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G. 18

December 6, 1973
CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
OCTOBER 1973

Consumer instalment credit outstanding at commercial banks amounted to
$68,627 million at the end of October, an increase of over $700 million from September 30
All major types of outstanding credit expanded during the month with automobile paper
accounting for nearly half the total increase.
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Instalment loans made to consumers in October were $793 million above the
September volume. A substantial portion of the increase was due to gains in credit card
"and automobile paper .
Consumer Instalment Credit at Commercial Banks
(Estimates, in millions of dollars)
Amounts outstanding
Volume extended:
Chang
Change from:
Type of credit
Oct. 3 1 ,
Month Year
Month Year
1973
1973
ago
ago
ago
ago

Other_ consumer goods: Credit cards
Mobile homes
Other
Home repair and modernization loans
Personal loans: Check-credit
Other
Total

+339

+ 4,855

2,635

+505

+344

+237
+102

+ 3,127
+ 1,728

1,611
1,024

+307
+198

+243
+101

5,991
7,106
6,012
3,950
2,060
12,123

+ 82 + 1,209
+150 + 1 , 5 1 6
+ 34 +
959
395
+ 47 +
+ 33 +
339
+ 24 + 1,088

1,224
" 348
"
455
216
274
1,017

+146
+ 30
+ 1
+ 14
+ 17
+ 80

+331
+ 63
+ 66
+ 21
+ 58
+ 62

68,627

Purchased

31,385
19,123
12,262

Automobile paper, total

+709

+10,361

6,169

+793

+945

32 +
358
60 +
940
69 +
733
64 +
827
67 + 1 , 3 2 2
76 + 1 , 3 0 3

256
685
347
431
626
707

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+
+
+
+
+

36
83
54
67
71
57

+ 36
+ 91
+ 78
+ 77
+112
+ 92

+129
+ 55
+ 29
+ 36
+ 48
+128

+181
+ 39
+ 9
+ 11
+ 71
+148

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Federal Reserve District:
. Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
.
Chicago
St^Louls
Minneapolis
• Kansas City
Dallas .
.San Francisco

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' 2,652
7,761
4,093
5,191
7,120
7,842

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+
+
+
+
+

9,093
3,65-'
2,018
4,022
4,297
10,884

+148
+ 42
+ 15
+ 19
+ 14.
+103

+ 1,376
+
542
+
222
+
609
+
568
+ 1,561

846
302
150
359
396
1,064

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