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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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CONSUME INSTALMENT CREDITS OF C O I M ® # ! (BANKS

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Consumer instalment, credit outstanding at corranePft-al banks at.
the end of October amounted to
million dollars, practically unchanged from the preceding month, A decrease in automobile credit nearly
offset the effects of gains in all other types of credit. Outstanding
balances on October 31 were about 5 per cent below the year-ago level*
The volume of credit extended increased 9 per cent in October
and showed a year-to-year rise of 15 per cent.

CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDITS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS, OCTOBER 1951
(Estimates» In millions of dollars)
Amounts outstanding

Volume extended

Type of credit
Automobile retail
Purchased paper
Direct loans
Other retail
Purchased and direct
Repair and modernization loans
Personal instalment cash loans

119.8 123.3
166.0 132.2

1,010

926
1,191

126.2 166.2

l,oou 1,282

905
1,181 i,io5
911

66.8

191.2 173.U

682.2

Total
Federal Reserve District:
Boston
New York
Philadelphia

250
988
335

129.7

Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
p—Preliminary.


/
A)'31

1,130

232
310
1,128 1,206

120.3

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CONSUMER INSTAIMENT CREDITS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS
BY TYPE OF CREDIT
(Estimates. In millions of dollars)

Year and month

Total

Automobile retail Other retail Repair & Personal
purchased
modern- instalPurchased Direct and direct ization ment cash

Outstanding at end of period:
1911
191*2
1913
19l*l*
1915
1916
19l7
191*8
19l*9
1950

1,691
81*5
516
557
7l*2
1,591
2,701
3,563
U, 1*16
5,61*5

1*11
136
51*
55
61*
165
31*6
570
851*
1,11*3

310
123
79
96
139
306
536
736
915
1,223

288
11*3 <
68
75
100
275
523
751
922
1,267

231*
151*
89
81*
12k
273
5oo
636
781
905

1*51
289
226
2h7
315
572
796
870
91*1*
1,107

1950 - September
October
November
December

5,685
,5,726
5,661
5,61*5

1,177
1,180
1,159
1,11*3

1,251
1,251*
1,231*
1,223

1,258
1,282 '
1,261
1,267

891
905
907
905

1,108
1,105
1,100
1,107<

1951 - January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September p
October p

5,610
5,5305,516
5,1*90
5,1*89
5,1*81
5,1*30
5,1*72
5,1*1*0
5,1*1*3

1,116
1,096
1,079
1,072
1,083
1,090
1,086
1,097
1,105
1,090

1,219
1,222
1,232
1,21*2
1,21*8
1,21*6
1,230
1,21*0
1,239
1,226

1,268
1,217
1,190
1,153
1,123
1,098
1,068
1,059
l,oob
1,010

890
877
87U
875
882
883
886
899
911
926

1,117
1,118
1,11*1
1,11*8
1,153
1,161*
1,160
1,177
1,181
1,191

152
123
91
9h

17k
132
101
117

211

75
71
55
18

170
155
II46
162

1*7
111
51
56
65

177
153
195
173

Volume extended during month:
1950 - September
October
November
December
1951 - January
February
March
April
Hay
June
July
August •
September
October p

p—Preliminary,


782

61*7
517
562
606
536
638
625
683

166

12l
ll*l

98

666

6U2
738
682
7hh

61*

4L

62
67
82

180
181

178^

188#

173
191