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October 3 , 1946
G.17.2
R e t a i l Instalment Credit •
a t F u r n i t u r e , Household A p p l i a n c e , and Jewelry S t o r e s
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August 1946
I n s t a l m e n t a c c o u n t s o u t s t a n d i n g a t f u r n i t u r e and j e w e l r y s t o r e s
i n c r e a s e d s l i g h t l y i n August, a l t h o u g h some d e c l i n e i s u s u a l i n t h i s month.
Household a p p l i a n c e s t o r e a c c o u n t s , r e c e i v a b l e rose f o r t h e . s e c o n d s u c c e s s i v e
month, and c o n t i n u e d w e l l above t h e low l e v e l p r e v a i l i n g i n 1945*
Accounts
• r e c e i v a b l e a t f u r n i t u r e s t o r e s , showed a - g a i n of^34 per c e n t compared w i t h
a year, e a r l i e r , w h i l e t h e s e a t j e w e l r y s t o r e s were, up 41 per c e n t . The August c o l l e c t i o n r a t i o , oh i n s t a l m e n t accounts a t household!
a p p l i a n c e s t o r e s remained a t t h e J u l y l e v e l of 55.,pdr c e n t , '
Increased , •
c o l l e c t i o n s a t f u r n i t u r e and j e w e l r y s t o r e s r e s u l t e d r n c o l l e c t i o n
of 2 7 per c e n t and"33 per c e n t , r e s p e c t i v e l y .
ratios .
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t h r e e kinds of r e t a i l o u t l e t were above t h o s e " f o r t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g month
of 1945.
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