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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
St. 4258
F e d e r a l Reserve Board,
October 23, 1924.

F.3leased 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 , Oct. 24;
not e a r l i e r .

CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
I n c r e a s e s of $82,000,000 i n loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , of $239,000,000 i n n e t demand
d e p o s i t s and of $36,000,000 i n time d e p o s i t s a r e shown i n the 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 s t a t e m e n t of c o n d i t i o n on October 15 of 744 member banks i n
leading c i t i e s .
Loans on U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s d e c l i n e d by $2,000,000 and loans on corpor a t e s e c u r i t i e s - by $3,000,000, while " a l l o t h e r , " l a r g e l y commercial loans and
d i s c o u n t s i n c r e a s e d by $62,000,000.
Holdings of U. S. bonds and 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 advanced by $5,000,000 and $4,000,000, r e s p e c t i v e l y , and those of corpor a t e s e c u r i t i e s - by $29,000,000.
Treasury n o t e s show a r e d u c t i o n of $13,000,000.
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s of the New York City members show a n e t d e c r e a s e of
$9,000,000, d e c l i n e s of $3,000,000 i n l o a n s on U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s and of
$23,000,000 i n l o a n s on c o r p o r a t e s e c u r i t i e s b e i n g o f f s e t i n p a r t by a n i n c r e a s e of
$17,000,000 i n "All o t h e r " l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s . Investments of t h e s e banks i n
U. S. Government s e c u r i t i e s were $2,000,000 l e s s and t h e i r h o l d i n g s of c o r p o r a t e
s e c u r i t i e s $9,000,000 l a r g e r than a week e a r l i e r .
Of the t o t a l gain of $239,000,000 i n n e t demand d e p o s i t s , $53,000,000 was r e ported f o r the New York d i s t r i c t , $42,000,000 - f o r the San F r a n c i s c o d i s t r i c t ,
i $4-1,000,000 - f o r the Boston d i s t r i c t , $27,000,000 - f o r t h e Chicago d i s t r i c t and
$26,000,000 - f o r the Cleveland d i s t r i c t . Time d e p o s i t s show an i n c r e a s e of
$36,000,000, of which $ l 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 was reported f o r banks i n the New York d i s t r i c t .
Reserve b a l a n c e s of a l l r e p o r t i n g banks were $12,000,000 l e s s and those of
New York City banks $33,000,000 l e s s than a week ago.
A summary of changes i n the p r i n c i p a l a s s e t s and l i a b i l i t i e s of r e p o r t i n g
members during the weex and year ending October 1 5 , 1924, f o l l o w s :
Increase

or

decrease

Week
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , t o t a l
Secured by U. S. Govt, o b l i g a t i o n s
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds . . .
All o t h e r

+ $57,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4- 6 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0

Investments, t o t a l
U. S, bonds
U. S. T r e a s u r y n o t e s
U. 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
Other bonds , s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s

+
+

Reserve b a l a n c e s w i t h F. R. Banks . .
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
Total accommodation a t F.R. Banks . .
C.


t


i

-

-

44-

+

25,000,000
5,000,000
13,000,000
4,000,000
29,000,000
12 ,000 , 0 0 0
2,000,000

4- 2 3 9 , 0 0 c , c o o
36,000,000
22,0CC,000

+

during

Year
4 $ 525,000,000
68,000,000
4724,000,000
4169,000,000
-

4+
-

444
+
Uw

44-

935,000,ccc
366,000,000
284,000,000
211,000,000
642,000,000
250,000,000
3,000,000
1,858,000,000
702,000,000
79,000,000
478,000,000

S t . 4255a

Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Friday a f t e r n o o n , October 24, 1924; n o t e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
"

'

( i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
Oct. 15, 1924

~

Tfeibsr of r e p o r t i n g banks - - - - -

--

-- - —

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Loans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
Sac-ured by U, S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s
So cur 6 by stocks and do rid s (o tiisr t n&.n U. 3, s s c u r i t i B s ) - - - - - - All o i h e r loans 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 - - U. 3. Pre-war bonds - - U. 8. L i b e r t y bonds

- -

- -

- - -

- -

- -

- - - -

- - - - -

U. S. Treasury bonds

- - -

- -

- - - - - - - - -

U. S, S'r&asurj notes

- - -

- -

- -

- -

- - - -

- -

- - - - -

- - -

- -

- -

--

- - -- - -

- - - - -

--

- -

- -

744

190,500
- — 4 , > 997
- 8,200,415
- - -

12,785,912

- -

2b5,153
1,433,250

- - - - - --

--

- -

-

Oct. 8, 1924
744

Apr. l o , 1924
755

Oct. 17, 1923
770

_
192,514
/o6
8 , 144,729

212,929
3 i&vo,j)2o
7 ,976 >87 9

255,451
3,664,912
8,038,007

12,729,309

12,0o2,13'5

11,961,373

2b5 > 534
1,429,504

271,295
1,072,544

274,273

1,0-42,500

b9,204

67 ,877

70,646

55,409

590,095

602, 5<9

729 , 773

874,010

U, 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

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

302,278

298,297

H3,9bb

90,863

Other bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2,736,198

2,757,578

2,291,455

2,144,561

18,232,690

12,150,628

l6,612,115

16,472,091

1,659,489

1,671,84o

1,442,186

1,409,948

293,156

291,142

273,425

290,422

13,044,243

12,805,225

11,339,752

11,186,050

4,731,872

4,695,523

4,250,751

4,023,620

-

210,106

232,139

224,293

131,371

-

56,889
47,184

6 l , 112
42,6oi

106,490
135,935

280,310
301,623

.6

,6

1,5

3.5

Total l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s and investments - - - - - - - - Reserve balances w i t h F e d e r a l Reserve "Banks - - -

--

--

- - - - - - - -

--

- - -

- - - -

Cash i n v a u l t
Wet 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 and r e d i s c o u n t s with Federal Reserve Banks:
Secured bv U. S. Government o b l i g a t i o n s - - - - - - - - All Other

- - - - - - - - - -

- -

P a t i o of b i l l s payable and r e d i s c o u n t s with Federal Reserve Banks t o
t o t a l loans and i n v e s t m e n t s , p e r cent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C.



4

- -

- -

- - - -

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 , October 24, 1924; n o t e a r l i e r .

S t . 42Sao.

PRINCIPAL RESOURCE A m LIABILITY ITEMS OF ALL REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN EACH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT AS AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, OCTOBER 1 5 , 1 9 2 4 .

Boston

F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t
Number of r e p o r t i n g "banks-

43

New York
108

Loans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
Secured by U.S. Govt, o b l i g .
8,927
72,918
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds 282,427 1 , 9 7 3 , 0 3 5
A l l o t h e r l o a n s & d i s c o u n t s 643,515 2 , 6 3 0 , 6 1 5
T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s 934,869 4 , 6 7 6 , 6 1 8

Phila.
55
10,648
283,269
389,463

( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
Cleve. Rich. A t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s
77

75

36

103

33

Minn. -Cans. Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
66
51
72
25

3,212
18,404
6,031
8,187
32,198
9,869
2,819
6,342
418,663 124,311 62,289
696,998 153,747
52,163 83,848
59,5&7
7 1 6 , 7 9 7 3 4 3 , 2 9 5 3 6 3 , 1 7 5 1 , 2 2 1 , 1 7 4 3 1 9 , 4 0 3 2 0 6 , 0 9 s 3 2 4 , 8 2 7 214,968

10,939
192,630

233,085

Total
744
190,500
4,382,937
8,206,415

683,320 1 , 1 5 3 , 8 6 4 473,637 4 3 3 , 6 5 1 1 , 9 5 0 , 3 7 0 483,019 2 b l , 0 8 0 415,017 277,753 1 , 0 4 2 , 6 5 4 1 2 , 7 2 5 , 9 1 2

U. S, P r e - w a r bonds

13,730

51,470

10,692

45,517

26,512

14,836

23,019

14,807

5,530

11,404

18,534

26,102

265,153

U. S. L i b e r t y bonds

87,712

679,293

50,223

197,927

29,276

9,422

157,179

22,924

22,893

40,459

12,476

123,466

1,433,85c

U. S. T r e a s u r y bonds

5,933

21,671

3,035

2,118

2,097

623

ll,04i

2,25b

230

1,633

l,l66

l7,4oi

69,204

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

11,432

279,042

24,120

55,691

3,220

3,142

119,312

10,160

12,335

23,123

8,214

33,572

590,095

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

9,610

154,861

18,514

20,512

8,459

2,553 ,

34,591

2,607

9,179

6,504

5,103

29,725

302,272

2 0 7 , 6 5 2 1,099,048

249,403

341,428

62,618

399,094

94,543

32,016

67,325

17,462

173,239

2,726,198

Other bonds, s t o c k s and
securi t i e s

42,365

T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
1 , 2 7 0 , 9 4 4 6 , 9 6 2 , 0 0 3 1,039,367 1,217,057 6 0 6 , 4 7 9 5 0 6 , 5 9 2 2 , 6 9 4 , 6 0 6 6 3 0 , 3 2 1 352,263 565,525 341,308 1 , 4 4 6 , 2 1 9 1 8 , 2 3 2 , 6 9 0
and i n v e s t m e n t s
Reserve b a l a n c e s w i t h F. R.3k.

99,321

720,068

75,627

125,954

36,994

37,604

239,296

45,496

30,435

42,535

29,658

110,501

1,659,429

Cash i n v a u l t

21,099

84,848

15,644

30,650

13,992

10,896

56,531

7,932

5,222

12,788

11,212

21,676

293,156

Net demand d e p o s i t s

915,566 5,763,028

745,410 1 , 0 1 2 , 6 2 5 355,311 300,765 1 ,795,314 375,393 245,052 4 5 8 , 1 5 0 247,425

Time d e p o s i t s

331,075 1,120,602

163,64s

25,960

46,862

32,276

26,814

10,500

7,514

19,075

3,606

2,028

150
775

40,513

2,120
3,125

6,765

2,160

3,599

8,355

1,46l
7,437

1,010
569

977
5,244

212

Government d e p o s i t s

692,758 179,270 129,929

273,693 2 0 6 , 5 4 9

824,204 1 3 , 0 4 4 , 2 4 3

91,12#

657,829

4,731,872

3,812

5,379

25,680

210,106

302
408

225

905

1,200
2,259

56,889
47,184

9 0 , 1 1 5 134,622

B i l l s p a y a b l e and r e d ! s o o u n t s
w i t h F. R, Bank:
Secured by U.S.Govt. o b l i g .
All other
C. for FRASER
Digitized


13,636

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 , October 2 4 , 1924; not e a r l i e r .

S t . 4288c,

PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN F. R. BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND IN OTHER SELECTED CITIES

New York C i t y
Oct. 15 Oct. 8
Number of r e p o r t i n g b a n k s
Loans and d i s c o u n t s , g r o s s :
Secured by U . S . G o v t , o b l i g a t i o n s
Secured by s t o c k s and bonds
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 l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s

6?

67

67,567
70,414
1,764,034 1,786,235
2,332,281 2,315,784

( i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
A l l F. P..
Bank c i t i e s
C i t y of Chicago
O c t . 15 Oct. 8
Oct . 15 Oct. 8
47
24,944
535,317
736,279

47

255

F. R.
Branch c i t i e s
Oct. 15 Oct. 8
195

254

195

Other
selected c i t i e s
O c t , 15 Oct. 2
294

295

525,003 3,223,327
729,439 5,215,827

3,235,232
634,591
619,722
5,160,272 1,628,830 1,623,156

226,136
6,136
26,679
530,579
536,806
1,361,758 l,3ol,301

2,570,786

3,528,702 2 , 2 9 6 , 6 5 3 2,275,321

1,918,473 1,924,786

25,323

4 , 1 6 3 , 9 3 2 4 , 1 7 3 , 0 3 3 1,296,540 1 , 2 7 9 , 8 3 0

131,132

133,192

33,232

32,?43

U, S, p r e - w a r bends

40,285

40,S60

4,127

4,127

91,964

91,821

74,465

74,36.1

98,724

99,352

U, S. L i b e r t y bonds

592,010

593,405

83,011

54,277

899,392

898,516

343,410

340,060

191,048

190,922

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

14,529

13,656

3,511

3,471

33,732

32,676

17,290

17,511

18,176

17,390

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

259,994

263,736

86,313

95,784

431,028

442,840

111,008

109,947

48,059

49,742

U, 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

150,189

142,585

18,189

12,193

227,625

225,473

58,464

57,539

16,129

15,235

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

346,167

836,902

190,264

186,371

1,596,295

1,573,211

678,730

676,111

511,113

508,256

T o t a l l o a n s and d i s c o u n t s
and i n v e s t m e n t s

6 , 0 6 7 , 7 0 6 6,070,177 1 , 6 8 2 , 4 5 5 1 , 6 7 2 , 0 5 9 1 1 , 8 5 0 , 8 8 8 11,793,239 3,580,080 3,551,700
725,511

753,597

166,231

172,062

1,204,494

1,238,063

270,5^3

257,745

184,452

176,032

69,919

70,004

30,597

27,627

150,527

145,742

63,020

63,422

79,609

81,972

5 , 2 2 6 , 0 5 5 5,189,957 1,246,978 1 , 2 3 4 , 1 2 7

9,173,H2

9,039,268 2,134,801 2,055,035
2,358,174 1 , 3 6 6 , 8 6 8 1,355,675
60,900
152,620
56,770

978,657

921,674

15,863

18,619

8,374
10,422

7,631
i6,i64

15,111

Reserve b a l a n c e s 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
Time d e p o s i t s
Government d e p o s i t s
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 h
F. R. Bank:
Secured by U . S . G o v t , o b l i g a t i o n s s
All o t h e r

785,977
38,508

774,923

411,870

4io,5l4

2,386,347

37,909

9,143

9,834

137,473

33,650
10,653

39,850

25

25

36,565
20,229

10,606

12,693
10,791

44,495
17,062

C.




2,301,722 2,805,689

J

1,736,330 1,710,922

8,243