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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
St*16$4
Monday morning, Apr , 4;
F e d e r a l Reserve Board
not e a r l i e r .
A p r i l 2, 1921 +
CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
L i q u i d a t i o n of 3 1 m i l l i o n s of l o a n s and of 64 m i l l i o n s of
T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s , accompanied by a r e d u c t i o n of 190 m i l l i o n s
in demand d e p o s i t s and by i n c r e a s e d borrowings f r a n the F e d e r a l
Reserve Banks, i s i n d i c a t e d in the F e d e r a l Reserve B o a r d ' s weekly
s t a t e m e n t of c o n d i t i o n on March 25 of 823 member banks in l e a d i n g
cities*
All c l a s s e s of l o a n s c o n t i n u e to show r e d u c t i o n s ; l o a n s s e cured by Government o b l i g a t i o n s ~ by 1 m i l l i o n ; l o a n s secured by
s t o c k s and bonds - by 4 m i l l i o n s ; and a l l o t h e r loans and d i s c o u n t s by 26 m i l l i o n s - Corresponding r e d u c t i o n s of 2, 10 and 25 m i l l i o n s
are shown f o r member banks i n New York C i t y ,
As a g a i n s t an i n c r e a s e of 9 m i l l i o n s in h o l d i n g s of U« S, bonds
and V i c t o r y n o t e s , the banks r e p o r t a r e d u c t i o n of 64 m i l l i o n s i n
Treasury c e r t i f i c a t e s , due l a r g e l y to s a l e s of c e r t i f i c a t e s of the
March 15 i s s u e t o p r i v a t e i n v e s t o r s • Holdings of o t h e r bonds, s t o c k s
and s e c u r i t i e s show a d e c l i n e of 7 m i l l i o n s > As a consequence of
t h e s e changes, the banks 1 t o t a l l o a n s and investments a r e shown 93
m i l l i o n s s m a l l e r than the week b e f o r e , For the New York banks an
i n c r e a s e of 3 m i l l i o n s i n t h e h o l d i n g s of U, S. bonds and V i c t o r y
n o t e s and d e c r e a s e s of 4 l m i l l i o n s in T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s and of
8 m i l l i o n s i n o t h e r i n v e s t m e n t s are shown, w i t h a t o t a l r e d u c t i o n
of loans and i n v e s t m e n t s of 8) m i l l i o n s .
Accommodation of r e p o r t i n g banks a t the F e d e r a l Reserve Banks
i n c r e a s e d d u r i n g t h e week f r e m 1,719 to 1,764 m i l l i o n s and c o n s t i t u t e d 11 p e r c e n t of the banks 1 t o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s , compared w i t h 10 *7 per cent the week before* Ihe member banks in New
York City, on the o t h e r hand, showed a r e d u c t i o n of borrowings frem
t h e l o c a l F e d e r a l Reserve Bank f rem 65I m i l l i o n s f o r t h e week before
to 6 0 5 m i l l i o n s f o r t h e week under review, and a r e d u c t i o n i n the
r a t i o of accommodation from 12,4 t o 11*7 per cent#
Government d e p o s i t s were 19 m i l l i o n s s m a l l e r than the week bef o r e , and o t h e r demand d e p o s i t s f e l l o f f 190 m i l l i o n s , w h i l e time
d e p o s i t s show a g a i n of 6 m i l l i o n s f o r t h e week, In New York City
r e d u c t i o n s of 9 m i l l i o n s i n Government d e p o s i t s , of 39 m i l l i o n s i n
demand d e p o s i t s , and of l e s s than 1 m i l l i o n in time d e p o s i t s a r e
noted»
Reserve b a l a n c e s of t h e r e p o r t i n g banks w i t h the F e d e r a l Reserve Banks show an i n c r e a s e of 8 m i l l i o n s f o r the week, the i n c r e a s e f o r t h e New York C i t y banks being l e s s than 1 m i l l i o n * Cash
i n ^ v a u l t was 6 m i l l i o n s l e s s than the week before* No change in
t h i s item i s shown f o r the member banks i n New York C i t y ,




keleasecL f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Monday morning, A p r i l 4, 1921; n o t e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE.AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IE LEADING CITIES
(Amounts i n thousands of d o l l a r s . )
Mar. 25,1921
Mar. 12,1921
824
823
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , i n c l u d i n g b i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d with F . R . Bank:
Loans s e c u r e d by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Loans secured 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 ) - - - - - -

s t .1894-a
S e p t . 24,1920
818

Mar. 26,1920
811

759,917
3,011,152
8,827,750
12,598,81$

761,430
3,014,740
8,853,644
12,629 , 814

950,324
3,055,942
(a)
(a)

l ,l6o,l4i
3,193,212
(a)
(a)

874,856

866,134

872,865

860,181

192,687

192,219

191,472

200,212

274,846

338,844

383,420

487,64}

2,041,780

2.049.121

15,982,988

16,076,132

17,140,246

16,819,270

1,259,573

1,252,032

1,361,800

1,413,918

314,764

321,189

358,383

359,854

10,185,727

10,375,720

11,160,537

11,495,549

2,932,472

2,926,448

2,786,811

£, 584,959

328,613

347,624

315,364

54,176

573,124
3,993

573,167
3,382

677,935
6,873

877,580
8,448

B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Bank:
Secured by U, S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
All othar - - ___
__
___
_ _ _ _ _

198,649
988,420

195,773
946,888

271,330
1,194,772

324,543
903,702

R a t i o cf b i l l s payable and r e d i s c o u n t s with F. R. 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 cent - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11.0

Other bonds, s t o c k s and s< Mr i t i e s

- -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T o t a l l o a n s £; d i s c o u n t s , & i n v e s t s . i n c l u d i n g b i l l s r e d i s c ' d w i t h F.R.Bk.
R e s e r v e b a l a n c e with F . R, Bank

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

B i l l s payable with Federal Reserve Bank:
Secured by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
-




_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(a)

10.7
12.5
(a) Comparable f i g u r e s not a v a i l a b l e .

(a)

12.6

Released- f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Monday morning, A p r i l 4, 1921; n o t e a r l i e r .
St.I&94b.
PRINCIPAL RESOTJRCF, AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF ALL REPORTING MEMBER BJNKS IN EACH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 2), ,1921.
(Amounts i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
"Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t
Boston New York Phi l a *
C l e v e l . Richm- A t l a n t a Chicago St .Louis Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
'Total
Number r e p o r t i n g t a n k s
U9
113
$8
58
84
113
37
35
82
52
69
823
Loans and d i s c o u n t s i n c l u d ing b i l l s r e d p c o m t e a w i t h
7,906
" ^ L o ^ n s ^ t c .by U . S . G o v t - o b l i g .
44,993
339,078 71,866
6 2 , 4 3 4 2 7 , 8 6 9 24,691
9 2 , 7 2 4 2 2 , 6 2 3 13,428 22,727
I . o a n s s e c . b y s t o c k s and b^nds 194,086 1,222,797 203,704
34?,657 112,505 5 7 , 6 2 6
438,842 I 2 O J 6 5 49,833 75,326 37,631
A l l Other loans & d i s c o u n t s
652,102 3.087.365 4q9,463
707,938 334.210 323.617 1.353.775 335.175 220,141 399,334 222,707
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
891,181 4,649,24o 6 8 5 , 0 3 3 1,118,029 474,584 4o5,934 i , 8 8 5 , 3 4 l 478,563 283,4o2 497,387 2 6 s , 2 4 4

29,57s
759,917
150,380 3 , 0 1 1 , 1 5 2
781,923 8,827,750
961,881 12,598,819

IT. S . bonds
33,025
301,369 43,716
97,44o 6 5 , 6 2 5 39,618
77,455 28,884 1 6 , 6 9 0 35,745 37,301
97,988
874,856
u . S. V i c t o r y n o t e s
6,024
83,121 10,099
20,523
7,702
3,045
34,923
2,309
1,247
3,660
2,028
18,006
192,687
V. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of
indebtedness
18,049
l42,739 23,444
19,070
6,963
1,943
31,016
2,673
3,234
5,335
1,940
IS 44o
274,846
Other b o n d s , s t o c k s & s e c u r i t i e s 122.627
735.002 156.058
285.022 48.717 33,704
339.070 65.877 19.483 54.218 10.552
171,450 2 . 0 4 l , 7 S 0
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s , and
investments including b i l l s
r e d i s c o u n t e d w i t h F.R.Bk. 1,070,90b 5,911,471 9 1 8 , 3 5 0 1 , 5 4 0 , 0 8 4 603,591 4s4,244 2,367,805 578,306 324,056 596,345 3 2 0 , 0 6 5 1 , 2 6 7 , 7 6 5 1 5 , 9 8 2 , 9 8 8
Reserve balance w i t h F.R*Bank

73,128

586,301

63,'64s

97,035

32,072

29,430

175,695

40,232

19,145

43,403

22,289

77,195

1,259,573

Cash i n v a u l t

21, 904

104,255

16,834

29,403

.14,834

10,983

52,520

8,847

7,372

13,330

10,076

24,4o6

314,764

Net demand d e p o s i t s

705,606 4 , 5 4 5 , 4 6 3 623,764

854,366 317,251 2 2 9 , 9 0 5 1,257,524 308,782 185,240 384,085 202,611

Time d e p o s i t s

168,454

459,604

38,951

4 3 2 , 9 3 6 117,509 143,189

Government d e p o s i t s

24,750

170,639

36,560

29,851

8,214

2,323

26,125

6,437

B i l l s payable w i t h F-R.Bank:
Sec . ' by TT. S. Govt. 0 bl ig <
All other

30,289

256,003

45,662

33,473
36

25, 531
130

27,110
90

69,098
2,800

B i l l s r e d i s counted w i t h F.R .Panic!
Sec, by TT- S» Govt. o b l i g .
18,294
All other
75,477

94,710
307,428

35,334
42,399

7,189
65,954

3,268
4o,oos

S, 558
33,6x4

18,852
223,306




571,130 10,185,727

6 9 , 7 7 s 101,240

59,868

539,587

2,932,472

4,156

4,091

1,835

13,632

328,613

19,226
190

5,180
367

19,552

9,537
100

32,463
280

573,124
3,993

3,742
42,513

781
25,944

4,001
44, 2 7 6

586
17,348

3,334
70,153

198,649
988,420

6 5 8 , 0 1 0 143,336

Released, f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Monday morning, A p r i l 4, 1921; n o t e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN F. R. BANK AND
(Amounts i n thousands of d o l l a r s . )
All
New York City
City of Chicago
Bank
Mar. 25
Mar. 18 Mar. 25
Mar. 18 Mar. 25
Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
~[2
~[2
$2
52
286
Loans and d i s c o u n t s i n c l u d i n g
b i l l s r e d i s c ' d w i t h F.R.Bank:
Loans s e c . b y u . s , G o v t . o b i i g .
313,3-65
315,542
66,514
6y,i4i
558,372
Loans s e c . b y stocks & bonds
1,062,760
1,073,148
317,285
316,522 2,098,604
T o tal l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
U. S.
U. S.
U» S.
Other

4,149,568

bonds
252,022
Victory notes
73,172
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
136,580
bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s
559,099
Total l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s , and
investments including b i l l s
r e d i s c o u n t e d w i t h F.R.Bank
5,176,441

4,186,986 1,245,366 1,234,487
254,662
73,695
177>3
567.434

19,867
12,877
12,182
146.613

8,467,944

19,260
434,371
12", 9 64 1 0 6 , 9 2 6
197,238
14,455
147,818 1,121,154

5,260,240 1,436,905 1,428,984 10,327,633

St-1894-c
BRANCH CITIES AND ALL OTHER REPORTING BANKS.
F, R.
cities
Mar. 18
286
552,909
2,100,058

F. R.
Branch c i t i e s
Mar. 25
Mar. 18
2l6
2l6
113,772
4)0,012

113,018
488,083

8 , 5 0 4 , 2 6 9 2,184,384 2 , 1 7 6 , 8 2 6
429,896
107,111
255,168
1.128,705

219,228
50,901
42,930
576,127

220,732
49,99s
46,820
574.951

10,425,149 3,073,570 3 , 0 6 9 , 3 2 7

All o t h e r
r e p o r t i n g banks
Mar. 25
Mar. 18
}21
322

87,773

422,536

29,503
426,599

1 , 9 4 6 , 4 9 1 1,948,719
221,257
34,860
34,67s
344,499

215,506
35,110
36,856
345,465

2,581,785 2 , 5 8 1 , 6 5 6

539,619

539,173

126,402

124,394

915,112

911,356

195,963

186,581

148,498

154,095

92, 258

91,692

31,306

31,592

181,909

183,339

60,003

63,225

72,852

74,625

4,063,690

4,103,132

885,903

918,938

7,082,263

7,207,369 1,622,249 1,656,051

Time d e p o s i t s

297,158

£97,820

313,991

311,021

1,365,683

1,359,485

916,161

917,296

650,628

649,667

Government d e p o s i t s

165,208

173,939

14,157

15,243

264,424

280,022

37,735

39,259

26,454

28,343

B i l l s payable with F« R» Bank:
Sec. by U.S,Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
All other

233,609

242,154

21,618
2,800

21,392
1,790

382,197
2,800

388,208
1,849

129,564
845

127,005
1,155

61,363
348

57,954
378

92,678
279,103

93,013
315,629

11,135
146,447

n,64o
125,043

164,272
721,541

161,889
709,205

24,833
137,990

23,519
117,446

9,544
128,889

10,365
120,237

11.7

12.4

12.7

11.2

12-3

9-5

8.8

7.8

7-3

Reserve b a l a n c e w i t h F* R. Bank
Cash i n v a u l t
Net demand d e p o s i t s

B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d with F.R.Bank:
Sec. by U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
All other
R a t i o of b i l l s payable and r e d i s c o u n t s
with F . R . B k . , t o t o t a l l o a n s and i n Digitizedvestments
for FRASER , p e r c e n t ,


12.1

1,481,215 1 , 5 1 2 , 3 0 0