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LffiRM OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE E H OF CIEVEUWO BOARD OF GOVERNORS; OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE- SYSTEM ' ' i ' • ' April U) 19U-7 T.17.2 at-.Furniture, H&usehol^A^^itoce^and Jewelry stores February 19hl ; ^ K.iuwnt k«U»1. % • ' v , . i « . U y «>' decreased by about the. customary amount in February. Jewelry stbre ac- ^ counts receivable were nearly three-fourths larger than a year earlier, While those.at furniture Store, showed * 27 per cent-rise. Household appliance store acc.unts receivable i n c r e a s i n g l y in February and at the• end of the month vierb • approximately double theamount outstandingon the corresponding date last year. - - • . jewelry and furniture* store collection ratios on instalment accounts declined one point in February/to 2 5 per cent and 22 P - cent month respectively. At household appliance ?tores .co^ctidhs duri»g the m , were U2 per cent of instalment accounts outstanding on February 1, as compared with U7 per'cent in the three preceding months. Instalment Accounts Outs raiding an£" Collection Ratios; '4ccounts outstanding at end of month December 31. 1939 - 100 . . j Household Jewelry Furniture appliance stores ; stores . . stores . '1916 Collection ratios 1/ Household . appliance stores Furniture stores Jev/elr-y- 'z • stores - -. - January • hb ' . February • . W • March" 12, . * %2April. :'a . ..y . . - 42 * '-June::; : V- . - k 2 1 July ^August. ; 11 "ger>t ei-ter. h2 lib - October . ho '.November ' December . - 50 b b L b ' • b b- 62 <5 51 ' U9 •50 50 • .h3\ , li6 • h U b b h " ' b 5 " 15. bd. • 76 5 " 29 . 35 32 . • - 28 32 • . 3& - 30 -3o . hO- 33 ' U3 " . - . 33'. •31 • U2-2k ' . 31. : • .18 23 " . 30. 23."" • V * . 5,2 .. . . . -'-31" 27 . "51 • 27 ' 35 . hS 2b • . . -21 . .21 ' ' 21 ' ' : 22. 23 23' " - • 19lt6 ^January. " . / . : F^b^uary March * May " "June • -July ' S3. S3 . - September CcrCoDcr" ' • -November December- . likZ 1950 51 - 57 60 •.. : 5 5 • • / - 5 ' • 5 5 5 ' 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 •' IP 63 . i-.^ ' : " 2h • . 61 • . • 27 \ 1 28. 62 27 - 63 26 ' 65 ' . 26" 65 • " • . • . 26 / 66 • . 66. . . • -25 68 " / . - 27 27 r73 . . . rl26- .. 2 6 • • 32 29 32 .32. 52 ' -5? • 5b •• ' ' • • 3b - 33 32 33 30 • "55. ' • 56 " .57 sa - - . ; ' .Si' •52 bl " bl - , ' 3Z ' • r ?^' • bb : * January .February p * ' ; : 63 62 9 10 116. 10?",. , --23 ' - . , 22:. hi b2 " ' . p - Preliminary, r - Revisedr1/ Ins iricnt collections during month as per cent q-f accounts outstanding at beginning • of', month :!^V8 - J lVU303d yv oi-g AtifHen / njtf 26 25 * -
