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FEDERAL

RESERVE

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Finance Rates and Other Terms on Selected Categories of.<(
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Consumer Instalment Credit Extended by Finance Companies6>..<1 <·.,.,.. . . 0
(Not seasonally adjusted)
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Customer finance rate
(per cent per annum)
Period

Mobile
homes

"Other
consumer
goods" ])

July

12.77

18.93

September

12.90

November

Aver~~1q~~ount financed

Average maturity
(months)

(dollars)

Mobile
homes

"Other
consumer
goods" !/

Personal
loans

Mobile
homes

"Other
consumer
goods 1/

Personal
loans

20.55

ll6. 3

21.6

33.5

6,700

408

1,134

18.69

20.52

ll8.2

21.1

33.5

6, 911

407

1,098

13.12

18.77

20.65

ll8. 2

21.4

34.2

6,858

408

1,121

January

13.24

18.90

20.68

ll8. 6

20.9

33.5

6, 892

412

1,092

March

13.15

18.69

20.57

ll9. 5

21.7

34.4

6,978

449

1,143

May

13.07

18.90

r20.47

120.5

21.7

35.5

7,124

439

rl,202

July

13.21

19.26

20.59

122.7

21.2

35.5

7,500

432

1,201

Personal
loans

1973

1974

September

11 Excludes automobiles and recreational vehicles.
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, fa~ily or other personal expenditures. Rates are reported on
Digitized an
for FRASER
Annual Percentage Rate basis as specified in the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation Z (Truth-in-Lending).