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February 7, 1974
CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT A T COMMERCIAL BANKS
DECEMBER 1973

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Consumer instalment credit outstanding at commercial banks amounted to
$69,495 million at the end of December, an increase of $334 million from November 30.
The decline in automobile paper' holdings partially offset an increase in other types
of credit.
.
Instalment loans made to consumers in December were $473 million below
November extensions. The only notable increase was in bank credit card volume, which
gained $245 million from November.
Consumer Instalment Credit' at Commercial Banks
Amounts outstanding
Change from:
Month Year
ago

Type of credit

D e c . 31,
1973

Automobile paper, total
Purchased
Direct

-

Other consumer goods: Credit cards
Mobile homes
' Other
Home' improvement loans
Personal loans: Check-credit
Other
Total

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,

Volume extended
Change from:
Month
Year
1973
ago
ago

Dec.

31,256

• -248

+4,160

1,758

-543

-212

• 19,038
12,218

-160
- 88

+2,718
+1,442

1,043
715

-347
-196

-106
-106

6,649
7,223
6,054
• 3,982
2,144
12^187

+478
+ 15
'+ 19
+
3
+ 59
+
8

+1,361
+1,437
+
932
+
438
+
355
+1,029

1,519
202
388
167
284
906

69,495

. +334

+9,712

.5,224

.+245
- 85 •
- 27
- 21
+ 16
- 58
-473

+313
-31
- 13
+ 30
+ 42
1

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'

+128

Federal Reserve District:
Boston
'New Y o r k
Philadelphia
• Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta

2,688
7,899
4,116
5,281
7,160
7,995

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.

Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco'

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9,216
3,643
1,998
4,045
4,324
11,130

+
+
+
+
+

17
91
242
15
60

+ 21
- 24
- 12
+ 17
+ 14
+121

+
345
+
956
+
687
+
851
+1,163
+1,248

214
- 21
636
- 13
249 ' - 45
3.65
- 26
476
- 78
630
- 56

+
+
+
+
+

+1,355
+
450
+
187
+
508
+
508
+1,454

649
220
121
324
354
986

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- 23 „
+
5 .A
- 23 —
+
8 v
+ 54

-100
- 41 .
- 16
- 19
- 20
- 38

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45
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10
38 •
27
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