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FEDERAL

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RESERVE

statistical

G.10

releas
For immediate r e l e a s e
June 28, 1978

INTEREST RATES ON SELECTED CONSUMER INSTALMENT LOANS
AT REPORTING COMMERCIAL BANKS

May
1977

April
1978

May
1978

New a u t o m o b i l e s (36 months)

10.81

10.87

10.84

Mobile homes (84 months)

11.73

11.94

12.01

O t h e r consumer goods (24 months)

13.00

13.00

13.11

Other p e r s o n a l expenditures
(12 months)

13.29

13.55

13.56

Credit card plans

16.87

17.02

16.97

D i r e c t Consumer Loans

NOTE:

The i n t e r e s t r a t e s shown i n t h i s r e l e a s e a r e b a s e d on a s u r v e y cond u c t e d by t h e F e d e r a l Reserve System, w i t h 242 banks r e s p o n d i n g t o
t h e s u r v e y in May. Banks r e p o r t i n g i n e a c h c a t e g o r y numbered: new
a u t o m o b i l e s , 236; mobile homes, 62; o t h e r consumer g o o d s , 197; o t h e r
p e r s o n a l e x p e n d i t u r e s , 234; c r e d i t c a r d p l a n s , 167. A l l r a t e s shown
r e p r e s e n t s i m p l e unweighted a v e r a g e s of e a c h b a n k ' s "most common"
r a t e c h a r g e d d u r i n g t h e f i r s t f u l l c a l e n d a r week of t h e month in each
l o a n c a t e g o r y . The "most common" r a t e i s d e f i n e d a s t h e r a t e charged
on t h e l a r g e s t d o l l a r volume of l o a n s i n t h e p a r t i c u l a r c a t e g o r y
d u r i n g t h e s u r v e y week. R a t e s r e p o r t e d a r e " a n n u a l p e r c e n t a g e r a t e s "
as s p e c i f i e d by R e g u l a t i o n Z ( T r u t h - i n - L e n d i n g ) .