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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H.4.2

(For Immediate Release)
December 6, 1950
CONDITION OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
The condition statement of weekly reporting member banks in leading cities
shows the following principal changes for the week ended November 29-^ ^ increase
of $550,000,000 in loans; decreases of $322,000,000 in holdings of United States
Government securities, $191,000,000 in United States Government deposits, and
$160,000,000 in demand deposits credited to domestic banks; and an increase of
$696,000,000 in demand deposits adjusted.
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans increased $32,000,000 in New
York City, $31,000,000 in the Chicago District, $16,000,000 in the San Francisco
District, and by smaller amounts in most of the other districts; the net increase
at all reporting member banks was $109,000,000. Loans for purchasing or carrying
United States Government and other securities increased $259,000,000. Other
loans" increased $39,000,000,
,
Holdings of Treasury bills decreased $82,000,000 in New York City, $56,000,
in Chicago, $43,000,000 in the Kansas City District, and a total of $219,000,000 at
all reporting member banks. Holdings of Treasury notes decreased $43,000,000.
Holdings of United States Government bonds decreased $53,000,000 in New York City
and a total of $80,000,000 at all reporting member banks.
Demand deposits adjusted increased in nearly ail districts and the principal
increases were $330,000,000 in New York City, $l6%,000,000 in the Chicago District,
and $44,000,000 in the Richmond District; they decreased $58,000,000 in the Kansas
City District. United States Government deposits and demand deposits credited to
domestic banks decreased in most districts.
Borrowings at all reporting member banks increased $119,000,000.
A summary of the assets and liabilities of reporting member banks follows.
Increase or
Nov.
decrease since
29, Nov. 22, Nov. 30,
1950
1949
1950
(In millions of dollars)
A S S E T S
69,923
+ 255*
+3,084
Loans and investments - total
30,586
+ 550*
+5,973
Loans - net
30,982
+ 552*
+6,052
Loans - gross
17,097
+ 109*
+3,322
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans
Loans to brokers and dealers
for purchasing or carrying:
- 263
+ 190
657
U. S. Government obligations
+ 311
+ 22
1,014
Other securities
Other loans for purchasing or carrying:
+
14
1
+
187
U. S. Government obligations
+
152
46
+
605
Other securities
+ 903
+ 11
5,202
Real estate loans
+ 163
4134
Loans to banks
377
+1,450
+
39*
5,843
Other loans
-4,264
322*
32,984
U. S. Government securities - total
- 313
219*
2,044
Treasury bills
-6,121
20
+
1,124
Treasury certificates of indebtedness
+6,526
43
7,702
Treasury notes
-4,356
80
22,114
U. S. bonds
+1,375
+
27
6,353
Other securities
+ 483
+ 153*
12,504
Reserves with Federal Reserve Banks
+
115
86
4912
Cash in vault
+
98
l*
2,213
Balances with domestic banks
L I A B I L I T I E S
+2,898
+ 696*
50,546
Demand deposits adjusted
+
187
5*
15,377
Time deposits except Govt.
492
191*
1,747
U. S. Government deposits
+
398
160*
9,225
Interbank demand deposits: Domestic banks
+
43
+
12*
1,371
Foreign banks
+
122
+
119*
520
Borrowings
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank
and U. S. Government accounts, during week
* November 22 figures revised.



21,877

(Revised figure
previous week 2 , 3 /

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES, NOVEMBER 29, 1950
R e s e r v e
Total
MinneRichPhila- Cleve
Atlanta Chicago Louis
Boston
oils
mond
delohia
(In millions of dollars)
A S S E T S
2,391
4,927
2,802
2,548
9,867
2,868
22,470
3,133
69,923
Loans and investments - total
1,259
3,258
1,119
1,758 1,119
1,365 10,510 1,172
30,586
Loans - net#
726
2,026
673
532
608
921
6,396
832
17,097
Commercial, industrial, and agr'l loans
Loans to "brokers and dealers for
purchasing or carrying:
28
- 2
12
1
585
12
657
U. S. Government obligations
2
78
5
6
15
28
802
35
13
1,014
Other securities
Other loans for purchasing or carrying:
4
12
23
12
10
4
37
44
13
187
U. S. Government obligations
6
14
24
30
62
6
301
20
605
Other securities
100
235
92
245
342
l4l
724
200
5,202
Real estate loans
12
38
2
7
24
16
251
13
377
Loans to banks
166
266
609
310
304
355
378
286 1,554
5,843
Other loans
576
5,688
951
1,205
2,709 1,511
9,932 1,341
1,5&2
32,984
U. S. Government securities - total
19
52
348
64
100
174
740
77
108
2,044
28
Treasury bills
30
38
357
46
33
32
285
33
1,124
Treasury certificates of indebtedness
148
256
444
1,325
330
654
290
1,731
283
7,702
Treasury notes
381
613
3
,
6
5
8
1,048
659
1,835
942
1,118 7,176
22,114
U. S. bonds
142
181
921
224
460
172
355
226 2 , 0 2 8
6,353
Other securities
203
384
1,896
413
457
743
475
4,823
464
12,504
Reserves with Federal Reserve Banks
14
34
117
45
76
85
210
53
63
912
Cash in vault
84
108
318
179
163
194
108
126
95
2,213
Balances with domestic banks
19
116
29
56
80
54
56
548
89
1,408
Other assets - net
L I A B I L I T I E S
841
1,504
6,984
1,862
3,485 2,163
2,565 17,508 2,279
50,546
Demand deposits adjusted
240
482
2,614
526
584
1,360
439
480
2,592
15,377
Time deposits except Govt.
40
340
53
84
51
127
96
82
532
1,747
U. S. Government deposits
313
647
1,400
420
531
488
360
2,771
267
9,225
Interbank demand deposits: Domestic banks
3
47
10
5
6
8
14
1,116
Foreign banks
34
1,371
18
64
35
16
26
10
12
288
16
520
Borrowings
21
27
36
93
27
53
37
64
859
1,629
Other liabilities
107
193
772
209
242
498
323
2,511
336
6,545
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

H.4.2(a)

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Debits to demand deposit accounts, except
1,029
771
797
882 9,221
21,877
interbank and U. S. Govt, accounts
i t e m s are reported gross, i.e., before deduction of valuation reserves.
l o a n




720

3,024

665

385

Francisco
2,717
1,150
744

2,703
1,450
1,019

7

7

12,234

5,881

2,346
16
16

16
5
41
12
117
166
4
263
219
1,287 1,095
163
93
52
50
321
390
684
629
280
158
461
497
36
39
323
254
66
43

7
„ ,28
2,400
10
1,133
5,147
106
140
1,530
3,371
1,206
1,688
140
261
252

1,930 2,158
424
386
74
53
724
834
10
1
30
28
30
231
226

7,267
5,250
215
470
117
5
354
897

790

2,692

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— —

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