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--BOARD QF-GOVERilORS/cF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEk G.17.2 ' ' October 3, 19h7 Re tail/instalment Credit—... at Furniture, :Tousehdia^Appliance, and Jewelry Stores August 19u7 • : • • v Instalment accounts outstanding at furniture, household appliance, and jewelry stores increased slightly in August. At the end of the month furniture store .accounts receivable showed a gain of about one-third over the year-ago level, rhile those . at household appliance and jewelry stores continued considerably larger than a year earlier. . Furniture and jewelry store collection ratios on instalment accounts were unchanged in August .at 22- per cent and23 per cent, respectively. At household appliance stores the August collection ratio was h2 per- cent; a month earlier it was 13 per cent. - * , ' LIBRARY .17.2 2 - AM V tlCT „ v 38 ;nt Account InstalmentAccounts Outstanding and Collection Ratios F E D E R A L RESERVE B A N K ! ANn Accounts outstanding at end of- month Collection ratios 1/ December 31, 1939 = 100 Household Household -Furniture Jewelry Furniture Jewelryappliance appliance •stores stores stores . stores . stores stores -12 hi w 76 UQ 63 61 62 6365 65 66 So "51 52 53 53 55 55 57 66 9 10 6.0 • 65 * 63 62 63 65 68. 70 71 •73 68 73 126 . 10 10 10 11 11 rl3 13 lu 116 110: 108 2h Is 27 26 26 26 25 27 27 26 23 ' 21 25 23 rill >116 . 2h rl22 123 127 .22 p -Preliminary. r - Htviccd. 1/ Instalment collections during month beginning of month. 52 52 51 56 55 56 57 2h 68 -I? h2 18 h9 52 51 U8 25 il L6 •50 2h .23 23 27 27 US' 16 h2 hh 23 22 Sh 51 • hi U7 ill rUU hh •hh L6 U3 h2 31 31 30 31 35 hS 32 29 32 32 3h 33 32 33 30 32 a 26 25 27 25 26 2h 23 23 percentage of accounts outstanding at
