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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS

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 , March 17;
not e a r l i e r .

st.2650.
F e d e r a l Reserve Board,
:larch l b , I922.

CONDITIO!! OF I/iEIffiEH BANKS IN LEADING CITIES.
Aggregate n e t l i q u i d a t i o n of $21,000,000 of loans a n d _ d i s c o u n t s and
of d.5 COO 000 of i n v e s t m e n t s , i n c o n j u n c t i o n with a r e d u c t i o n of
615 000 000 i n n e t derrand d e p o s i t s and of $63,000,000 i n borrowings from
t h e ' r e serve b a n k s , a s a g a i n s t an i n c r e a s e of *,21,000,000 i n time d e p o s i t s ,
i s i n d i c a t e d i n t h e F e d e r a l 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 March 8 of SOb member oanks i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s .
Loans s e c u r e d by U n i t e d S t a t e s Government o o l i & a t i o n s s^ow a d e c r e a s e
ef ^g,000,000 f o r the week, l o a n s s e c u r e d by s t o c k s and bonds - a d e c r e a s e
of $13,000,000, w h i l e 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 , i n c r e a s e d b y about $b,000,000. Corresponding
changes f o r member banks i n New York C i t y i n c l u d e ^ r e d u c t i o n s of $3,000,0u0
i n loans s e c u r e d by Government o b l i g a t i o n s , of 62b,000,OuO i n loans s e c u r e d
by s t o c k s and bonds and a n i n c r e a s e of $3,000,000 i n commercial loans p r o p e r .
Investments i n U n i t e d S t a t e s bonds a r e sr.own $3,000,000 l a r g e r than
the week b e f o r e , the t o t a l i n c r e a s e i n t h i s item f o r t h e p a s t s i x montms
being about $127,000,000. V i c t o r y n o t e s d e c l i n e d b y $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , Treasury
n o t e s show no change, T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s i n c r e a s e d by $10,000,000, while
o t h e r s e c u r i t i e s d e c l i n e d by $17,000,000. For member banks i n New York
City i n c r e a s e s of $ 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 each i n U. S. bonds and T r e a s u r y n o t e s and of
$12,000,000 i n T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s , a s a g a i n s t r e d a c t i o n s of $5,000,000
i n V i c t o r y n o t e s and of $ 3 , 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 . In consequence of t h e changes i n d i c a t e d t o t a l loans and i n v e s t m e n t s of a l l r e p o r t i n g banks show a r e d u c t i o n f o r t h e week of §26,000,000 and those of
member banks i n New York C i t y - a r e d u c t i o n of $16,000,000,
Accommodation of t h e r e p o r t i n g banks a t t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e banks
shows a r e d u c t i o n f o r t h e week from $313,000,000 t o $255,000,000, or from
2 . 2 to 1, 8 p e r cent of t h e b a n k s ' t o t a l loans a n d i n v e s t m e n t s . For member
banks i n New York C i t y a d e c r e a s e from $33,000,000 to $14,000,000 i n t o t a l
borrowings f r o m the l o c a l r e s e r v e bank, and from 0 . 7 to 0 . 3 p e r cent in
t h e r a t i o of accommodation i s n o t e d . Of t h e t o t a l d i s c o u n t s of a l l F e d e r a l
r e s e r v e b a n k s , t h e amount h e l d under r e d i s c o u n t f o r r e p o r t i n g banks, i . e . ,
member banks l o c a t e d i n t h e l a r g e r c i t i e s , c o n s t i t u t e d a l i t t l e over 40
p e r cent on I.farch 8 of t h e p r e s e n t y e a r , compared w i t h Jo p e r cent on
March 11 of l a s t y e a r .
As a g a i n s t a nominal d e c l i n e i n Government d e p o s i t s , o t h e r demand dep o s i t s ( n e t ) show a d e c r e a s e of $15,000,000 and time d e p o s i t s an i n c r e a s e
of $21,000,000. The New York C i t y banks r e p o r t c o n s i d e r a b l e withdrawals
of bank b a l a n c e s by c o u n t r y c o r r e s p o n d e n t s and a d e c l i n e of $19 ,000,000 i n
t o t a l demand d e p o s i t s . T h e i r time d e p o s i t s i n c r e a s e d by $12,000,000, while
no change i s s h o r n i n t h e i r Government d e p o s i t s .
Reserve b a l a n c e s of r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s a t the F e d e r a l r e s e r v e banks
show a d e c l i n e f o r t h e week of $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , while cash i n v a u l t i n c r e a s e d
b-y $14,000,000, For member banks i n New York C i t y i n c r e a s e s of $7,000,000
i n r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s and of $4,000,000 i n cash on hand a r e shown.




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 , March IT, 1^22; not e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AMD LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTIMG- ?IEMDER IIAITKS 111 LEAH1IG CITIES
——
—
(-Amounts in thousands of d o l l a r s )
Iftmiber of r e p o r t i n g "banks 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 w i t h F. R BankSecured b y U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
. J' _ '

!

•

s

:&rch 8, 1922
^
l n Q ntrc,

-

March 1, 1922

o

.

c:

O t . e r b o n d s , s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s

S J S h m
12,672,03!+

370,1182

865,770

r i l

^2,0gg

994,4142

212

!'!

7

US 333

'

3,0^^0

2.0^70b

2 . ^ 0

"

i.jOJ.TO

1.31MU0

1,236,233

1,3^,232

307, b00

33°,03?

S.582,367

10,535,101

2?7 33U

net demnd deposits

263 052

'

Time d e p o s i t s

'

"

"W.tilO

[

'

B i l l s p a y a b l e w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve Bank:
S e c u r c d by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

"

T
'

^
_nr

~

B i l l s r e d i s c o u n t e d w i t h ~. s ."Loral Reserve Bank:
S e c u r e d by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
All other
_
__
_
_

'^

mus

Cash i n v a u l t

1

3

S

.

7

U

7

U0,o0,-

,919

264,715

558,428

,
11,422

.
62,363

205,582

b. 7

11,b

> 7-/7
,7)
9 , 3 74

t

_

Katio 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 l i F . b " Bank
t o t o t a l loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , p e r c e n t




LZ&illl
11,421,850

I - X I I " "

K. 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

Government deposits

.

L2>0&iL
10,917,535

997,bo3

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

.

March 11, I 9 2 I
82
^

i

10,89b,22 5

U. S„ V i c t o r y n o t e s

Sept. J , K 2 1
810

T o t a l loans and d i s c o u n t s
TT

St.2^0;

is?

-L,s

2.2

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 , March 1 / , 1922; not e a r l i e r .
St.2650b.
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE Alto LIABILITY ITEMS OF ALL REPORTING MEMBER BA13CS III EACJI FEDERAL RESERVE "DISTRICT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 5, 1922,
(Amounts 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 .
Total
Clove. Rich.
A t l a n t a Chicago S t . Louis Minn, /Cans. Cy . D a l l a s San Fran.
Ifeiiber of r e p o r t i n g banks
108
58
806
68
82
110
37
49
85
52
43
79
35
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , i n c l u d i n g
"bills rsdiscounted with
F. R. Bank:
Secured by U.S.Govt, o b l i g .
148,955 4 1 , 3 6 8
23,728
419,058
19,132
4 2 , 3 0 4 17,489 12,252
6 8 , 7 0 8 15,501
9,093 15,048
5,475
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds
2 1 4 , 3 7 2 l ,343,115 20S,b42
140,932 3 , 1 1 0 , 7 7 3
328,362 108,432 54,205
447,226 124,145 31,Ob 3 6 3 , 4 1 6 41,858
A l l other loans 5 discounts
565,605 2 , 4 4 9 , 8 6 3 321,284
696,432 7 , 3 b b , 3 9 4
630,426 311,644 285,539 1 . 0 6 8 . 3 0 0 293,466 202,878 352,097 138,860
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
8 0 3 , 7 0 5 3 ,946,933 571,294 1,001,052 437,565 351,996 1 , 5 8 4 , 2 3 4 433,112 243,044 4 3 0 , 5 6 1 236,193
856,496 10,896,225
U. S. bonds

402,944

48,653

121,634

58,103

26,037

79,088

24,552

18,459

37,077

34,453

97,050

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

49,563
2 ,681

75,282

11,259

17,032

2,005

2,535

15,499

4,284

335

2.713

1,195

13,137

997,663
148,007

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

14,498

151,318

14,277

13,968

5,532

1,491

34,042

2,657

5,668

7,703

3,735

17,644

272,588

4,782

81,311

5,813

6,151

2,038

3,365
33.664

13,26b

6,916

3,914
21,682

5,555
43,548

4,258

15,124

152,493

8,433

164,773

2,052,230

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

Other b o n d s , s t o c k s & s e c u r i t i e s 140,737
696,782 162,894
277,102 48,971
379.169
T o t a l l o a n s a n d 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 , 0 1 5 , 9 6 b 5 , 3 5 4 , 5 7 0 814,190 1,1+37,029 554,214 419,083 2 , 1 0 5 , 2 9 s
Reserve b a l a n c e w i t h F. R, Bank 7 4 , 4 0 4
623,743 6b',O33
3 7 , 9 0 1 33,289 2 7 , 2 1 5
183,541
Cash i n v a u l t
17,389
8 9 , 7 8 1 14,807
2 7 , 2 3 3 13,762
9,301
49,355
Net dercand d e p o s i t s
732,690 4,644,257 637,567
780,293 304,839 233,242 1,340,602
Time d e p o s i t s
190,851
519,011 48,277
472,287 131,691 142,379
664,442
Gov s r n a e n t d e p o s i t s
21,853
28,614
99,396 19,893
7,908 • 3,590
39,042
B i l l s p a y a b l e w i t h F.R.Bank:
S e c u r e d by U. S. Govt, o b l i a .
2,63s
22,243 16,010
6 , 9 4 3 13,424
5,969
913
All other
26
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 U.S.Govt, o b l i g .
1,199
1,182
3,833
131
^ 963
885
97
All other
22,986
19,262
7,265.
13,644
30,657 1 8 , 2 1 3 . 6 , 1 5 4




•

69.470

5 4 0 , 9 9 1 293,152 532,162 288,317 1,164,229 1 4 , 5 1 9 , 2 0 6

18,594 4 1 , 4 6 5 21,517
6,189 1 1 , 8 7 1
9,428
7,104
317,552 180,460 3 3 6 , 1 5 2 1 9 9 , 3 3 7
158,317 7 4 , 3 1 9 104,806 60,479
8,345 11,170.
6,796
9,455
43,623

2,013

403

100

-

380
10,743

-

1,776

1,748
-

392

9,83b

1,590
50
-

4,017

77,433
21,114

1,303,763

16,834

278,396

12,826
300

86,720
476

307
14,181

9,374
153,734

277,334
576,573 1 0 , 3 3 4 , 1 1 4
533,041 3 , 1 0 4 , 9 0 0

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Friday afternoon* Mar, 17 >
^ not e a r l i e r *
S t»2o50^»
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN F» fi. BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND IN OTHER SELECTED CITIES
{Amounts in thousands of d o l l a r s ) __ _ _ _ _ _
A l l F. R,
F. R.
Other
New York C i t y
City of Chicago
Bank c i t i e s
Branch c i t i e s
selected cities
Mar, 8
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 1 Mar. 8
Mar, 1
6?
67
50
50
Number of reporting banks
275
275
212
213
319
319
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , i n c l u d i n g
t i l l s r e d i s 1 d . w i t h F. R. Bank:
132,600
135,155
54,587
55,724
68,968
292,363
298,297
Secured "by U. S. Govt, o b l i g .
58,802
59,683
67,893
1 , 1 7 6 , 9 1 0 1,202,786
328,884 2 , 2 2 3 , 7 5 9 2,243,333
461,228
461,361
330,983
425,786
425,657
Secured by stocks and bonds
2,162,809 2,160,043
681,558
679,330 4,672,836 4,670,046 1,396,124 1 , 3 9 3 , 4 2 9 1 , 2 9 7 , 4 3 4 1,296,761
A l l other loans and discounts
3,472,319 3 , 4 9 7 , 9 8 4 1,067,128 1 ,063,938 7,188,958 7,211,676 1,925,245 1 , 9 2 3 , 7 5 8 1,782,022 1,782,101
Total loans and discounts
353,532

348,360

25,471

26,513

542,756

538,186

225,987

226,237

228,020

230,019

U. S. Victory notes

66,963

71,698

9,386

10,058

95,950

100,061

33,677

31,070

18,380

18,855

U. S . Treasury notes

143,328

138,454

18,208

17,955

203,787

203,653

39,036

39,044

29,765

29,816

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

76,368

64,387

4,786

4,797

106,145

96,318

24,220

24,977

22,128

20,663

Other bonds, s tocks and s e c u r i t i e s
Total loans Sad discounts and
investments, including b i l l s
re discounted with F . R, Bank

514,235

521,682

178,330

176 ,008

1,104,182 1,112,794

580,798

589,118

367,250

366,794

1,303,309 1 ,299,269

9,241,778 9,262,688

U. S. bonds

Reserve balance with F, R, Bank
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 payable with F. R, Bank:
Secured by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
A l l other
B i l l s rediscounted with F. R. Bank:
Secured by U. S, Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
A l l other
Ratio of b i l l s payable &ni rediscounts
<*vith F. R. Bank to t o t a l loans and
. investments, per cent




4 , 6 2 6 , 7 4 5 4,642,565

2,828,963 2 , 8 3 4 , 2 0 4

2,448,465 2,448,248

577,673

570,817

130,658

139,971

958,418

965,492

155,710

199,047

149,635

149,901

77,777

73,898

29,091

27 ,685

153,726

145,677

52,621

50,578

70,987

66,837

4 , 1 7 2 , 4 4 9 4,190,647

929,568

934,163

7,223,199 7,253,714

329,789

312,165

317,479

316,571

1,443,858 1 , 4 2 2 , 2 9 2

955,057

959,926

705,985

701,934

91,560

91,560

29,287

29,121

202,399

202,233

47,919

48,864

28,078

28,505

7,319

26,519

160

501

37,180

62,511

24,370
350

34,893
277

25,170
126

26,515
131

1,094
5,868

1,055
5,839

3,099

300
9,423

6,153
81,498

8,162
101,327

1,642
34,159

1,492
33,911

1,579
43,127

1,768
47,286

v3

•7

.3

.8

1.4

1.9

2,1

1,618,731 1 , 6 0 1 , 5 9 7

2.5

1,492,184 1,493,329

2,9

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