Full text of G.17 Department Store Credit : May 4, 1945
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BOARD Or GO^/ERKORS OF' TI3E "FEDERAL RESERVE SYS TEH.
&:ay 4 , 1945
R&S dsc - 30
DEPARTLEK? s t o r e c r e d i t
. LARCH 1945
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I n s t a l m e n t a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e a t d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s showed l i t t l e
char.go i n L a r c h , and a t t h e end of t h e month were . i n ' s 11 g h t l y s m a l l e r volume
•ths-r. a y e a r e a r l i e r . ' C o l l e c t i o n s on- i n s t a l m e n t , a c c o u n t s i n c r e a s e d 12 p e r c e n t
•in Larch, end t h e c o l l e c t ! on r a t i o r o s e s i x p o i n t s t o 36 p e r . c e n t . The a v e r a g e
p e r ! cd t h a t i n s t a l m e n t . a c c o u n t s were o u t s t a n d i n g was a b o u t f our and o n e - h a l f •
months, " a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h e same l e n g t h of t i m e a s i n . t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g month
li s t y e a r ,
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Charge a c c o u n t s o u t s t a n d i n g i n c r e a s e d by s u b s t a n t i a l l y more t h a n t h e
c u s t o m s r y s e a s o n a l amount, and were a b o u t o n e - f i f t h l a r g e r than & y e a r e a r l i e r
• C o l l e c t i o n s ' o n c h a r g e . a c c o u n t s showed a s m a l l ' d e c l i n e , as i s u s u a l i n March,
b u t t h e c o l l e c t i o n r a t i o r e a c h e d t h e high l e v e l of 6 6 " p e r • c e n t , a s compared
w i t h 61 per c e n t i n t h e t h r e e p r e c e d i n g , months.. Charge a c c o u n t s w e r e o u t s t a n d i n g , on t h e a v e r a g e , a p p r o x i m a t e l y : ' 4 6 days i n UarCh,. a b o u t one d a y l e ss tian •
i n Larch 1944. •
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Both cash and c r e d i t s a l e s showed c o n s i d e r a b l e e x p a n s i o n f r o m F e b r u a r y
t o L a r c h , a t t r i b u t a b l e , ' i n l a r g e p a r t , t o E a s t e r b u y i n g / Cash s a l e s , w h i c h
amounted t o 62 per' c e n t of the t o t a l , were a p p r o x i m a t e l y o n e - f o u r t h above t h e
volume of l a s t y e a r . C h a r g e - a c c o u n t s a l e s ' a l s o . ' w o r e , about . o n e - f o t i r t h g r e a t e r '
t h a n i n the-, same p e r i o d -of 1944, v M 1 e i n s t a l m e n t s a l e s r e m a i n e d . a t t h e ; l e v o l
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