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«S5£-?5S . M y . BOARD OF GO.VpRpRS..OF..THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEk G.17.2 . ' November 3 , 19U7 R e t a i l Instalment Credit a t Furniture^ Household A p p l i a n c e , and Jewelry S t o r e s September 19li7 u - I n s t a l m e n t accounts o u t s t a n d i n g a t f u r n i t u r e and j e w e l r y s t o r e s c o n t i n u e d t o r i s e i n September, Household a p p l i a n c e s t o r e . accounts r e c e i v a b l e remained a t t h e August l e v e l and were again about 88 per c e n t above t h e y e a r - a g o l e v e l . At j e w e l r y storfes t h e amount o u t s t a n d i n g was tvd.ce as l a r g e as a y e a r e a r l i e r , -~V' w h i l e a t f u r n i t u r e s t o r e s t h e g a i n over t h e y e a r - p e r i o d was 36 per cent. C o l l e c t i o n s on i n s t a l m e n t accounts a t . f u r n i t u r e , and j e w e l r y s t o r e s were made- a t a-more r a p i d r a t e during September than, i n other months» -For t h e s e two kinds of o u t l e t t h e September colV.cx-ion r a t i o was 2^ per c e n t , w h i l e f o r . household a p p l i a n c e s t o r e s t h e r a t i o was unchanged from the August f i g u r e of UO per cent.. .... . - • Nov 6 9 19 AH 'M7 I n s t a l m e n t Accounts 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 FEDERAL BANK Accounts o u t s t a n d i n g a t end of month December 31, 1939 = 100 Household Furniture Jewelry appliance stores scores Month ' 1915 ' Collection r a t i o s 1/ !Household Furniture appliance s t o r e s jI s t o r e s Jewelry stores " • August" September October ' November. December . V hi h2 :bh • • ho • 5o h -h • h U 5 • U6 15 . bS' aa 76 • 23' •23 27 27 2h 18 it9 52 51 Ii8 T . 19L6^, " January' h8 February h? ' 50 L'arch <April. 51 •::ay . ' • 52 June •53 July• 53August 55 September 55 •October 57" November - . 60 December 65.. 6863 61 62 63 6565 66 66 68 73 . 126 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 - 25 2b 21 • 23 27 •26 26 26 25 27 27 26 ^ : : • 51 52 . ' L7 hi 32 29 32 32 . 3b 33 32 33 30 32 3h hh •hi hi' . hh hhhh rL5 r hi ho hO- 26 25 27 25 26 2li 23 23 25 . . 31 30 . 31 35 16 . 52 52 5L 56 55. 56 57 % . •'1917 January February March April -ay June July / August September p • Q3 62 63 65 68 70 71 73 75" 10 10 10 11 11 13 rlL 15 15 • 116 . 110 108 111 116 122 123 . 127 132 ' 23 • 21 • '25 23 2h 23 22 ' 22 25 • . • p - Preliminary. r - Revised. . 1 / I n s t a l m e n t c o l l e c t i o n s d u r i n g month as p e r c e n t a g e of 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 month. . .
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