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4 FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release - For immediate r e l e a s e August 2 7 1 9 7 4 INTEREST RATES CHARGED ON SELECTED TYPES OF BANK LOANS " I n t e r e s t r a t e ( p e r c e n t p e r annum) July .June January 1974 1974 1972 Type of Loan Small s h o r t - t e r m n o n i n s t a l m e n t loans to businesses I / 7.31 11.06 11.47 Farm p r o d u c t i o n l o a n s (one y e a r of l e s s m a t u r i t y ) . Feeder c a t t l e operations ' Other farm p r o d u c t i o n operating expenses 7.55 10.48 10.74 7.63 9.73 9.92 10.26 10.94 12.57 10.Sir ll,21r 13.01r 10.94 11.46 . 13,14 12.74 17.11. 13.20r 17.23r 13.42 17.23 n. a. • 5.25 9,.50r 11.50 . 9.82 Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t f o r : New a u t o m o b i l e s (36 months) Mobile homes (84 months) Other consumer goods (24 months) Other p e r s o n a l e x p e n d i t u r e s (12 months) „ Credit card plans Business loans—prime r a t e To s m a l l b u s i n e s s e s To l a r g e b u s i n e s s e s " 4 1/ 12,00 Loans of $10,000 t o $25,000 m a t u r i n g i n one y e a r or l e s s . NOTE: Except f o r t h e prime r a t e on l o a n s t o l a r g e b u s i n e s s e s , t h e i n t e r e s t r a t e s shown on t h i s r e l e a s e a r e b a s e d on a s u r v e y c o n d u c t e d j o i n t l y by t h e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e System and the. F e d e r a l D e p o s i t I n s u r a n c e C o r p o r a t i o n a t 370 i n s u r e d commercial b a n k s . A l l r a t e s e x c e p t t h e p r i m e r a t e s r e p r e s e n t s i m p l e unweighted a v e r a g e s of t h e "most common" e f f e c t i v e a n n u a l r a t e on l o a n s made d u r i n g t h e f i r s t f u l l c a l e n d a r week of t h e month i n each l o a n c a t e g o r y . The "most common" r a t e i s d e f i n e d a s t h e r a t e c h a r g e d on t h e l a r g e s t d o l l a r volume of l o a n s i n t h e p a r t i c u l a r c a t e g o r y d u r i n g t h e week c o v e r ad i n t h e s u r v e y . Consumer i n s t a l m e n t l o a n r a t e s a r e r e p o r t e d on a T r u t h - Ln-Lending b a s i s , as s p e c i f i e d in t h e Federal Reserve Board°s,Regulation Z r—Revised - (over) - The prime r a t e , on l o a n s t o s m a l l b u s i n e s s e s , a s p r o v i d e d f o r i n t h e d u a l prime r a t e - s t r u c t u r e e s t a b l i s h e d ' by t h e Committee on I n t e r e s t and D i v i d e n d s i n the, i n t e r e s t r a t e c r i t e r i a f o r commercial b a n k s , i s s u e d A p r i l 16, 1-973, i s t h e b e s t r a t e c h a r g e d by a bank t o i t s most c r e d i t - w o r t h y l o c a l customers.- For t h e C o m m i t t e e ' a . p u r p o s e s , a s m a l l b u s i n e s s i s d e f i n e d as .any d o m e s t i c c o m m e r c i a l , i n d u s t r i a l , o r a g r i c u l t u r a l b o r r o w e r whose t o t a l b o r r o w i n g s o u t s t a n d i n g a t any one time o v e r t h e p r e c e d i n g 12 months ( e x c l u s i v e of l o n g - t e r m r e a l e s t a t e m o r t g a g e d e b t ) d i d n o t exceed $350,000 and whose a s s e t s do n o t exceed $1 m i l l i o n ; - -The f i g u r e shown i s t h e s i m p l e unweighted a v e r a g e of t h e r a t e s i n e f f e c t : o n t h e l a s t b u s i n e s s day ^of t h e f i r s t f u l l c a l e n d a r week of t h e month; t h # r a n g e of v a r i a t i o n of t h e s e r a t e s i s c o n s i d e r a b l e . The l a r g e b u s i n e s s prime r a t © i s t h e r a t e most commonly quoted by l a r g e banks on t h a t d a t e . S i n c e t h e prime r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n h a s n o t b e e n c o n v e r t e d t o an e f f e c t i v e r a t e b a s i s , t h e r a t e s shown a r e n o t d i r e c t l y c o m p a r a b l e t o t h e o t h e r r a t e s shown on t h i s r e l e a s e .
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