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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release

C.2

May 18, 1998

Aggregate Summaries of Annual Surveys of Securities
Credit Extension, as of June 30, 1997

Data collected by the Federal Reserve Board in annual surveys of margin account
credit extensions by lenders subject to the provisions of Regulations T and G (covering
brokers and other nonbank lenders, respectively) are summarized in the attached release.




SECURITIES CREDIT REPORTED BY LENDERS SUBJECT
TO MARGIN REGULATION1
(Millions of dollars)

Credit

Regulation T
Lenders 2

Regulation G
Lenders

Total

TOTAL

92,745

12,355

105,100

Margin accounts3

92,745

95

92,840

12,260

12,260

Plan lenders and
ESOP4

SECURITIES CREDIT BY SOURCE
(Millions of dollars)
Outstanding on
June 30

Brokers

Others

Total 1

1980

11,619

173

11,792

1981

15,269

260

15,529

1982

11,870

277

12,147

1983

18,742

208

18,950

1984

22,506

276

22,782

1985

23,605

507

24,112

1986

30,649

366

31,015

1987

37,502

580

38,082

1988

29,754

1,474

31,228

1989

32,485

3,534

36,019

1990

30,054

6,838

36,892

1991

34,536

7,675

42,211

1992

37,309

8,239

45,548

1993

44,757

8,003

52,760

1994

55,264

8,243

63,507

1995

55,341

7,562

62,903

1996

75,466

7,479

82,945

1997

92,745

12,355

105,100

1. Collection of comparable annual data for bank lending under Regulation U ceased after June 1977.
2. Includes data for firms that are members of the NYSE. Prior to 1997, data also included Am ex firms.
3 Includes credit extended on stock, non-convertible bonds, and convertible bonds under a
consolidated method of reporting under Regulation T.
4. Includes credit extended to finance purchases through qualified stock option and employee stock
purchase and ownership plans.



REPORT OF BROKERS CARRYING MARGIN ACCOUNTS 1
As oflast business day of June 1997

ASSETS
1. Debit blllances due from public customers in:
a. Margin accounts 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Cash accounts .................................................... .
c. Nonsecurities accounts .............................................. .
d. Other accounts .................................................... .
e. Total (Sum of items 1a through 1d above) .............................. .
2. Debit balances in firm investment and trading accounts ...................... .
3. Amount to be received for securities held under repurchase agreements ......... .
4. All other assets ...................................................... .
5. Total Assets (Sum of items 1 through 4 above) ............................. .
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
6. Credit balances due to public customers in:
a. Margin accounts ................................................... .
b. Cash accounts .................................................... .
c. Nonsecurities accounts .............................................. .
d. Other accounts .................................................... .
e. Total (Sum of items 6a through 6d above) .............................. .
7. Credit balances in firm investment and trading accounts ..................... .
8. Balances due on loans from:
a. U.S. banks ....................................................... .
b. Foreign banks ..................................................... .
c. Other lenders ..................................................... .
d. Total (Sum of items 8a through 8c above) .............................. .
9. Amount to be repaid for securities sold under repurchase agreements ........... .
10. All other liabilities and capital .......................................... .
11. Total Liabilities and Capital (Sum of items 6 through 10 above) ............... .
MEMORANDUM
12. Number of margin accounts in:3
a. Debit status ....................................................... .
b. Credit status ...................................................... .
c. Total (Sum of items 12a through 12b above) ............................ .

Dollar Amounts
millions

--

thousands

92 745
9,708
1,158
2,045
105 658
339 573
478 248
567 666
1,491,147

359
241
743
859
202
883
751
256
092

51,806
42477
11,839
60,006
166130
171506

089
757
447
710
003
959

12 663
13 625
39 675
65 964
665,297
422,248
1,491147

223
354
485
062
948
120
092

Actual Count

1179,320
3,032,870
4 212,190

1. Includes NYSE member firms only. One firm was excluded from the report, because their total assets were not
equal to total liabilities and capital.
2. Conceptually equivalent to margin credit at broker-dealers, as reported monthly in the Federal Reserve Bulletin
table, "Stock Market, Selected Statistics."
3. Three firms were excluded from the memorandum item 12, because they cannot provide numbers for Debit status
and Credit status.