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10. Income and Expenses of the Federal Reserve Banks, by Bank, 2006
Thousands of dollars
Item Total Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco
Current Income  
Loans 12,038 551 1,597 14 478 412 431 3,031 1,112 2,582 1,159 164 506
U.S. Treasury securities 36,452,265 1,712,534 14,520,198 1,454,413 1,511,710 2,861,861 2,888,396 3,216,671 1,111,823 721,055 1,021,749 1,621,236 3,810,619
Foreign currencies 368,905 12,756 103,272 19,564 28,793 97,807 23,987 24,389 4,364 6,959 4,866 4,254 37,893
Priced services 908,363 0 65,846 0 0 0 787,847 54,670 0 0 0 0 0
Compensation received for check services provided1 572,329 46,466 37,091 32,272 67,696 44,012 469 58,784 21,996 74,126 70,644 59,750 59,024
Other 96,527 2,395 61,125 1,918 2,278 7,665 4,474 4,488 1,593 910 1,266 1,944 6,472
Total 38,410,427 1,774,702 14,789,129 1,508,181 1,610,954 3,011,757 3,705,604 3,362,033 1,140,888 805,632 1,099,685 1,687,348 3,914,513
 
Current Expenses  
Salaries and other personnel expenses 1,407,617 76,544 286,428 67,218 86,172 191,575 129,149 108,688 73,743 74,153 91,041 83,001 139,904
Retirement and other benefits 427,673 19,968 81,799 22,285 25,881 64,130 41,586 32,966 22,130 23,075 22,588 28,771 42,494
Net periodic pension benefit expense2 65,601 1,071 57,394 374 534 760 1,295 402 626 720 762 475 1,187
Fees 114,852 2,860 9,949 1,422 4,713 59,317 8,064 5,974 9,225 1,553 4,189 3,688 3,897
Travel 67,247 2,988 8,717 2,356 4,482 9,829 7,882 6,851 3,591 3,042 4,871 3,911 8,728
Software expenses 142,574 4,174 18,653 8,775 23,215 53,282 3,460 3,641 7,625 3,230 4,220 4,780 7,518
Postage and other shipping costs 94,173 1,596 3,489 1,815 5,904 3,334 57,295 3,954 2,357 2,860 2,053 3,810 5,706
Communications 39,339 2,036 3,193 513 717 23,241 1,648 1,427 1,279 1,036 1,081 1,514 1,655
Materials and supplies 55,909 3,532 8,945 3,762 5,255 5,897 6,709 4,467 2,669 2,440 2,962 4,558 4,714
 
Building expenses  
Taxes on real estate 33,260 4,572 4,841 1,551 1,886 2,232 3,197 3,507 518 3,153 1,206 3,366 3,230
Property depreciation 94,732 5,884 17,604 4,056 7,570 8,496 9,130 11,083 5,150 4,679 4,166 8,527 8,388
Utilities 38,389 3,653 7,444 2,787 2,550 3,621 3,806 2,456 1,734 1,894 794 4,358 3,291
Rent 42,392 1,261 16,021 371 598 14,272 622 2,423 1,708 251 3,653 159 1,053
Other 34,195 1,277 6,661 1,775 3,177 3,399 3,925 4,568 1,005 1,472 485 4,016 2,434
Equipment  
Purchases 30,100 2,484 5,507 1,023 1,537 6,457 2,455 1,874 1,449 1,730 2,538 1,292 1,754
Rentals 4,160 266 1,873 350 233 286 393 300 182 22 42 53 160
Depreciation 96,727 4,737 8,600 5,115 5,749 35,919 8,747 4,430 3,325 2,759 4,893 5,090 7,364
Repairs and maintenance 85,982 5,023 9,559 4,693 6,316 18,944 10,670 7,009 2,990 2,470 3,212 5,601 9,495
Earnings-credit costs 276,389 12,765 80,953 12,508 23,233 52,610 17,434 26,003 5,100 5,329 8,173 6,080 26,199
Compensation paid for check services costs incurred1 572,329 0 29,073 0 0 0 543,255 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 79,957 23,526 57,522 11,633 13,559 -256,628 19,562 42,951 75,530 22,613 17,538 36,101 16,050
Recoveries -92,292 -13,459 -11,060 -2,409 -3,112 -29,564 -3,985 -8,758 -1,867 -1,056 -3,866 -7,025 -6,131
Expenses capitalized3 -21,075 -1,270 -9,580 -315 0 -3,041 0 -456 -2,372 -384 -652 -705 -2,301
 
Total 3,690,228 165,488 703,586 151,657 220,173 268,368 876,298 265,759 217,697 157,042 175,949 201,422 286,791
Reimbursements -426,384 -23,368 -85,297 -30,547 -59,375 -28,208 -14,613 -4,646 -115,598 -26,347 -10,472 -13,686 -14,226
Net expenses 3,263,844 142,120 618,289 121,110 160,798 240,159 861,685 261,113 102,100 130,694 165,476 187,736 272,564
 
Profit and Loss  
Current net income 35,146,583 1,632,582 14,170,841 1,387,071 1,450,157 2,771,597 2,843,919 3,100,920 1,038,788 674,938 934,209 1,499,612 3,641,949
 
Additions to and deductions from (-) current net income4  
Profits on foreign exchange transactions 1,185,560 31,981 330,788 65,609 91,326 322,377 79,152 78,502 13,225 22,097 15,658 13,679 121,167
Other additions 7,286 7 23 2 0 3 20 44 0 0 1,291 0 5,896
Total additions 1,192,847 31,989 330,811 65,610 91,326 322,380 79,172 78,546 13,225 22,097 16,949 13,679 127,063
Interest expense on reverse repurchase agreements -1,342,144 -65,129 -505,075 -55,771 -57,659 -109,366 -110,361 -122,680 -42,409 -27,460 -38,987 -61,610 -145,636
Other deductions -9,550 0 0 0 0 0 0 -610 -555 0 -8,386 0 0
Total deductions -1,351,694 -65,129 -505,075 -55,771 -57,659 -109,367 -110,361 -123,289 -42,964 -27,460 -47,372 -61,610 -145,636
Net addition to or deduction from (-) current net income -158,847 -33,141 -174,264 9,840 33,667 213,013 -31,189 -44,743 -29,738 -5,363 -30,424 -47,931 -18,573
 
Cost of unreimbursed Treasury services -2 0 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Assessments by Board  
Board expenditures5 301,014 7,379 81,676 21,904 22,535 80,873 20,742 19,585 3,254 5,427 3,874 3,688 30,075
Cost of currency 491,962 31,062 106,608 29,515 23,255 42,241 65,067 51,165 17,276 12,383 17,174 24,924 73,291
 
Net income before payment to U.S. Treasury 34,194,762 1,560,999 13,808,291 1,345,494 1,438,034 2,863,497 2,726,921 2,985,426 988,520 651,765 882,737 1,423,068 3,520,010
 
Dividends paid 871,255 21,592 221,339 80,190 63,285 240,681 64,625 52,280 9,205 15,064 10,502 11,959 80,533
Payments to U.S. Treasury (interest on Federal Reserve notes) 29,051,678 1,453,044 11,977,585 175,737 1,279,262 1,764,199 2,251,659 2,910,601 935,913 594,235 864,852 1,323,733 3,520,859
 
Transferred to/from surplus 4,271,828 86,363 1,609,367 1,089,567 95,487 858,617 410,636 22,546 43,402 42,466 7,382 87,377 -81,382
Adjustments to surplus6 -1,848,716 -7,094 -1,567,462 -23,790 -22,222 -72,769 -26,515 -40,756 -21,196 -12,026 -5,795 -28,263 -20,829
 
Surplus, January 1 12,901,176 316,824 3,685,179 744,048 1,013,470 3,307,452 892,166 876,301 144,000 245,322 174,757 152,628 1,349,029
Surplus, December 31 15,324,288 396,093 3,727,084 1,809,826 1,086,735 4,093,301 1,276,288 858,091 166,206 275,762 176,344 211,742 1,246,817

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

1. During 2005, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta was assigned the overall responsibility for managing the Reserve Banks' provision of check services and recognizes total System check revenue on its Statements of Income. In 2006, this policy was extended to ACH services managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, as well as to Fedwire funds transfer and securities transfer services, which are managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York compensate the other Reserve Banks for the costs incurred in providing these services.  Return to table

2. Reflects the effect of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, Employers' Accounting for Pensions (SFAS 87). The System Retirement Plan for employees is recorded on behalf of the System on the books of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, resulting in a increase in expenses of $43,150 thousand. The expenses related to the Retirement Benefit Equalization Plan and the Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan are recorded by each Federal Reserve Bank.  Return to table

3. Includes expenses for labor and materials capitalized and depreciated or amortized as charges to activities in the periods benefited.  Return to table

4. Includes reimbursement from the U.S. Treasury for uncut sheets of Federal Reserve notes, gains and losses on the sale of Reserve Bank buildings, counterfeit currency that is not charged back to the depositing institution, and stale Reserve Bank checks that are written off.  Return to table

5. For additional details, see the chapter "Board of Governors Financial Statements."   Return to table

6. The implementation of FAS 158 in 2006 required an adjustment in the amount of $1,848,716 thousand to accumulated other comprehensive income, which is reported as a component of surplus.  Return to table

 

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