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11. Income and Expenses of the Federal Reserve Banks, 1914-2006
Thousands of dollars
Federal Reserve Bank and period Current income Net expenses Net additions or deductions (-)1 Assessments by Board of Governors Dividends paid Payments to U.S. Treasury Transferred to surplus (section 13b) Transferred to surplus (section 7)
Board expenditures Costs of currency Statutory transfers2 Interest on Federal Reserve notes
All Banks  
1914-15 2,173 2,018 6 302 ... 217 ... ... ... ...
1916 5,218 2,082 -193 192 ... 1,743 ... ... ... ...
1917 16,128 4,922 -1,387 238 ... 6,804 1,134 ... ... 1,134
1918 67,584 10,577 -3,909 383 ... 5,541 ... ... ... 48,334
1919 102,381 18,745 -4,673 595 ... 5,012 2,704 ... ... 70,652
 
1920 181,297 27,549 -3,744 710 ... 5,654 60,725 ... ... 82,916
1921 122,866 33,722 -6,315 741 ... 6,120 59,974 ... ... 15,993
1922 50,499 28,837 -4,442 723 ... 6,307 10,851 ... ... -660
1923 50,709 29,062 -8,233 703 ... 6,553 3,613 ... ... 2,546
1924 38,340 27,768 -6,191 663 ... 6,682 114 ... ... -3,078
1925 41,801 26,819 -4,823 709 ... 6,916 59 ... ... 2,474
1926 47,600 24,914 -3,638 722 1,714 7,329 818 ... ... 8,464
1927 43,024 24,894 -2,457 779 1,845 7,755 250 ... ... 5,044
1928 64,053 25,401 -5,026 698 806 8,458 2,585 ... ... 21,079
1929 70,955 25,810 -4,862 782 3,099 9,584 4,283 ... ... 22,536
 
1930 36,424 25,358 -93 810 2,176 10,269 17 ... ... -2,298
1931 29,701 24,843 311 719 1,479 10,030 ... ... ... -7,058
1932 50,019 24,457 -1,413 729 1,106 9,282 2,011 ... ... 11,021
1933 49,487 25,918 -12,307 800 2,505 8,874 ... ... ... -917
1934 48,903 26,844 -4,430 1,372 1,026 8,782 ... ... -60 6,510
1935 42,752 28,695 -1,737 1,406 1,477 8,505 298 ... 28 607
1936 37,901 26,016 486 1,680 2,178 7,830 227 ... 103 353
1937 41,233 25,295 -1,631 1,748 1,757 7,941 177 ... 67 2,616
1938 36,261 25,557 2,232 1,725 1,630 8,019 120 ... -419 1,862
1939 38,501 25,669 2,390 1,621 1,356 8,110 25 ... -426 4,534
 
1940 43,538 25,951 11,488 1,704 1,511 8,215 82 ... -54 17,617
1941 41,380 28,536 721 1,840 2,588 8,430 141 ... -4 571
1942 52,663 32,051 -1,568 1,746 4,826 8,669 198 ... 50 3,554
1943 69,306 35,794 23,768 2,416 5,336 8,911 245 ... 135 40,327
1944 104,392 39,659 3,222 2,296 7,220 9,500 327 ... 201 48,410
1945 142,210 41,666 -830 2,341 4,710 10,183 248 ... 262 81,970
1946 150,385 50,493 -626 2,260 4,482 10,962 67 ... 28 81,467
1947 158,656 58,191 1,973 2,640 4,562 11,523 36 75,284 87 8,366
1948 304,161 64,280 -34,318 3,244 5,186 11,920 ... 166,690 ... 18,523
1949 316,537 67,931 -12,122 3,243 6,304 12,329 ... 193,146 ... 21,462
 
1950 275,839 69,822 36,294 3,434 7,316 13,083 ... 196,629 ... 21,849
1951 394,656 83,793 -2,128 4,095 7,581 13,865 ... 254,874 ... 28,321
1952 456,060 92,051 1,584 4,122 8,521 14,682 ... 291,935 ... 46,334
1953 513,037 98,493 -1,059 4,100 10,922 15,558 ... 342,568 ... 40,337
1954 438,486 99,068 -134 4,175 6,490 16,442 ... 276,289 ... 35,888
1955 412,488 101,159 -265 4,194 4,707 17,712 ... 251,741 ... 32,710
1956 595,649 110,240 -23 5,340 5,603 18,905 ... 401,556 ... 53,983
1957 763,348 117,932 -7,141 7,508 6,374 20,081 ... 542,708 ... 61,604
1958 742,068 125,831 124 5,917 5,973 21,197 ... 524,059 ... 59,215
1959 886,226 131,848 98,247 6,471 6,384 22,722 ... 910,650 ... -93,601
 
1960 1,103,385 139,894 13,875 6,534 7,455 23,948 ... 896,816 ... 42,613
1961 941,648 148,254 3,482 6,265 6,756 25,570 ... 687,393 ... 70,892
1962 1,048,508 161,451 -56 6,655 8,030 27,412 ... 799,366 ... 45,538
1963 1,151,120 169,638 615 7,573 10,063 28,912 ... 879,685 ... 55,864
1964 1,343,747 171,511 726 8,655 17,230 30,782 ... 1,582,119 ... -465,823
1965 1,559,484 172,111 1,022 8,576 23,603 32,352 ... 1,296,810 ... 27,054
1966 1,908,500 178,212 996 9,022 20,167 33,696 ... 1,649,455 ... 18,944
1967 2,190,404 190,561 2,094 10,770 18,790 35,027 ... 1,907,498 ... 29,851
1968 2,764,446 207,678 8,520 14,198 20,474 36,959 ... 2,463,629 ... 30,027
1969 3,373,361 237,828 -558 15,020 22,126 39,237 ... 3,019,161 ... 39,432
 
1970 3,877,218 276,572 11,442 21,228 23,574 41,137 ... 3,493,571 ... 32,580
1971 3,723,370 319,608 94,266 32,634 24,943 43,488 ... 3,356,560 ... 40,403
1972 3,792,335 347,917 -49,616 35,234 31,455 46,184 ... 3,231,268 ... 50,661
1973 5,016,769 416,879 -80,653 44,412 33,826 49,140 ... 4,340,680 ... 51,178
1974 6,280,091 476,235 -78,487 41,117 30,190 52,580 ... 5,549,999 ... 51,483
1975 6,257,937 514,359 -202,370 33,577 37,130 54,610 ... 5,382,064 ... 33,828
1976 6,623,220 558,129 7,311 41,828 48,819 57,351 ... 5,870,463 ... 53,940
1977 6,891,317 568,851 -177,033 47,366 55,008 60,182 ... 5,937,148 ... 45,728
1978 8,455,309 592,558 -633,123 53,322 60,059 63,280 ... 7,005,779 ... 47,268
1979 10,310,148 625,168 -151,148 50,530 68,391 67,194 ... 9,278,576 ... 69,141
 
1980 12,802,319 718,033 -115,386 62,231 73,124 70,355 ... 11,706,370 ... 56,821
1981 15,508,350 814,190 -372,879 63,163 82,924 74,574 ... 14,023,723 ... 76,897
1982 16,517,385 926,034 -68,833 61,813 98,441 79,352 ... 15,204,591 ... 78,320
1983 16,068,362 1,023,678 -400,366 71,551 152,135 85,152 ... 14,228,816 ... 106,663
1984 18,068,821 1,102,444 -412,943 82,116 162,606 92,620 ... 16,054,095 ... 161,996
1985 18,131,983 1,127,744 1,301,624 77,378 173,739 103,029 ... 17,796,464 ... 155,253
1986 17,464,528 1,156,868 1,975,893 97,338 180,780 109,588 ... 17,803,895 ... 91,954
1987 17,633,012 1,146,911 1,796,594 81,870 170,675 117,499 ... 17,738,880 ... 173,771
1988 19,526,431 1,205,960 -516,910 84,411 164,245 125,616 ... 17,364,319 ... 64,971
1989 22,249,276 1,332,161 1,254,613 89,580 175,044 129,885 ... 21,646,417 ... 130,802
 
1990 23,476,604 1,349,726 2,099,328 103,752 193,007 140,758 ... 23,608,398 ... 180,292
1991 22,553,002 1,429,322 405,729 109,631 261,316 152,553 ... 20,777,552 ... 228,356
1992 20,235,028 1,474,531 -987,788 128,955 295,401 171,763 ... 16,774,477 ... 402,114
1993 18,914,251 1,657,800 -230,268 140,466 355,947 195,422 ... 15,986,765 ... 347,583
1994 20,910,742 1,795,328 2,363,862 146,866 368,187 212,090 ... 20,470,011 ... 282,122
1995 25,395,148 1,818,416 857,788 161,348 370,203 230,527 ... 23,389,367 ... 283,075
1996 25,164,303 1,947,861 -1,676,716 162,642 402,517 255,884 5,517,716 14,565,624 ... 635,343
1997 26,917,213 1,976,453 -2,611,570 174,407 364,454 299,652 20,658,972 0 ... 831,705
1998 28,149,477 1,833,436 1,906,037 178,009 408,544 343,014 17,785,942 8,774,994 ... 731,575
1999 29,346,836 1,852,162 -533,557 213,790 484,959 373,579 ... 25,409,736 ... 479,053
 
2000 33,963,992 1,971,688 -1,500,027 188,067 435,838 409,614 ... 25,343,892 ... 4,114,865
2001 31,870,721 2,084,708 -1,117,435 295,056 338,537 428,183 ... 27,089,222 ... 517,580
2002 26,760,113 2,227,078 2,149,328 205,111 429,568 483,596 ... 24,495,490 ... 1,068,598
2003 23,792,725 2,462,658 2,481,127 297,020 508,144 517,705 ... 22,021,528 ... 466,796
2004 23,539,942 2,238,705 917,870 272,331 503,784 582,402 ... 18,078,003 ... 2,782,587
2005 30,729,357 2,889,544 -3,576,903 265,742 477,087 780,863 ... 21,467,545 ... 1,271,672
2006 38,410,427 3,263,844 -158,846 301,014 491,962 871,255 ... 29,051,678 ... 4,271,828
 
Total, 1914-2006 710,889,641 53,347,257 4,041,796 4,704,801 8,832,012 8,738,777 44,113,958 573,927,960 -4 21,266,6763
 
Aggregate for each Bank, 1914-2006  
Boston 37,823,486 3,416,852 -48,223 207,260 518,973 410,646 2,579,504 30,051,671 135 590,222
New York 249,731,575 8,384,9314 833,624 1,168,193 2,781,090 2,176,006 17,307,161 212,590,458 -433 6,157,793
Philadelphia 26,369,964 2,776,143 112,671 198,455 375,069 407,602 1,312,118 19,437,229 291 1,975,729
Cleveland 42,583,372 3,269,494 297,125 342,922 512,316 649,488 2,827,043 33,884,049 -10 1,395,195
Richmond 54,923,061 4,585,203 691,529 669,078 725,744 1,403,928 3,083,928 39,972,837 -72 5,173,944
Atlanta 40,448,737 6,527,615 290,459 350,725 659,959 617,505 2,713,230 28,273,211 5 1,596,946
Chicago 85,257,610 6,465,618 613,784 525,507 1,005,353 916,679 4,593,811 71,087,653 12 1,276,762
St. Louis 24,240,701 2,597,202 42,722 115,126 321,728 208,306 1,833,837 18,917,298 -27 289,952
Minneapolis 12,223,622 2,549,119 129,352 140,300 156,232 256,828 416,227 8,400,348 65 433,854
Kansas City 25,486,625 3,401,053 103,704 146,764 321,689 248,040 1,249,703 19,924,327 -9 298,763
Dallas 32,411,865 3,448,353 338,948 218,444 437,554 350,811 1,510,802 26,405,056 55 379,737
San Francisco 79,389,024 5,925,674 636,099 622,028 1,016,305 1,092,938 4,686,594 64,983,822 -17 1,697,779
 
Total 710,889,641 53,347,257 4,041,796 4,704,801 8,832,012 8,738,777 44,113,958 573,927,960 -4 21,266,6763

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

1. For 1987 and subsequent years, includes the cost of services provided to the Treasury by Federal Reserve Banks for which reimbursement was not received.   Return to table

2. Represents transfers made as a franchise tax from 1917 through 1932; transfers made under section13b of the Federal Reserve Act from 1935 through 1947; and transfers made under section 7 of the Federal Reserve Act for 1996 and 1997.   Return to table

3. The $21,266,676 thousand transferred to surplus was reduced by direct charges of $500 thousand for charge-off on Bank premises (1927), $139,300 thousand for contributions to capital of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1934), $4 thousand net upon elimination of section 13b surplus (1958), and $106,000 thousand (1996), $107,000 thousand (1997), and $3,752,000 thousand (2000) transferred to the Treasury as statutorily required; and was increased by transfer of $11,131 thousand from reserves for contingencies (1955). The implementation of FAS 158 in 2006 required an adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income of $1,848,716 thousand, which is reported as a component of surplus, leaving a balance of $15,324,288 thousand on December 31, 2006.   Return to table

4. This amount is reduced by $2,717,806 thousand for expenses of the System Retirement Plan. See note 2, table 10.   Return to table

. . . Not applicable.

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