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STATEMENT FOE THE PRESS
Released f o r p u b l i c a t i o n In
St• 2295<
Friday a f t e r n o o n papers, Sept. 23;
Federal Reserve Board
not e a r l i e r .
September 22, 1921.
CONDITION OF MEMBER BANKS IN LEADING CITIES
Aggregate i n c r e a s e s of $75,000,000 in loans and discounts and of
$149,000,000 in net demand d e p o s i t s , accompanied "by a reduction of
$71,000,000 in borrowings from t h e Federal reserve banks, are i n d i c a t e d
in the Federal Reserve Board's weekly consolidated statement of condit i o n on September l 4 of 810 member banks i n leading c i t i e s .
As against a decrease of $6,000,000 i n loans secured by Government
o b l i g a t i o n s , loans secured by corporate o b l i g a t i o n s show an i n c r e a s e f o r
the week of $4$,000,000, and a l l o t h e r loans and d i s c o u n t s , mainly of a
commercial and i n d u s t r i a l c h a r a c t e r - an i n c r e a s e of $38,000,000, t h e
l a r g e r borrowings a p p a r e n t l y causing in p a r t the accumulation of funds
at the member banks to provide f o r t a x payments on the following day.
For the member banks i n New Yprk City, an increase of $56,000,000 in
loans secured by c o r p o r a t e o b l i g a t i o n s , as a g a i n s t reductions of
$5,000,000 each i n loans secured by Government o b l i g a t i o n s and in commerc i a l l o a n s , a r e noted.
There were no s i g n i f i c a n t changes in the holdings of Government
s e c u r i t i e s , while investments in o t h e r s e c u r i t i e s show a d e c l i n e of about
$10,000,000 f o r a l l r e p o r t i n g i n s t i t u t i o n s and of $3,000,000 f o r the New
York City banks. Total loans and investments are shown $71,000,000 l a r g e r
than the week b e f o r e , the corresponding increase f o r t h e member banks in
New York City being $42,000,000,
Accumulation of f u n d s enabled the member banks to reduce f o r the
time being t h e i r borrowings from t h e Federal reserve banks from
$979,000,000 to $908,000,000, or from 6.7 to 6 . 1 p e r ' c e n t of 'the r e p o r t i n g
banks' t o t a l loans and investments. For the New York City banks a reduct i o n under t h i s head from $256,000,000 t o $206,000,000 i s noted, accompanied by a d e c l i n e i n t h e r a t i o of accommodation from 5*6 to 4,4 per cent.
Since the close of 1920, t o t a l borrowings of the r e p o r t i n g banks from t h e
Federal, reserve banks have declined by $1,190,000,000, or nearly 57 per
cent, while those of t h e New York City banks show a simultaneous d e c l i n e
of $560,000,000, or of 73 Per c e n t ,
Government d e p o s i t s show a f u r t h e r reduction of about $9,000,000,
while o t h e r demand d e p o s i t s (net) increased by $149,000,000 and time dep o s i t s - by $3,000,000, t h e l a r g e i n c r e a s e in demand d e p o s i t s being
•in a n t i c i p a t i o n of t a x payments due on September 15. For the New York
City banks i n c r e a s e s of about $50,000,000 in net demand d e p o s i t s and of
$4,000,000 in time d e p o s i t s , a n d no change i n Government d e p o s i t s are
shown,
Notwithstanding the l a r g e i n c r e a s e i n deposit l i a b i l i t i e s , the r e p o r t i n g banks show a decrease of about $8,000,000 i n t h e i r reserve balances
with the Federal reserve banks, while cash in v a u l t increased by $2,000,000.
The New York City banks report an aggregate l o s s of about $25,000,000 i n
reserve b a l a n c e s and a gain of $2,000,000 in cash.




Released f o r

™

B « S I,T LEADIHO e m »

( c o u n t s i , thousands o
Number of r e p o r t i n g banks - - —

—

- - -

Loans and d i s c o u n t s , including b i l l s rediscounted w i t h F. R. Bank:

: : : zzs:

U

s

bord

;.v

giov
OJ

- -

::::

,

?,

:|
^

-

-

.

?f

ig21

lfar,

18

810

-

867,862

u*. t n o t e s
U. S v Treasury n o t e s

Sept

, .

ufe

870,482

19a

sept.

824
?6l

i-M

218
955,343

>•*»<$»

ssaS - w
866,121

M

878,958

^

^

53.369

48,333

l4l,029

140,624

338,844

415,860

Other bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s
Total l o a n s & discounts & 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.Bk. -

2,013,23%
14,800,748

2,0^3,369
14,729,728

...2,056,939
16,076,13 2

—. W-—
17,057>37

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
Tine d e p o s i t s
-

1,228,693
310,018
10,130,875
2,916,826

1,236,233
307,600
9,982,367
2,914,007

1,252,032
321,189
10,375.720
2,926,448

1,390,096
369.711
11,381,204
2,780,662

130,499

139.747

3*7.624

331.376

232,493
2,623

254,^
6 80

573.167
3.382

669,499
4,023

«S:S

«

S®

AM

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

Government d e p o s i t s

- - - - - - - -

All o t h e r

Ratio of b i l l s payable and rediscounts with F . R. Banks
t o t o t a l l o a n s and investments, p e r cent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -




6.1

<7
(a) Ccstparable f i g u r e s not a v a i l a b l e .

11 6

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 , Sept. 23, 1921; not e a r l i e r St.2295b.
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITEMS OF ALL REPORTING MEMBER BANKS IN EACH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPT. l 4 , 1921.
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t
Boston New York Phi l a .
Clevel. RichmNcmber of r e p o r t i n g banks
49
112
58
82
85
Loans and discounts i n c l u d i n g
b i l l s rediscounted w i t h
F . R. Bank;
Loans sec•by U.S.Govt.oblig.
32,898
235,060 68,360
56,004 24,247
Loans sec.by stocks and bonds 185,670 1,258,541 184,233
336,394 109,577
All e t h e r loans & discounts
597,763 2,691,207 355,786
662,893 330,263
Total l o a n s and discounts
816,331 4,184,808 608,379 1,055,291 464,087
U. S~ bonds
314,679 46,295
37,338
101,599 60,855
U» S. Victory notes
5,551
5,355
77,946
16,685
4,542
U. 8 . Treasury notes
1,677
29,359
6,509
5,028
819
U. S- C e r t i f i c a t e s of
indebtedness
4,731
10,000
64,015 10,379
2,401
Other bonds,stocks & s e c u r i t i e s 140,156
7 H , 9 0 i 152,907
273,801 47,953
Total loans and. d i s c o u n t s , and
investments including b i l l s
rediscounted with F-R-Bk, 1,005*784 5,382,768 829,824 1,462,404 580,657
He serve balance with F. R- Bank 75/476
564,815 61,034
94,753 30,443
Cash i n v a u l t
21,301
103,022 17,275
29,305 14,455

Atlanta
43

Chicago
112

St.Louis
37

Minn. Kans.Cy. Dallas
52
79
35

6,626
18,233
79,766 18,637 13,684 17.936
66,686
51,602
440,893 118,622 30,785
37,683
316,515 1,177,15s 304,157 238,623 369.251 207,093
386,350 1,697,817 441,416 283,092 453,8^3 251,402
30,380
70,645 26,849 15,754 31,565 34,290
2,162
26,910
1,272
1,894
2,761
697
244
114
189
6,239
597
1,882
36,946

20,634
1,631
339,772 67,181

541
20,183

5,577
46,009

2,724
10,108

Net demand d e p o s i t s

717,997 4,516,503 615,212

Time d e p o s i t s

181,775

424,290 121,828 140,139

Government d e p o s i t s
B i l l s payable with FvR,Bank:
Sec. by U»S» Govt» oblige
All o t h e r




27,231
598,682
145,635 2,966,321
747,054 7,997.773
919,950 11,562,776
867,862
97,613
16,700

162,475

2,594

53,369

16,514
141,029
166,314 2,013,237

652,882 145,916

24,199

310,018

589,511 10,130,875

67,s4o

99,654

59,776

54o,449

2,916,826

10,633

60,99^

14,350

10,995

4,302

2,152

6,989

3,850

4,i6o

3,407

2,831

5,836

130,499

9,757

70,682

26,332

18,724
1,922

24,886

13,160

22,341

13,739

3,031
264

8,123

4,431
298

17.287
139

232,493
2,623

6,532
69,017

2,628
45,616

932
29.207

1,691
27,334

303
17,945

2,745
38,064

64,023
609,187

B i l l s rediscounted with F~R»Bank:
Sec. by U.S. Govt- oblige
6,003
All other
35,450

4

Total
810

457,720 2,162,023 539,085 320,511 539,954 300,393 1 ,219,685 14,800,74S
184,558 37,928 17.052 37,804 19,786
27,953
77,091 1,228,693

7,388
9,657
53,948
6,257 12,998 10,213
817,811 294,756 213,402 1,344,220 285,694 177,083 372,247 186,439

439,751 42,526

San Fran,
66

—

12,781
170,650

—

17,445
23,773

-

-

5,439
42,535

-

5,111
79,433

•

2,413
30.163

-

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 , September 23, 1921; not e a r l i e r .
PRINCIPAL RESOURCE AND LIABILITY ITE/IS OF REPORTING 1,IE1£BER BANKS IN F. R. BANK AND BRANCH CITIES AND ALL OTHER REPORTING BANKS
•
(Amounts i n thousands of d o l l a r s )
•
All o t h e r
F. R.
All F. R.
reporting
banks
c
i
t
i
e
s
Branch
Bank
c
i
t
i
e
s
New York City
City of Chicago
Sept.
14
Sept.
7
Sept.
7
Sept.
14
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept, 7 Sept. 14
Sept. l 4
Sept. 7
212
31S
318
212
280
280
Number of r e p o r t i n g banks
70
70
51
51
Loans and discounts including
b i l l s r e d i s c ' d . w i t h F.R.Bank:
78,863
96,662
96,367
429,480
79,529
Loans sec.by U.S.Govt.oblig.
422,491
211,922
57,188
217,367
55,527
4I6,34I
468,803
414,957
470,101
Loans sec.by s t o c k s and bonds
1,096,777 1,040,302
318,583
329,072 2,079,879 2,037,133
All o t h e r loans and discounts
2,394,234 2,399,313
756,880
741,520 5,183,476 5,158,581 1.456,761 1,449,861 1,357,536 1,350,978
Total loans and discounts
3,702,933 3,656,982 1,132,651 1,126,119 7,685,846 7,625,194 2,023,524 2,015,031 1,853,406 1,844,798
U. S. bonds
U. S- Victory n o t e s
U. S. Treasury notes

268,985
70,151
26,723

70,393
27,166

U. S. C e r t i f i c a t e s . o f indebtedness
Other bonds, s t o c k s and s e c u r i t i e s
T o t a l loans and d i s c o u n t s , and
investments, including b i l l s
rediscounted with F.R.Bank
Reserve balance with F. R. Bank

53,310
537,863

59,416
541,023

4,664,970
518,668

4,622,655
543,811

89,881
4,043,910

88,142

Ratio^f bills payable and rediscounts
wit^F-R. Bank to total loans and inve st ment s, per cent




8,225
2i,i44

6,747
18,806

348,423

346,525.

96,053

35,662

35,761

9,482

5,825

7,652
132,937

89,331
1,094,013

90,435
1,104,592

30,554
570,801

31,383
572,252

1,302,343 1,296,249
134,908
123,135

9,446,572
897,045

909,15s

32,201
900,510

175,843
7,108,413

174,344
7,009,179

272,772

3,994,447
269,100

30,275
929,663
312,282

310,539

1,359,013

1,353,348

58,785

58,785

5,816

11,324

102,888

108,473

17,523

20,356

10,088

10,918

51,491

70,858

3,633

7,758

114,719
1,895

145,485

76,214
271

76,195
373

4l,560
457

43,135
307

42,710
378,727

46,46o

420,458

13,623
107,364

14,183
103,288

7,690
123,096

7,720
121,329

6-5

6.8

-

11,281
143,228

4.4

- 444,984

445,256

96,736

1,454
7,769
131,129

-

13,221
172,471

3,247
31,328

3,725
43,539

5-6

2.9

. 4.2

5-7

r-4

Government d e p o s i t s
Bills payable with F> R. Bank:
Sec. by U. S- Govt, obligations
All o t h e r
Bills rediscounted with F. R. Bank:
Sec. by U. S. Govt, obligations
All other

2.12,214

213,012

17,179
11,155
1,207

17,895
11,445

cn

Cash i n vault
Net demand d e p o s i t s
Time d e p o s i t s

212,770
25,728

210,108
40,011

267,675

-

39,651

26,193

2,884,480 2,877,154 2,469,696 2,455,283
144,823
186,825
192,636
134,439
74,447
58,824
73,932
59,728
1,535,660 1,563,744 1,436,802 1,409,444
651,610
650,948
909,049
906,865

6.8

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7-0