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H.U.2

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(For Immediate Release)
March 23, 19u9
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 Larch 16: Increases of
$315,000,000 in loans to brokers and dealers for purchasing or carrying United
States Government securities, Oul0,000,000 in reserve balances vrith Federal Reserve
Banks, $244,000,000 in United States Government deposits, and 5)235,000,000 in
borrowings.
Commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans decreased ^36,000,000 in new
York City and increased by smaller amounts in most of the other districts; there
was a net decrease of $11,000,000 at all reporting member banks.
Holdings of Treasury bills decreased $115,000,000 in New York City and
$31,000,000 in Chicago, and increased $30,000,000 in the San Francisco District;
the net decrease at all reporting member banks was $70,000,000. Holdings of
Treasury certificates of indebtedness decreased $68,000,000; the principal changes
were a decrease of 090,000,000 in New York City, and an increase of #25,000,000
in the Chicago District outside of Chicago. Holdings of United States Government
bonds increased $49,000,000. Holdings of "other securities" increased $70,000,000
in New York City,
Demand deposits adjusted increased $110,000,000; the principal changes were
decreases of $91,000,000 in New York City and $61,000,000 in Chicago, and^increases
of $75,000,000 in the San Francisco District, $lt2,000,000 in the Kansas City
District, and $34,000,000 in the Dallas District. Demand deposits credited to
domestic banks increased $157,000,000.
Borrowings increased $280,000,000 in New York City and $67,000,000 in Chicago,
A summary of the assets and liabilities of reporting member banks follows:

Mar.
16,
1949

Increase or
decrease since
Mar. 9,

19h9

(In millions of
A S S E T S
H- 313
62,359
Loans and investments - total
+ 338
21,889
Loans - net
+ 340
Loans - gross/4
25,183
11
Commercial, industrial, and agriculatural loans 15,095
Loans to brokers and dealers
for purchasing or carrying:
+ 315
812
U. S. Government obligations
+ 26
Other securities
452
Other loans for purchasing or carrying:
U. S. Government obligations
189
3
+
1
Other securities
438
2
4,084
Real estate loans
+
287
Loans to banks
9
+
3,826
Other loans
5
9u
33,112
U. S. Government securities - total
70
2,013
Treasury bills
68
24,992
Treasury certificates of indebtedness
—
1,021
5
Treasury notes
+ 49
25,086
U. S. bonds
+ 69
4,358
Other securities
+ 410
lb,606
Reserve with Federal Reserve Banks
746
39
Cash in vault
+
166
2,237
Balances with domestic banks
L I A B I L I T I E S
+ 110
46,182
Demand deposits adjusted
—
16
15,115
Time deposits except Govt,
+ 244
1,97a
U. S. Government deposits
+ 157
8,802
Interbank demand deposits: Domestic banks
+
2
1,420
Foreign banks
+
285
497
Borrowings
Debits to demand deposit accounts, except interbank
22,859
and U. S. Govt, accounts, during week
Digitized for #See
FRASERfootnote on following page.


J

Mar. 17,
1
19U8
dollars)
-1,397
+1,497
+1,635
+ 430
+
+

163
41

87
42
+ 173
+
97
+ 260
-2,949
366
+1,054
-1,551
-2,086
+
55
+1,931
11
- 205
+
+
+
+

829
385
803
436
53
186

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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES,' MftRCHlfii 1949
TtitsT
All

A S S E T S
62,359
Loans and investments - total
24,339
Loans — net//
15,095
Commercial, industrial, & agr'l loans
Loans to brokers and dealers for
purchasing or carrying:
812
U. S, Government obligations
452
Other securities
Other loans for purchasing or carrying:
189
U, S. Government obligations
438
Other securities
4,084
Real estate loans
287
Loans to banks
3,826
Other loans
33,112
U» S, Government securities-total
2,013
Treasury bills
4,992
Treasury certificates of indebtedness
1,021
Treasury notes
25,086
U. S. bonds
4,358
Other securities

14,606

Reserve with Federal Reserve Banks
746
Cash in vault
2,237
Balances with domestic banks
1,131
Other assets - net
L I A B I L I T I E S
46,182
Demand deposits adjusted
15,115
Time deposits except Govt
1,974
U, S, Government deposits
8,802
Interbank demand deposits: Domestic banks
Foreign banks
1,420
497
Borrowings
1.044
Other liabilities
6.045
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Debits to demand deposit accounts, except 22,859
and U. S. Govt, accounts
Digitizedinterbank
for FRASER
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
#See footnote on previous page.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Boston

New
York

2,787 20,380
1,062 8,625
5,869
689

D i s t r i c t
F e d e r a l
R e s e r v e
San
Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St. Minne- Kansas Dallas Francisco
Citv
apolis
Louis
delphia land mond
(In millions of dollars)
,153 2,386 2,269 10,916
2,092
4,305
2,533 2,342 8,560
2,556
881 1,087 4,999
447
979
846 2,646
939 1,526 852
2,149
757
570
256
589
541 1,798
410
935
532
1
19

11
10

744
340

11
16

47
185
418
180
951
10,424
750
1,153
184
8,337
1,331

2
7
92
21
275
1,327
88
150
34
1,055
290

54

5,713
149

77

444

133
13
197
1,604
84
259
55

1,206
121
580
100

126

9

1

6

10
11

559
41
94
52

2,986 2,054 1,815
531
578
1,404
56
102
168
528
378
462
13
5
5
—
5
17
24
20
37
186
460 222

5,953
2,555
387
1,372
40
80
61
698

1,364
479
71
609

748

3,112

2,806

321

366
629
2,451

846 10,342

871

1,222

6

44
23
22
58
337
10
383
5,260
389
726
223
3,922
654
2,080
96
333
77

281

30
3
53

«**•

16
13
27
31
20
21
67
196
276
2
5
33
187
213
228
2,514 1,551 1,310
78
103
109
186
303
290
38
115
45
891
2.000 1,217
186
130
345
506
866
555
61
41
83
213
165
141
51
50
64

2,073
433
91
354
11
7
26
307

2,346 16,363
2,388
481
587
83

7
16

1,173

748

161
1

210
983
38

200

52
693

130
456
27
123
25

_

2

3

5

15
6
7
12
43
5
88
128
64
1
5
4
188
163
113
623 1,299 1,062
34
138
38
271
290
127
42
71
U
715
800
444
120
206
83
544
565
235
32
29
12
308
276
82
48
25
21

4
13
13
29
2,124
12
718
5,155
164
1,037
148
3,806
762
1,947
121
276
197

7
15
176

822 1,857 1,970
419
382
255
57
76
40
537
748
270
1
4
3
1
9
1
15
12
14
198
196
98

6,579
5,210
256
457
84
1
138
732

611

361

710

2,549

2

788