2H) LIABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BAKKS OIT SEPTEMBER 7, 1932
( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
B-SOlc
T o t a l Boston Few York p h i l a .
01eve.
R i c h . A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s Minn. Xans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
2,331,7U9 203,224
6 0 0 , 2 6 2 251,940 289,958 1 0 6 , 7 4 5 103,126 710,134 101,337 8 1 , 5 6 5 95,33s 3 3 , 4 s 4 244,536

F.R.notes in actual c i r c u l a t i o n
Deposits:
Member b a n k - r e s e r v e a c c o u n t 2 , l 4 l , 6 5 5 134,267
Government
47,295 3,013
F o r e i g n bank
11,0/9
905
Other d e p o s i t s
20,127
56
Total deposits
2,220,156 138,241
D e f e r r e d a v a i l a b i l i t y items
324,495 36,495
Capital paid in
153,094 10,376
Surplus
259,421 20,039
All other l i a b i l i t i e s
39,715
1,097
TOTAL LIABILITIES
5 , 8 2 8 ,630 409,972
Reserve r a t i o n (per cent)
59.2
65.4
C o n t i n g e n t l i a b i l i t y on b i l l s p u r chased f o r f o r e i g n correspondents 44,973
3,417

9 9 4 , 9 3 7 1 1 6 , 2 9 1 142,746
11,607 3 , 8 7 8 3,472

1,226

1,202

7,603

87

2,045

1,017,253 121,482 149,465
81,966 25,434 30,059
5 9 , 0 3 2 16,098 1 4 , 2 2 1
75,077 26,486 27,640
11,943
2,436
3,276
1,845,533 443,876 514,619
54.0
54.S
5S.2

Federal reserve notes:
I s s u e d t o F.R.Bank b y F,?..Agent 3 > 0 5 5 , l 6 l 223,137
Held b y F e d e r a l r e s e r v e b a n k
223,412 19,913
In actual c i r c u l a t i o n
2 , 3 3 1 , 7 ^ 9 203,224
C o l l a t e r a l h e l d by a g e n t a s s e c u r i t y f o r n o t e s i s s u e d to b a n k
Gold and g o l d c e r t i f i c a t e s
1,071,042 47,010
Gold f u n d - F . H. Board
1,017,515 123,617
E l i g i b l e paper
403,407 16,146
U.S. Gov't s e c u r i t i e s
539,300 36,600
Total c o l l a t e r a l

3,056

3,031,764 223,373

14,671

4,631

51,219
3,397

476
3,729

2,827
44i

3&4

6,635
1,595
358

55,352

2,099

417
942
58,810

38,816 67,354 44,352 138,861
2,222 2,762 3,823 1,560
262
247

46,787 322,343
41,547
26,931 10,138 39,049 16,424 8,345
5,172 4 , 8 5 1 1 6 , 9 5 3 4 , 4 5 8 2 , 9 1 7
11,483 10,449 33,411 10,025 6,356
1.756 2,339 7,330 1,306 J j J i l
210,903 1 3 3 , 2 4 0 ^ 3 4 , 7 7 5 192,4l0 142,46l
59.4
52.6
73.5
55.6
48.4
53,821

4,541

FEDERAL RESERVE

4 3 , 1 5 5 314,255

1,798

1,663

6,024

1,574

345
80

333
100

821
4,516

70,541 48,608 145,758
19,156 12,812 17,636
4,066
3,124
814

3,911
7,624
2,235

10,534
17,707
2,952

1,304

1,259

3,102

193,039 113,674 439,123
55.3
55.2
52.S

989

1>T

0TE STATE!EFT

670,483 262,609.302,902 112,99s 126,469 742,543 109,633 84,343 104,67s 43,491 271,870
70,221 10,669 12,944 6,253 18,343 32,359 8 , 2 4 6 2,783 9,340
27,334
600,262 251,940 239,958 106,745 103,126 710,184 101,337 31,565 95,333 38,484 244,536
450,592 79,320 7 1 , 9 7 0 12,920 13,500
47,000 70,630 115,000 57,680 44,000
8 7 , 9 3 9 58,717 3 3 . 4 1 3 25,582 29,863
92,000 55,000 85,000 13,000 4l,000
677,531 263,717 305,333 114,182 128,363

254,345 21,110
373,000 43,700
30,136 10,577
92,000 34,300
750,031 109,637

12,635 9,880 12,260 35,000
27,200 46,300 14,575 52,263
12,165 19,451 14,327 64,541
32,900 27,000 2,000 74,000
8 4 , 9 0 0 105,131 43,662 275,804

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS AH) SHORT TERM SECURITIES
B i l l s discounted
B i l l s b o u g h t i n open m a r k e t
C e r t i f i c a t e s and b i l l s
Hunicitial warrants



Total

W i t h i n 15 days

l 6 t o 30 days

31 t o 60 days

420,428
33,585
1,030,352
5,714

299,302
2,681
144,340
4,238

34,793

47,290
983

4,237

58,050

1,25s

236,789
25

6 l to 90 days
29,799
25,684
149,350

91 days t o
6 months
8,697
13,775
193

Over 6 months
547
427,543