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F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , Feb. 17;
not e a r l i e r .

STATEMENT FOX THE PRESS

St.26o4.
F e d e r a l Reserve Board
F e b r u a r y l 6 , 1922.

CONDITION OF mOBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES.
Aggregate r e d u c t i o n s of #63,CCD,000 i n i n v e s t m e n t s , of which
-*45,000,000 r e p r e s e n t s a dec re ase i n the h o l d i n g s of T r e a s u r y n o t e s ,
accompanied by a d e c l i n e of *62,000,000 i n n e t denand d e p o s i t s , an i n c r e a s e
of &100,000,000 i n Government d e p o s i t s , and of $25,000,000 i n time d e p o s i t s
a r e i n d i c a t e d i n the F e d e r a l Reserve B o a r d ' s -veskly c o n s o l i d a t e d s t a t e m e n t
of c o n d i t i o n on February g of 80J member banks i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s .
Loans secured by United S t a t e s Government o b l i g a t i o n s show a d e c r e a s e
of $6,000,000 f o r the week, loans secured by s t o c k s and bonds i n c r e a s e d
by $16,000,000, while o t h e r loans and d i s c o u n t s , l a r g e l y of a commercial
and i n d u s t r i a l c h a r a c t e r , show a d e c l i n e f o r the week of $15,000,000,
Corresponding changes shown f o r member banks i n New York C i t y i n c l u d e a
decrease of $2,000,000 i n l o a n s secured by Government o b l i g a t i o n s , a r e d u c t i o n
of $22,000,000 i n l o a n s s e c u r e d b y c o r p o r a t e o b l i g a t i o n s and an i n c r e a s e
of $3,000,000 i n commercial loans p r o p e r .
A l l c l a s s e s of i n v e s t m e n t s show s m a l l e r t o t a l s than the week b e f o r e :
United S t a t e s bonds and V i c t o r y n o t e s , - by .411,000,000, T r e a s u r y n o t e s ,
- by $45,000,000, T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s , - by $6,000,000 and o t h e r , i n cluding corporate^ s e c u r i t i e s , - by $2,000,000. For member banks i n New
York City a nominal r e d u c t i o n i n U. S. bonds and Victory n o t e s , an i n c r e a s e
of $7,000,000 in T r e a s u r y n o t e s , and r e d u c t i o n s of $14,000,000 i n Treasuryc e r t i f i c a t e s and of * 9 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n o t h e r s e c u r i t i e s , a r e n o t e d . T o t a l
loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , i n consequence of the changes i n d i c a t e d , were
$68,000,000 l e s s t h a n the week b e f o r e , the corresponding d e c r e a s e f o r
member banks i n Mew York C i t y b e i n g $39,000,000.
Accommodation of a l l r e p o r t i n g banks a t the r e s e r v e banks shows a
s l i g h t r e d u c t i o n from $400,000,000 to $395,000,000, the r a t i o of accommod a t i o n c o n t i n u i n g unchanged a t 2 . 7 p e r c e n t . For the member banks i n New
York C i t y an i n c r e a s e i n t o t a l borrowings a t the l o c a l r e s e r v e bank from
$59,000,000 to $96,000,000 and i n the r a t i o of accommodation from 1.2 to 2
per c e n t , i s n o t e d . Since February 11 of the p a s t year total loans and
investments of t h e r e p o r t i n g meirber banks have d e c r e a s e d by $ 1 , 4 7 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ,
t h e i r borrowings a t the r e s e r v e banks by about $ 1 , 4 7 8 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , and t h e i r
r a t i o of accommodation from 11,6 t o 2 . 7 per c e n t .
Aggregate r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s of the F e d e r a l r e s e r v e banks show an i n crease f o r t h e week of $ 2 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a l l i n New York C i t y , Cash i n v a u l t
for the f i r s t time during the p r e s e n t year shows an i n c r e a s e f o r the week,
though the February g t o t a l shown, $279,000,000, i s $61,000,000 l e s s than
the t o t a l r e p o r t e d f o r December 28 of the p a s t y e a r . For member banks i n
New York City an i n c r e a s e of $5,000,000 i n cash h o l d i n g s i s shown. This
item c o n s t i t u t e s 2 . 7 p e r cent of n e t demand d e p o s i t s of a l l r e p o r t i n g b a n k s ,
as compared w i t h about 3 p e r cent on February 11 of the p a s t y e a r , For
member banks i n New York C i t y t h i s r a t i o was 1.9 per c e n t , compared w i t h
2 . 1 per c e n t the y e a r b e f o r e .




-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 , Feb. 1 J , 1322; net e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES.
(Amounts i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
Reorder of r e p o r t i n g banks
ans and d i s c oouunnttss», i n c l u d i n g "bills rrediscc
Loana
e d i s c o u n t e d with F. E. Bank:
Secured
S. Govt,
a t i o n s -- - s e c u r e a by
uy U.
u. o*
vjovg. oOub lj.ii ggabions
—
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds ( o t h e r than U. 5 . s e c u r i t i e s )
All o - ^ r ! < * = . * * d i . e c w t .

"80'
- - -

Total loans and discounts
U. s . b o n d s
U. 3 .

-

Victory notes

U. S. Treasury n o t e s
TJ. S, C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness

-

Other b o n i s , s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s
Total l e a n s & d i s c o u n t s & i n v e s t . . i n c l u d i n g b i l l s r e d i s ' d . w i t h F . R . B k . Reserve balance w i t h F. R. Bank
Cash m v a u l t
Net demand d e p o s i t s

- -

Tia* d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s

. , .

x

^'~e'

5t.2o04a.

^ug*

l$2l

Feb. 11, 1 - 2 1

443 6^2
3 129*004
liOO^S

4Uq 774
x
j j & l S

Ci c 011
0 c-u'ct"

10.W.15*

10,875,04 3

U,5sl,3<6

994,836

998,525

868,072

806,385

1J4.287

141,38?

l65i513

202,566

321,673

*366,543

58,804

224,684

*230,547

240,371

208,296

2..091.066
14,639,700

2,092,675
14,707,720

2,022.915
14,547,241

2,014,'440
16*110*241

1,308,450

1,285,175

l]199,941

1,'308,'755

278,695

266,108

310,480

314,358

10,235,655

10,297,390

9,255,403

10,630,941

3,003,848

2,979,403

2,898,858

2,917,771

450,272

350,490

381,144

60,824

186,628
1,266

181,217
1,136

27?,S33
1,183

562 VII
'790

15,567
191,615

13,277
204,415

78,660
644,558

207,952
1,102,049

2.7

2 7

67

11 6

I'

-7^,, r l r

B i l l s payable w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Bank:

Secured by U. 3. Govt, obligations
All other
B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d with F e d e r a l Reserve Bank:
few*
y v. $. ( . « .
Ci

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 F. R. Bank
to t o t a l loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , per c e n t




*Revised f i g u r e s

H 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 , Feb.
PHIilCIPAL lESjtJItCE AFB LIABILITY ITST.5 0? AL
F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t
ITurnber of r e p o r t i n g banks
Loans a n d d i s c o u n t s , i n c l u d i n g
b i l l s re discounted with
F. E. Bank:
Secured, by U.S.Govt, o b l i g .
S e c u r e d b y s t o c k s an-1 b o n i s
A l l other loans & discounts
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
U. S. bonds

Boston
49

lTe-7 York
103

15'22: u c t e a r l i e r .
'ORTIFG IEIEEE BA:KS 111 EACH FEDSBAL HE35?"T B.
(Arnomits i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
Fnila.
S t . Louis
Cleve. R i c h .
Atlanta
53
110
35
32
43
57

29,lli2
155,575 4 5 , 7 7 3
2 2 3 , 3 0 1 1 ,362,949 2 1 4 , 2 3 3
5 5 4 , 7 9 1 2 , 4 6 2 , 2 4 5 320,620
307,234 3 ,920,769 5 3 0 , 6 3 1

0? BUSINESS

yo

ICans. Cy. Da l i a r
79 '
33

67,166 16,521 1 1 , 4 7 1 14,970
4 4 , 4 5 0 17 ,902 13/569
5,5)0
443,722 123,761 32,502 b'3,703 41,000
323,439 107,990 5 5 , 2 7 3
b 0 3 , 2 9 0 316,133 2 3 3 , 9 0 4 1 , 0 4 3 , 3 5 4 295,774 199,594 550,502 133,323
976,179 442,030 3 5 2 , 5 5 1 1,559,742 436,056 243,167 4 2 9 , 1 7 5 234,853

P t . 25014b.
D3. 3, 19:2.
1 rrxn.
C C*

21,763
137,321
071,b28

Total
irp0C7

443 ,532
3 , 1 2 9 :,004
7 , 3 0 0 , ,51s

330,712 10,873 ; ,154

43,719

400,^15

43,057

120,750

61,4bj

28,354

75,034

25,345

13,796

36,218

34,b4o

9b,48b

994;.336

IT. S. V i c t o r y n o t e s

3,210

71,332

7,922

lb,2bl

2,040

1,137

12,060

4,157

603

3,047

1,210

11,303

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

134 : ,237

16,435

172,322

22,434

20,539

7,347

2,303

43,197

3,988

3,125

10,946

4,239

14,698

321, - ~ 3

U. B, C e r t i f i c a t e s of
indebtedness

6,314
8,930
122,735
16,434
9,393
5,064
4,093
6 , 3 7 0 10,073
5,350
224, ,634
22,3b9
5,959
Other b o n d s , s t o c k s & s e c u r i t i e s 142,253
737,322 162,255
273,22b 48,343 .35,589
581,344 63,436 20,633 4b,656
164,807 2 , 0 9 1 , ,066
9,199
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s a n d
investments, including b i l l s
r e d i s c c u r . t e d w i t h F . E . B k . I , 0 2 4 , b 7 0 5 , 4 3 5 , 3 9 3 330,327 1 , 4 1 6 , 3 4 3 565,366 4 2 4 , 9 9 3 2 , 0 3 3 , 4 1 1 544,352 29b ,402 5 3 2 , 0 0 1 250,052 1 , 1 4 0 , 3 7 5
14,639,700
R e s e r v e b a l a n c e w i t h F . R. B a r k 7 5 , 5 0 3
630,145 63,100
93,297 3 2 , 1 6 s 2 7 , 9 4 0
173,524 44,374 21,027 41,537 22,313
77,9b7 1 , 3 0 3 , 4 5 0
Cash i n v a u l t
13,123
2 3 , 0 7 0 13,992
90,955 14,935
8,963
48,394
6,636
7 ,174 H , 7 b 7
9,233
19,350
273,695
ITet demand d e p o s i t s
741,354 4 , 6 3 6 , 2 5 3 6 2 3 , 3 3 9
739,000 305,076 2 2 5 , 3 9 5 1,287 , 62 9 312 , 973 174 ,941 374,029 192,166
574,000 1 0 , 2 3 5 , 6 5 5
Time d e p o s i t s
13b,324
491,607 47,5b2
430,105 130,516 145,395
653,582 156,448 75 ,613 1 0 5 , 7 3 1 62,515
517,952 3 , 0 0 3 , 3 4 8
Government d e p o s i t s
•
34,611
165,72b 3 7 , 5 9 5
47,325 12,919 12,775
59,704 1 3 , 6 4 1 13 ,700 15,147 11,429
25,700
450,272
B i l l s p a y a b l e w i t h 3?.E.Bark:
S e c u r e d by U. S . G c v t . c b l i g .
3,050
92,145 19,873
14,474 l b , 400
13,294
3,200
5,675
1,848
6,52b
993
186,628
9,145
All other
27
145
135
610
1,266
299
B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d with. F.R.Bank:
S e c u r e d by U . S . G o v t . o b l i g .
593
772
5,819
651
1,390
947
537
632
60s
77
52
3,384
15,5b7
All other
20,376
32,437
6,310
37,346 20,917 1 3 , 3 9 8
13,333 1 1 , 1 2 3
4,434
3 ,144 14,449
8,243
191,615




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 , Feb, 17 > 1 9 ^ > n o ^ e a r l i e r .
S t ,2604c*
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN F. R. BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND IN OTHER SELECTED CITIES.
.
(Amounts in thousands of d o l l a r s )
F. R.
A l l F. R.
Other
Bank c i t i e s
Branch c i t i e s
New York C i t y
C i t y of Chicago
selected cities
Feb. g
Feb. 1
Feb - 8
Feb. S Feb. 1
Feb. 8
Feb. 1
Feb. 1
Feb * S
Feb. 1
67
67
50
50
213
213
Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
275
275
318
319
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 ' d . w i t h F. R. Bank:
52,824
140,455
72,886
61,803
60,222
55,187
308,943
315,581
Secured by U.S.Govt, o b l i g .
137,958
73,931
328,640
1,191,874 1,214,161
319,188 2,245,269 2,229,023
456,730
425,980
457,755
427,112
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds
660,017
667,150 4,616,382 4,625,828 1,355,266 1,392,799 1,298,870 1,296,817
2,175,657 2,173,327
A l l o t h e r l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
T o t a l loans and d i s c o u n t s

3,505,489 3 , 5 2 7 , 9 4 3

1,041,481 1,041,525

353,828

23,773

XJ, S. V i c t o r y n o t e s

350,527
64,128

61,734

5,565

U. S . Treasury n o t e s

163,92s

*156,802

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

117,021

Other bonds, stocks and s e c u r i t i e s

558,443

U. S. bonds

T o t a l loans 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 with F . R. Bank
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

24,273

7,170,59*+ 7,170,432

1,915.907 1,923,460

1,786,653 1,784,151
227,824
228,250

539,330

229,073

230,945

6,140

537,939
84,767

89,#41

30,376

32,156

19,144

19,390

24,527

69,678

240,251

*285,173

53,675

48,248

27,747

*33,122

*131,416

6,440

5,835

160,649

*172,390

34,199

28,810

29,836

29,347

567,214

173,353

174,736

1,141,522 1,150,215

585,473

582,559

364,071

359,901

1,275,139 1 ,322,18?
126,244
130,456

9,335,722 9,407,381

4,759,536 4,798,937
562,281
585,364

.

2,848,703 2,846,178

2,455,275 2,454,161

959,650

949,917

200,215

191,041

148,585

144,217

153,194

145,482

52,233

51,255

73,268

69,331

73,635

28,754

28,453

4,169,276 4,247,320

888,079

889,442

7,189,163 7,268,784
1,349,208 1,343,208

952,749

943,546

701,891

692,649

78,987

1,570,081 1,569,595

1,476,411 1,459,611

Time d e p o s i t s

305,541

304,272

314,746

311,230

Government d e p o s i t s

153,524

151,494

44,721

15,751

331,490

278,416

75,065

40,427

43,717

31,647

75,373

54,100

275

805

111,305

95,219
145

46,221
684

55,031

29,102

739

437

30,967
252

2,476

B i l l s payable with F . R. Bank;
Secured b y U.S.Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
A l l other
B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d w i t h F. R. Bank:
Secured by tLS.Govt. o b l i g a t i o n s
All other
Rat it) of b i l l s payable and r e d i s c o u n t s
vAth F, R. Bank t o t o t a l loans and
imzestments , per co; -;



-

681
20,024
2.0

145

145

4,679

300
4,91s

30
11,230

94,729

11,113

8,471
97,346

2,136
43,188

47,963

2,318
53,698

2,330
59,106

1.2

.4

.9

2-3

2.1

3,2

3-7

3-5

3-^

—

429

145