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, LIBiWOF'TKE FEDERAL ... ,lKpK6f»e?0£Eti» L(.J .-BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF.THE FEDERAL RESERVE : SYSTEM - 0,17.2 * - - ; • r - " - ™ " - - - - No vembe r^4 : r ~1946 • Retail knstalneni'.Credit a t F u r n i t u r e , Household Appliti-nder-atid- Jewelry- S t o r e s September / J946 v .•-/ -v - 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 at. f u r n i t u r e and j e w e l r y "stored a t the. . e n d ' o f September remained a t t h e August l e v e l s , whiles t h o s e a t household a p p l i a n c e stores increased f u r t h e r . - At t h e end of t h e month, t h e amount o u t s t a n d i n g a t ... . f u r n i t u r e s t o r e s war 31 per cent g r e a t e r t h a n a t t h e end. of September 1945; a t ... j e w e l r y s t o r e s , the i n c r e a s e was 47 por c e n t . Household appliance, s t o r e : a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e were more t h a n t w i c e as l a r g e a s en .the corresponding d a t e of ^1945. The S e p t e r b o r . . c o l l e c t i o n r a t i o s f o r f u r n i t u r e and household apgli%npe./ , . • s t o r e s doc l i n e d one p o i n t to.,2,5 per ' c e n t and '54 .per c e n t , . r e s p e c t i v e l y . At., j e w e l r y s t o r e s c o l l e c t i o n s d u r i n g tlW montii amounted t o 30 -.per cent of 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 r g on t h e f i r s t -of t h e month, as compared w i t h 33 per c e n t i n August., . • " I n s t a l m e n t Accounts Outstanding and C o l l e c t i o n R a t i o s Accounts o u t s t a n d i n g a t end of month D'ecember 5.1 , = 1939 •= 100 " • Household JewelryFurniture appliance stores ' stores. stores 43. 44 * 45.49'. 71- 41 -42 43 '.45/ 48' - 4^ "43 . 42 . 42 " 42 42. '•*42, - 41 42 ' 4.4' •- 46 50 4&-. 49 . 50 ; •51 . 52 53 ' '53 • 55" 55 Collection ratios Furniture stores. Household appliance, stores • 4. '4, 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 • 7 8 9 .68 63 ' •. 61 62 63 65 ; r65 '• 6666; - 35. ' 32 • 3*6 .36 .40 • 43 .42' . 48 • 49 52 51 . . 48 29 28 32 30 ^ 33 33 31 31 . .3Q 31 35 46 52: 5254 '• • 56 55 • 55. . r56. 65; 54 32 29 . 32 32 33 • 32 r31 . - 33 30 . . 25 . 24 . . 27 28 27 , 26 26 . " 26 • " . '•25 , : r - Revised# . : «|IVl3MI3S3Vimi3< p • - Preliminary, l / I n s t a l m e n t c o l l e o t i o n s during month a s per ^ ^ S f f o y ^ t s t a n d i n , ~~ "beginning of* month*. 31. 32 34 34. 49 32 33/ 36 37 39 24\ 24 26 -24 ' " 23, 21.;. 62: - 21 55 " 24 .. 51 , -22 49 23 ... "50 . 23 50 . 24 . • 4a • • 23 •46 . 23 45 •• 27 . 45 ' . .48 ' - ..." 27 24 76 . l/ Jewelry stores . at
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