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• • . . . . . . . -~··· -)(~','-· -{~·t-··_F_E_D_E_R_A_...L__R_E_S_E_R_V_E......__s_t....a_t_is_t_ic_a_l_/_re_le-a_s_e~(,../_ _ ·.t .,.- ..,.t-·: . ·~0 J .3 ~.· /·.· ' For immedititte release Au'fht 6, 1974 .. ~~at.!.'-':·. ··· .. ·· t)l\"t" f\l."i l\~~~~1 4 1 ~£18('Y.LJfi>y Finance Rates and Other Terms on Selected Categories of Consumer Instalment Credit Extended by Finance Companies (Not seasona 11y a d juste d) ~11 co~'~·~""' (tOE.R.~l Rt~CA~O c\-\ n' Vo9 ~:~u·,._'·,..,-~ 1. Q.,~v. ::.,,.,1 l'L,··/·.~ v,.:_;;. . .· If 0 ;:. IY::__,••. Customer finance rate (per cent per annum) Period { ;I.J'~fJ$· Average amount" .· anced (dollars) · Average maturity (months) Mobile homes "Other consumer goods" 1/ Personal loans Mobile homes "Other consumer goods" 1/ Personal loans Mobile homes January 12.51 19.04 21.00 112.2 21.3 32.3 6,360 395 1,001 March 12.54 18.92 20.79 113.8 21.1 33.1 6,433 402 1,057 May 12.73 18.88 20.76 115.5 21.9 34.2 6,605 409 1,104 July 12.77 18.93 20.55 116.3 21.6 33.5 6,700 408 1,134 September 12.90 18.69 20.52 118.2 21.1 33.5 6, 911 407 1,098 November 13.12 18.77 20.65 118.2 21.4 34.2 6,858 408 1,121 January 13.24 18.90 20.68 118.6 20.9 33.5 6,892 412 r 1,092 March 13.15 r 18.69 r 20.57 119.5 r 21.7 34.4 6,978 r 449 r 1,143 "Other consumer goods" 1/ Personal loans 1973 1974 1,203 7,124 439 18.90 20.57 120.5 21.7 35.5 13.07 11 Excludes automobiles and recreat1onal veh1cles. r--Revised. NOTE: The data shown on this release are compiled from a bimonthly survey conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. For mobile homes and "other consumer goods," the data cover contracts purchased by finance companies, primarily from retail outlets; for personal loans, they cover secured and unsecured loans made directly by finance companies for household, family or other personal expenditures. Rates are reported on an Annual Percentage Rate basis as specified in the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation Z (Truth-in-Lending). May