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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(For Immediate Release)

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September 4, 1964

The attached statement, "The Basic Reserve Position, and
Federal Funds and Related Transactions of Major Reserve City Banks" is
the first of a series of weekly public releases of Federal funds data.
The reporting week ends on a Wednesday and the statement covering that
week will be distributed one week from the following Friday.

These data

are also available monthly in the Federal Reserve Bulletin beginning
with August 1964.
An article describing the Series in detail and furnishing
back data for almost five years was included in the August Bulletin.
Your name will be added to the mailing list for this release
upon request tot
Publications Section,
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System,
Washington, D. C. 20551

L I B R A R Y

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Table I

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Beserve Posit leas of Major Besenre City Banks
Beserve Period Ended August 26, 196U'

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(in millions of dollars unless otherwise noted)
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k6 "banks

8 "banks in 38 "banks outrc*
5 banks 33 o f h
Bev York City side Bev York in Chicago banks

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Reserve excess or deficiency (-) l/

18

10

8

-1

9

Less: Borrowings free Be serve Banks

156

55

101

6

96

Less: let Interbank Federal funds
purchases or sales (-) 2 /

368

l4l

. 227

28

199

-506

-1B6

-320

-35

-285

5.5

5.2

5-8

3.8

6.2

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Equals: Bet basic reserve surplus
or deficit (-);
a. Bet amount
¥

To. As per cent of average required reserves

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1/ Be serves held after all adjustments applicable to the reporting period less the sum of
, required reserves and carryover reserve deficiencies.
2f* For details see Federal Funds Transactions of Major Be serve City Banks.
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Mote: — Averages of daily figures.




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Table II

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Federal Funds Transactions of Major Reserve City Banks
for the Week Ended August 26, 1964
(in millions of dollars)
,

33 other
38 banks out- 5 banks
8 banks in
46 banks Hew York City side Mew York in Chicago banks

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\- Interbank Federal funds
transactions
1.flrppptransactions

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678
537

2. Total 2-way transactions l/

895

886
659

228
200

658
459

477

a. Purchases
b. Sales

4l8

116

302

3. Total net transactions
a. Ret purchases of mat
buying banks
b. Net sales of net
selling banks
c. Het purchases or sales

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669

201

468

112

356

301

60

241

84

157

368

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227

28

1$

1. Loans to dealers 2/

946

637

309

90

219

2. Borrowings from dealers j/

174

93

81

3

78

3» Het loans

772

544

228

87

141

(-)

B. Related transactions with
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U. 8. Government securities
dealers
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£/ Derived from averages for Individual "banks far entire week. Figure for each "bank
Indicates extent to which its weekly average purchases and sales are offsetting;
that is, it is the lesser of the two amounts. Gross purchases less 2-way trans* actions equals net purchases of net buying hanks# Similarly, gross sales less
» 2-way transactions equals net sales of net selling hanks.
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|/ Federal funds loaned, net funds supplied to each dealer by clearing hanks,
repurchase agreements (purchases of securities free dealers subject to resale)
o r other lending arrangements.
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y
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Federal funds borrowed, net funds acquired from each dealer by clearing banks,
reverse repurchase agreements (sales of securities to dealers subject to repur-—
chase), resale agreements, and borrowings secured by Gov't, or other issues.


lotei — Averages of


daily figures.