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BOARD OF G0VIi?u"0.":S OF . T H 2 F 3 D E R A L . R^S2KV3,6ySTEM G.17.2 F e b r u a r y 6 , 1%<B Retail Instalment Credit a t F u r n i t u r e , H o u s e h o l d , A p p l i a n c e , - ancl J e w e l r y S t o r e s December 1947 . . ; . " I n s t a l m e n t , a c c o u n t s o u t s t a n d i n g of f u r n i t u r e s t o r e s showed a b o u t t h e c u s t o m a r y g a i n i n December, and a t -the y e a r - e n d were'.45 p e r cent l a r g e r than a year e a r l i e r . At j e w e l r y s t o r e s t h e i n c r e a s e i n a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e was s l i g h t l y l e s s t h a n s e a s o n a l , b u t t h e o u t s t a n d - ~ i n g b a l a n c e r e a c h e d a l e v e l more' t h a n t h r e e - f i f t h s , above, t h e December peak a y e a r a g o . Household a p p l i a n c e s t o r e a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e , which have been i n c r e a s i n g s t e a d i l y f o r t h e p a s t two y e a r s , r o s e s l i g h t l y i n . December. At t h e end of t h e y e a r t h e y were SO p e r c e n t above t h e amount o u t s t a n d i n g on December 3 1 , 1946. C o l l e c t i o n s on i n s t a l m e n t a c c o u n t s of j e w e l r y s t o r e s showed t h e c u s t o m a r y , s h a r p i n c r e a s e i n December, and t h e - c o l l e c t i o n r a t i o r o s e 'frDU.24 p o r c e n t i n November t o 33 p e r c e n t . At h o u s e h o l d a p p l i - a n c e sfcev^s, t h e c o l l e c t i o n . r a t i o was. 39 p e r c e n t , t h e same as. i n t h e p r e c e d i n g :i-v = oli. Co3'lee t i e n s of- f . T n i t u r e s t o r e s d u r i n g December were 2 1 p e r c e / t of : n::+air. =m: a c c o u n t s ..outstanding on t h e f i r s t of t h e month a s compared w i t h 23 p e r c e n t i n November. . . "r G.17.2 ' - 2 - I n s t a l m e n t A c c o u n t s O u t s t a n d i n g and C o l l e c t i o n R a t i o s A c c o u n t s o u t s t a n d i n g a t end of month December 3 1 , 1939 = 1 0 0 . Household Furniture Jewelry appliance stores jitiares stores . • l.'cnth 19L5- Furniture stores' • Household appliance stores Jewelry stores ^ November Zecember 19L6 Collection ratios V • k8 76 27 2k SO k 5 -us U9 " 50 -51' •52 • 5353 55 55 . - .57 6065 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 d 9 9 10 . 68 63 61 62 63 65 65 66 66 68' 73 126: . 25 2U 27 28 27 26 26 26 25 27 • 27 26 10 10 10 11 11 ' 13 1L 15 15 16 17 13 - 116 110 108. Ill 116 122' 123" 127 • 132 1351L9 205 23 . 21 : 25 23 2k • 23 22 22 2k . 23 23 21 - > > . " r 51 18 . . 35 k6 • • Jariuai-y February ::arch_ April - a y .• " July August _ SepL-z'-'ber October November December • 52 52 Sk . 56 55 56 57 ' Sk 51 52 k7 k? .32 29 32 32' 3k 33 32 33, 30 32 3k • kk . ,1917 January February Larch Aor-il :.ay • June July August _ September October November December-p ' 63 62 63 65 63 ' 70 ' 71 73 75 -79 Gii 9k . . .26 25 27 25 26 2k' 23 23_ 25% 23. 2k 33 k7 hi lih kk kk kS ' Ul 39 39 'ko 39 39. p - preliminary. • 1 / I n s t a l l m e n t c o l l e c t i o n s d u r i n g month a's p e r c e n t a g e . o f a c c o u n t s o u t s t a n d i n g a t " b e g i n n i n g of m o n t h . • UHV13A313JS MW8 3AV3S38TWWM W < W02 7 01
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