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STATEMENT FOR TEE PRESS
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n
M;mday morning* Oct • 4,
1920; n o t e a r l i e r «

St ,1464F e d e r a l Reserve Board
October 2 , 1 9 2 0 .

CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
A g g r e g a t e r e d u c t i o n s by 23 2 m i l l i o n s

net

t h e r e s u l t of payment of c u s t o m e r s 1 t a x c h e c k s ,

demand d e p o s i t s ,

largely

accompanied by l i q u i d a t i o n i n

some volume of U» S, T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e h o l d i n g s and s u b s t a n t i a l i n c r e a s e s i n
o t h e r l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s a r e i n d i c a t e d i n t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B o a r d ' s w e e k l y
s t a t e m e n t o f c o n d i t i o n on September 24 of 818 member banks i n l e a d i n g c i t i e s •
As a g a i n s t a d e c r e a s e of 6 . 1 m i l l i o n s i n U n i t e d S t a t e s bonds and a n o m i n a l
i n c r e a s e i n V i c t o r y n o t e s h e l d , t h e r e p o r t i n g banks show a r e d u c t i o n of 3 2 • 5
m i l l i o n s i n t h e i r h o l d i n g s of T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s , t h i s r e d u c t i o n c o n s t i t u t i n g
a b o u t o n e - h a l f of the p r e v i o u s w e e k ' s i n c r e a s e f o l l o w i n g t h e i s s u a n c e * o f t h e
l a t e s t two s e r i e s of t a x c e r t i f i c a t e s .

For t h e New York C i t y members, r e d u c t i o n s

of 3 m i l l i o n s i n U n i t e d S t a t e s bonds, of a b o u t 1 m i l l i o n i n V i c t o r y n o t e s and of
1 7 . 1 m i l l i o n s i n T r e a s u r y c e r t i f i c a t e s a r e shown«

Loans s u p p o r t e d by Government

war s e c u r i t i e s d e c l i n e d by 5 . 6 m i l l i o n s , w h i l e l o a n s s u p p o r t e d by c o r p o r a t e
s e c u r i t i e s show an i n c r e a s e f o r t h e week of 15<9 m i l l i o n s ( l ? *5 m i l l i o n s i n New
York C i t y ) .

A l l o t h e r l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s , c o m p r i s i n g l a r g e l y commercial l o a n s

and d i s c o u n t s , went up by 110-2 m i l l i o n s , of which 12,7 m i l l i o n s r e p r e s e n t s t h e
i n c r e a s e f o r t h e New York C i t y members.

T o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s , i n con-

sequence of t h e above changes i n the p r i n c i p a l a s s e t s of t h e r e p o r t i n g banks,
show an i n c r e a s e of S2-9 m i l l i o n s ,

t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n c r e a s e f o r t h e New York

C i t y banks b e i n g 1 1 . 1 m i l l i o n s .
During t h e week t h e r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s i n c r e a s e d t h e i r b o r r o w i n g s from
the F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Banks by 1 7 5 m i l l i o n s from 1 , 9 7 2 . 1 t o 2,150«9 m i l l i o n s .
For t h e New York C i t y members an i n c r e a s e i n t h e b o r r o w i n g s from t h e l o c a l
F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank by 7 6 . 9 m i l l i o n s from 6 7 2 - 1 t o 749 m i l l i o n s i s shown•

The

r a t i o of t h e s e borrowings t o t o t a l l o a n s 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
shows an i n c r e a s e from 11.6 t o 1 2 . 5 p e r c e n t , w h i l e / N e w York C i t y banks an
i n c r e a s e i n t h i s r a t i o from 1 1 , 7 t o over 13 - p e r c e n t i s n o t e d .
Government d e p o s i t s show a r e d u c t i o n f o r t h e week of a b o u t l6 m i l l i o n s ,

other

dan and d e p o s i t s , a s s t a t e d above, d e c l i n e d by a b o u t 232 m i l l i o n s , w h i l e time d e p o s i t s show a g a i n of 6 , 1 m i l l i o n s .
1 0 . 4 m i l l i o n s i n Government d e p o s i t s ,

For t h e New York C i t y members d e c r e a s e s of
1 0 0 . 9 m i l l i o n s i n o t h e r demand d e p o s i t s

and 6.7 m i l l i o n s i n time d e p o s i t s a r e g i v e n .
institutions,

R e s e r v e b a l a n c e s of a l l r e p o r t i n g

i n accord w i t h t h e l a r g e r e d u c t i o n i n t h e i r demand d e p o s i t s , show

a d e c l i n e of 28 .3 m i l l i o n s , w h i l e c a s h i n v a u l t f e l l o f f by 11 -3 m i l l i o n s *

In

New York C i t y c o r r e s p o n d i n g d e c r e a s e s of 1 1 . 5 m i l l i o n s i n r e s e r v e b a l a n c e s and
of 3 »2 m i l l i o n s i n c a s h on hand may be n o t e d .




R e l e a s e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n Monday m o r n i n g , October 4, 1920; n o t e a r l i e r PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING IffiMBER BAMS IN LEADING CITIES
^
(Amotmts i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
S e p t . 24,1920 s<$pt. 17, 1920
818
Nunber of r e p o r t i n g banks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SIS
U. S . bonds t o s e c u r e c i r c u l a t i o n - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

St.l464a

Mar- 26,1920 Sept. 26,1919
811

776

269,061

270,036

268,492

269,706

- -

-

603, 9^9

609,117

592,093

619,968

- - —

-

191,327

190,976

199,808

302,930

__

383,420

415.860

487.643

1,050,339.

1,447,757

1,485,989

1,548,036

2,242,943

Loans and i n v e s t m e 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 . Bank:
Loans s e c u r e d by U. S. war o b l i g a t i o n s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Loans s e c u r e d try s t o c k s and bonds o t h e r t h a n U- S. s e c u r i t i e s - - - - - - A l l o t h e r l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

950,44o
3,055,216
11.687.184

955,960
3,039,347
11.576.429

I,169,820
3,193,212
11.093.121

(a) 1,333,697
3,053,110
(a) 8.667.708

T o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e 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.Bank - - -

17,l4o,597

17,057,725

17,004,189

15,677,228

R e s e r v e b a l a n c e w i t h F . B. Bank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

1,361,800

1,390,096

1,413,918

1,332,919

358,385

369,711

359,854

349,780

11,160,537

11,392,248

II,^93,317

10,839,154

2,786,811

2,780,662

2,584,959

1,99^,216

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

315,364

331,376

5U, 176

692,335

- - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

677,935
6 , 873

669,499

877,580)
8,448)

267,929

324,543)
379,770
903,702)
( a ) E x c l u s i v e of
. ..rediscounts with
14.4
F.R. Banks.

Other U. S. bonds i n c l u d i n g L i b e r t y bonds - - - - —

- - -

- -

- -

U. S . V i c t o 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

T o t a l U, S . s e c u r i t i e s

- -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

—

- -

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 w i t h F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank:
S e c u r e d by U. S - war o b l i g a t i o n s
All other
B i l l s r a d i s c o r h t e d w i t h F e d e r a l R e s e r v e Bank:
S e c u r e d by U. S . war o b l i g a t i o n s - - - - - - All other

- -

- -

- -

- -

R a t i o of U-S.war s e c u r i t i e s and war l o a n p a p e r to t o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t ment s , i n c l u d i n g r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h F . R . B a n k , p e r c e n t



- -

271,330
1,194,772
12.4

4,023

1,030,704
12.7

1,096,072

^ P R I N C I P A L SsOURC^^D'LIABILITY ITEMS
"
"
'
•
fBoston
F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t
42
Pumber r e p o r t i n g b a n k s
';U. S. bonds to s e c u r e
12,459
, circulation
6 t h e r U„ S . bonds i n c l u d i n g
* * L i b e r t y bonds
17,785
¥ . S . V i c t o r y motes
5,7H
TJ„ S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of
20.363
indebtedness
56,318
T o t a l U. S . s e c u r i t i e s

OF ALL REPORTING- MEMBER BAISCS IN EACH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTiBMBER 24, 1920
'«
-sands of d o l l a r " ' 1
Total
t l a n t a Chicago S t . L o u i s Minn. Kans.Cy. D a l l a s San F r a n .
New York P h i l a . C l e v e l . Richm.
212
62
^
51
83
34
4y
106
22
35
92
113
' 59
46,492

11,347

42,243

28,709

250,477
21,119

29,064

9,030

60,ISO
19,634

33,610
7,231

200,9 37
579,025

19,226
62,727

20,264
142,321

2,417
77,967

14,225
28,077
4,625

21,550

16,923

7,371

15,471

19,573

32,638(

269,06l

52,083
39,021

13,1+63

24,710

2,569

9,605
1,032

5,151

21,113
3,332

63,782
12,272

603,949
191,327

3,230
36,235

2,060
20,062

10,421
55,753

4.236
42,254

25,463
134,755

323,420
1,447,757

Loans and i n v e s t m e n t s i n c l u d ing b i l l s rediscounted with
,

•

> Loans s e c t b y U.S.war o b l i g .
42,716
464,352 22,201
74,79%
Loans sec.Dy s t o c k s & bonds
127,199 1 , 2 2 4 , 4 3 1 214,602
323,754
All other loans&investments
221.293 4 , l 4 q . 4 l 2 595,033
9o5,249
Total loans & investments
including rediscounts
w i t h F . R. Bank
1 , 1 1 4 , 1 2 6 6 , 4 7 7 , 2 2 6 961,163 1 , 5 0 b , 1 1 5

3 1 , 1 9 5 32,387
9 7 , 4 5 7 31,079 1 6 , 0 * 5 2 ? , 4 6 l 1 0 , 7 3 5
102,239 62,140
4 4 6 , 0 5 4 127,106 30, 941 20,40o 4 1 , 5 2 1
405,727 429.437 1 . 2 2 5 , 4 5 2 407,023 2 2 6 , 2 0 ) 544,0^0 2 o 3 , 2 0 4

623,728 520,072 2 , 5 4 0 , 5 8 9 602,043 353,827 707,640 3 6 4 , 9 1 4 1,309,142 1 7 , 1 4 0 , 5 9 7
42,722

23,4oi

20,019 1,361,200

8,911 1 4 , 2 4 3

11,429

22,233

Reserve b a l a n c e w i t h F.R.Bank

21,511

651,105

69,247

101,074

35,274

29,909

127,113

40,965

Cash i n v a u l t

24,582

114,726

17,445

32,236

16,126

13,722

65,817

9,641

206,492 5 , 0 1 0 , 9 7 7 690,209

"922,21b

338,251 252,455 1 , 3 6 3 , 5 9 0 307,995 1 8 6 , 9 7 1 412,462 224,373

154,465

462,562

32,895

376,942

107,741 151,31s

17,441

194,512

20,159

22,426

3,556

1,790

19,597

6,857

2,231

27,780

318,690
-

50,622

17 , 4 l 6
36

33,271
so 7

33,737
55

93,982

19,338

4,779
400

143,221
344,944

42,694
27,652

12,496
39,618

3,727
44,345

10,754
74,010

17,105

8,542

1,773

. Net demand d e p o s i t s
Time d e p o s i t s

#
Government deposits
B i l l s p a y a b l e w i t h F.R.Bank:
Sec^hy U.S.war o b l i g a t i o n s
All 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:
S a c J r y UjS.v;ar o b l i g a t i o n s
17,198
fcrii'i
other
56,852



33,445
950,440
^,623
3,055,21o
995,32n 1 1 , 6 2 7 , 1 2 4

629,214 126,016

4,965

290,829

75,750

19,394

358,383

631,340 1 1 , 1 6 0 , 5 3 7

63,996 97,457

55,021

517,184

2,726,211

5,267

1,214

13,n4

315,364

22,621
85

677,935
6,273

3,203

271,330

30',104 12,935
525
7,425

61,222 74,110

1

2,466

26,266

79,102 1 , 1 9 ^ , 7 7 2

R e l e a s e d f o r -cub'lication Monday morning, October 4, 1920; n o t e a r l i e r .
St - 14o4c .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF REPORTING- MEMBER BANKS IN F . R. BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND ALL OTHER REPORTING.BANKS'.
(Amounts i n t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s )
;
A l l F- R .
F . R.
All other
New York C i t y
C i t y of Chicago
Bank c i t i e s
Branch c i t i e s
r e p o r t i n g "banks
S e p t . 24
S e p t . 17 S e p t . 24 S e p t . 17
S e p t . 24 S e p t . 17 S e p t . 24
S e p t . 17 S e p t . 24 S e p t . 17
Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
71
71
^9
%9
282
281
208
208
328
329

U.S. bends to secure c i r c u l a t i o n
36,795
Other U.S.bonds, including Liberty bonds 217,471
u . s . Victory notes
71,738
U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s of indebtedness
185.705
Total u . s . s e c u r i t i e s
511,709

36,763
220,495
72,695
202.780
532,733

Loans and ii;vu s t e n t s i n c l u d i n g M i l s
r e d i g e c u n t e d w i t h F . R* Bank:
Loans s e c u r e d by U.S- war o b l i g a t i o n s
434,912
433,026
Loans s e c u r e d by s t o c k s and bonds
1,131,898 1,114,385
3.670,328 3.653.105
A l l o t h e r l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s
T o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s i n c l u d i n g r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h F-R.Bank
5,749,347 5,738,249

1,438
l6,880
10,962
17.130
46,4io

1,432
17,691
10,830
18.645
4g,6o4

96,732
336,858
101,925
255.437
7 50,952

97,201
339,967
102,101
221.212
820,481

72,177
147,323
52,502
77.654
349,661

72,169
150,212
52,136
82.467
356,984

100,152
119,7b3
36,900
50.329
307,144

100,666
113,933
36,739
52.181
308,524

143,026
141,455
714,911
710,902
487,710
486,992
2,157 , 539 2,137,939
7,513.741 7.451.690 2.290.740 2.2SG.2C8

98,083
98,023
4i4,4i6
409,917
1.882.703 1.858.451

1,536,940 1,520,888 11,173,184 11,125,021 3,269,566 3,253,290

2,697,847 2,679,414

65,867
65,197
330,914
332,558
1.093.749 1.074.529

Reserve b a l a n c e w i t h F , R . Bank

614,380

625,876

134,809

134,143

1,014,889

1,022,238

200,023

203,452

146,888

l64,4o6

Cash i n v a u l t

101,735

105,000

37,715

37,077

204,801

209,494

71,239

75,583

82,343

84,634

4,528,310 4,629,231

930,933

94s, 224

7,813,064

7,970,350 1,751,617 1,730,618

Net demand d e p o s i t s

1,595,856 1,641,280

Time deposi t s

333,621

34O,4OS

285, 883

286,812

1,283,164

1,282,495

906,185

902,779

597,462

595,333

Government d e p o s i t s

189,452

199,942

9,330

10,384

261,293

276,23 s

36,381

34,650

17,690

20,488

B i l l s p a y a b l e w i t h F- R. Bank:
Secured by U . S . war o b l i g a t i o n s
All other

237,530

289,453

26,379
4,965

26,313
2,300

442,212
5,465

436,810
2,300

145,748
165

143,683
175

39,975
1,243

89,006
1,548

139,135
322,362

136,438
246,186

10,260
215,191

9,889
193,79s

225,521
864,220

222,l4l
739,346

33,092
175,167

33,793
148,184

12,717
155,385

11,99?
143,174

16.2

7-2

7.4

12.6

13.2

11-3

11.4

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 . war o b l i g a t i o n s
All other

R a t i o of U. S. war s e c u r i t i e s and war loan
p a p e r t o t o t a l l o a n s and i n v e s t m e n t s , i n ^eluding r e d i s c o u n t s w i t h F - R . B k , p e r c e n t 15.8




12.9

12.8