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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

St. 1+027,

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , A p r i l 18;
not e a r l i e r .

F e d e r a l Reserve Board,
A p r i l 17, 1924.

CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
Aggregate r e d u c t i o n s of $61,000,000 i n l o a n s and investments and of $82,000,000
i n n e t demand d e p o s i t s a r e shown in the Federal Reserve B o a r d ' s weekly c o n s o l i d a t e d
statement of c o n d i t i o n on A p r i l 9 of 755 member banks i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s . Loans and
d i s c o m t s decreased by $46,000,000, t h e l a r g e r d e c r e a s e of $57,000,000 i n loans on
c o r p o r a t e s e c u r i t i e s being o f f s e t in p a r t by i n c r e a s e s of $4,000,000 i n loans on U.S.
Government s e c u r i t i e s and of $7,000,000 in " a l l o t h e r " , l a r g e l y commercial, loans
' * and d i s c o u n t s .
Investments i n U. S» bonds and i n c o r p o r a t e s t o c k s and bonds show
i n c r e a s e s of $12,000,000 and $2,000,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y , while h o l d i n g s of Treasury
v n o t e s and c e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness show aggregate r e d u c t i o n s of $29,000,000.
Member banks i n New York City r e p o r t a r e d u c t i o n of $68,000,000 i n l o a n s on c o r p o r a t e s t o c k s and bonds and s l i g h t i n c r e a s e s i n loans on U. S„ Government o b l i g a t i o n s
and i n a l l o t h e r l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s .
Investments of t h e s e banks i n U. S. bonds and
in c o r p o r a t e s e c u r i t i e s i n c r e a s e d by $20,000,000 and $5,000,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y , and
t h e i r investments i n Treasury n o t e s and c e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s d e c l i n e d by

$19,000,000.

Of the t o t a l r e d u c t i o n of $£2,000,000 in n e t demand d e p o s i t s $69,000,000 was
r e p o r t e d f o r t h e New York d i s t r i c t and $17,000,000 - f o r the Kansas City d i s t r i c t ,
s m a l l e r i n c r e a s e s and d e c r e a s e s f o r o t h e r d i s t r i c t s n e a r l y o f f s e t t i n g each o t h e r .
Time d e p o s i t s i n c r e a s e d by $11,000,000, mostly o u t s i d e of New York C i t y . Government
d e p o s i t s show p r a c t i c a l l y no change.
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1

Reserve balances of a l l r e p o r t i n g banks show an i n c r e a s e of $4,000,000, while
r e s e r v e balances of the New York City banks show an i n c r e a s e of $10,000,000. Cash in
v a u l t i n c r e a s e d $13,000,000 f o r a l l r e p p r t i n g members and *^,000,000 f o r t h e New York
City members.
Borrowings of a l l r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s from t h e Fedbral Reserve bsnkd increased
from $300,000,000 t o $306,000,000. The l a r g e r i n c r e a s e of 328,000 000 r e p o r t e d by
the New York C i t y members was p a r t l y o f f s e t by d e c l i n e s i n some of the o t h e r r e p o r t i n g
centers.
A summary of changes in the p r i n c i p a l a s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of r e p o r t i n g
members during t h e week and t h e y e a r ending A p r i l 9, 1924, f o l l o w s :
I n c r e a s e or d e c r e a s e d u r i n g Year

Week
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , t o t a l
.
Secured by U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds . . . . .
All o t h e r . ,
Investments, t o t a l
U. S. bonds . .
U. S. Treasury n o t e s . . . . . . . . .
U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness . .
Other bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s . .

;( ,

- $46,000,000

+$231,000,000

+ 4,000,000
- 57,000,000
+ 7,000,000

- 45,000,000
+ 67,000,000
+ 209,000,000

- 15,000,000

- 164,000,000
- 14,000,000
- 184,000,000

+
-

12,000,000
13,000,000

Reserve balances with F. R. Banks
Cash i n v a u l t

+

4,000,000

+

52,000,000

Net demand d e p o s i t s . .
Time d e p o s i t s . . . . .
Government d e p o s i t s . .

+ 11,000,000

-

52,000,000

-

+ 290,000,000
- 99,000,000

£5,000,000

Total accommodation a t F. R. Banks

+

- 90,000,000

c.



- 11,000,000
+ 2,000,000
+ 13,000,000

6,000,000

- 59,000,000
* 93,000,000

-

7,000,000

He leased f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , A p r i l I S , 1924; n o t e a r l i e r .

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PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
;

( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
Apr, 2 , 1$24
755

Oct. 10, I923
-^Q

Apr. 11, 1923

7,998,630

223,73s
3 ggy 210
71991,286

257 452
3 £64* 713
81033] 757

? 7 ? 41 ft
%
- 7go'fipo
3SS

12,055,929

12,102,234

11,955,922

U^^oJfT

272,S67

271,754

274,029

'282^206

1,064,729

1,058,314

1,045,385

l»035,'oi4

71,645

67,343

85,997

104,928

U. S. Treasury n o t e s
U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s

736,864
114,057

754,454
124,634

875,390
99,365

#92^075
173'll2

Other bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s

2,252,545

2,139,838

2,159,'946

16,568,636

2,250,617
16,629,350

16,475,926

16,501,317

1,439,107

1,435,579

1,372,450

1,'327*452

282,217

269,076

305^00

' 223,200

Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
Secured by U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s
Securer by s t o c k s and bonds ( o t h e r than U. S. s e c u r i t i e s )
A l l o t h e r loans and d i s c o u n t s
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
U. S. Pre-war bonds

-

U. S. L i b e r t y bonds
U. S. T r e a s u r y bends

T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s and investments
Reserve balance with F e d e r a l Reserve Banks
Cash i n v a u l t
Net demand d e p o s i t s
Time d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s
B i l l s p a y a b l e and r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Banks:
Secured by U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s
Another
R a t i o of b i l l s payable and r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h Federal Reserve Banks t o
t o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s , p e r c e n t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
n



Apr. Q, 1924
755
227,642

3,829,657

11,163,442

11,245,812

11,059,895

ll,251,'l09

4,241,000
237,l6s

4,230,384
237,535

4,010,199
209,040

3^951*362

145,480
160,050

*159.751

2Q7 QPO

, 0

1.8

3.6r

336,'368
«

# I n c l u d e s Victory n o t e s ,
•Revised f i g u r e s .

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2.4

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Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , A p r i l 18, 1924,
4027b.
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF ALL REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN EACH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT AS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, APRIL 9, 1924.
( I n thousands of d o l l a r s )
F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t
Boston New York P h i l a .
Cleve. Rich. 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 Fran.
Total
tftiniber of r e p o r t i n g banks
4)
110
55
79
?6
36
104
35
26
72
52
67
755

Eioans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
Secured by U.S.Govt, oblic;. 11,815
92,4o6
Secured by s t o c k s & bonds
244,981 1,584,551
A l l Other loans & d i s c o u n t s 6oo,797 2,599,631
T o t a l loans and d i s c o u n t s 857,593
[J. S, Pre-war bonds

13,164

U. S, L i b e r t y bonds

78,402

[J. S» Treasury bonds

4,321

[J, S. Treasury notes

18,448

U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of
Indebtedness

6,805

Other bonds, s t o c k s and
securities

170,797

T ot al l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
and investments
1,,149,530

11,654
23,857 10,284
8,552
34,931
9,530
3,518
6,622 3,339
11,134
227,642
271,563 4 0 7 . l 6 i 128,032 69,428 588,975 145,153 46,348 87,059 64,025 192,381 3,829,657
363,995 722,446 337,570 350,837 1,167,135 313,345 194,594 319,286 212,661 816,333 7,99%,630
4 ,276,568 647,212 1,153,464 475,886 428,817 l.791,04l 468,028 244,460 412,967 280,025 1,019,848 12,055,929
272,867
25,883
51,434 10,6/9
48,231 28,822 14,726
9 , 0 7 1 12,04l 19,467
23,833 15,516
96,094 1,064,729
499,334 48,742 108, 300 27,275 14,576 102,488 23,897 15,259 37,807 12,505
71,645
13,340
21,724
2,146
12,166
780 2,966 1,440
2,717
4,223
1,432
4,390
384,616 32,541

52,047

7,853

4,859

123,211

15,211

30,305

15,271

13,874

38,628

736,864

6,99 7

8,277

2,724

4,262

22,413

3,497

3,46s

1,489

4,834

17,127

114,057

808,279 159,413

305,180

52,283

41,867

338,218

88,817

24,107

54,925

15,765

162,894

2,252,545

938,301 1,,679,722 596,989 510,539 2,413,370 619,356

327,450

32,164

6,074,189

109,023 35,771
30,638 13,236

537,466 347,910

Reserve balance w i t h F,R.Bk.

82,844

674,897

68,283

Cash i n v a u l t
Net demand d e p o s i t s

20,012

79,954

15,148

794,069 4,802,678

Time d e p o s i t s

285,589

943,482

669,361
130,232

15,803

65,890

27,821

31,774

5,374

8,951

31,414

5,76l

5,825

2,951

75,725
33,092

8,533
4,127

18,086
15,275

7,923
22,909

8,149
13,727

13,307
19,493

4,567

115
870

8,205

Government d e p o s i t s
B i l l s payable and red i s c o u n t s
with F, E* Bank*
Secured by U.S.Govt, o b i i g .
All other




5,790

43,949

21,473

43,799

24,895

7,344
55,404
881,383 333,307 277,938 1,493,880 357,301
626,931 165,601 179,739 814,580 200,037

6,353

12,603

9,287

33,791

205,120

10,525

9,496

211,697

1,373,814 16,568,636
95,262 1,439,107
282,217
21,713
720,942 11,163,442

388,935 231,951
8 4 , 3 0 1 131,596 86,248

592,664

4,241,000

3,850

8,908

22,797

237,168

1,655

500
3,501

23,565

3,969

145,480
l60,050

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 a f t e r n o o n , A p r i l 18, 1924; n o t e a r l i e r .

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PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN
1

F, R« BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND IN OTHER SELECTED CITIES

( I n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
New York C i t y
Apr, 9 Apr. 2
6?
6?

Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
S e c u r e d by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
85,244
83,759
S e c u r e d by s t o c k s and bonds
1,388,649 1,456,468
A l l o t h e r l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
2,283,723 2,252,684
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s

l+o27c.

C i t y of Chicago
Apr. 9
Apr. 2
48
48
25,944
433,159
667,205

A l l F, R.
Bank c i t i e s
Apr. 9 Apr. 2
255
255

F« R,
Branch c i t i e s
Apr. 9
Apr. 2
200
201

24,982
433,916
655,090

153,522
2,648,067
4,957,763

151,727
39,712
39,336
2,711.801
644,313
639,893
4,954,325 1,650,969 1,647,373

3 , 7 5 7 , 6 l 6 3 , 8 2 2 , 9 4 1 1 , 1 2 6 , 3 0 8 1,113,988

7,759,352

7,817,853 2,334,994

Other
selected c i t i e s
Apr. 2
Apr, 9
300
300
34 408
32 675
537,277
535*516
1 , 3 8 9 , 8 9 6 1,389^588

2,326,602 1,961,583

1,957,779™

U. S. P r e - w a r bonds

40,129

40,025

4,195

4,195

90,495

90,2o6

75,562

75,0)6

106,810

U. S. Liberty bonds

436,248

416,965

47,753

53,610

661,536

653,324

U. S . T r e a s u r y bonds

14,695

13,481

4,753

4,762

35,003

31,166

237,694
17,311

238,539
16,871

U. S . T r e a s u r y n o t e s

355,390

370,221

83,543

89,018

544,152

560,711

125,64?

126,21?

165,499
19,331
67,065

106,512
166,451
19,306
67,526

30,000

37,014

13,864

13,885

71,435

81,214

30,089

31,074

12,533

12,346

589,107

583,935

159,071

162,160

1,195,165

1,193,727

609,433

609,652

447,947

447,238

U. S . C e r t i f i c a t e s of i n d e b t e d n e s s
O t h e r bonds, s t o c k s , and s e c u r i t i e s
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
and i n v e s t m e n t s
R e s e r v e b a l a n c e w i t h F. R. Bank
Cash i n v a u l t

5 , 2 2 6 , 1 8 5 5 , 2 8 4 , 5 8 2 1 , 4 3 9 , 4 8 ? 1 , 4 4 1 , 6 l S 10,357,13% 1 0 , 4 2 8 , 2 0 1 3 , 4 3 0 , 7 3 0 3 , 4 2 3 , 9 9 1
625,640

6l5,0B3

138,631

140,799

1,031,068

1,027,68?

240,186

237,743

l6?,853

170]149

64,758

60,780

28,931

2?,6s?

141,190

134,450

61,352

58,481

79,675

?6,'l45

Net demand d e p o s i t s
4,302,294 4,364,625
Time d e p o s i t s
643,081
641,393
Government d e p o s i t s
58,754
58,754
B i l l s p a y a b l e and r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h
F. R, Bank"
Secured by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s 64,500
*60,400
m
o t h e r
29,714
6,007
R a t i o of b i l l s p a y a b l e and r e d i s c o u n t s
w i t h F» R. Bank t o t o t a l l o a n s
and i n v e s t m e n t s , p e r c e n t
1.8
1.3



2,780,768 2,777,158

994,334
373,403
14,018

9,120
3,835

-9

7,669,517 1 , 9 2 2 , 3 5 4 1,915,090
2,058,056 2,054,262 1,270,275 1,269,200
151,393
151,426
66,906
66,906

998,616 7 , 5 9 0 , 8 8 0
372,131
14,018

13,008
5,558

1.3

89,870
75,684

1.6

*101,592

54,431

34,599

37,463

1.5
2.1
^Revised f i g u r e s .

37,276

1 6 6 l 205
912,669 '906^922
18,869
19^03

1,650,208

39,396

21011
46^03

20 88^
46J42

2.2

2.4

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