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1 F E m m m - D E O v L R s t a t i s t i c a l ; • f?4L E S E R V Mb- E r e l e a s e J a n u a r y 1 0 / 1975 CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS NOVEMBER 1974 Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t e x t e n d e d a t commercial banks f e l l $802 m i l l i o n i n November from O c t o b e r , r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e l a r g e s t d e c l i n e i n more t h a n a y e a r . A l l g e o g r a p h i c a l a r e a s and a l l major c r e d i t t y p e s s h a r e d i n t h e lowered l o a n volume. Commercial b a n k h o l d i n g s of i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t r e f l e c t e d t h e e f f e c t of t h e r e d u c e d e x t e n s i o n s , d r o p p i n g $476 m i l l i o n i n November t o $ 7 2 , 8 9 6 m i l l i o n . Token g a i n s i n c r e d i t c a r d and home improvement o u t s t a n d i n g s were no match f o r t h e $429 m i l l i o n drop in automobile p a p e r . Consumer I n s t a l m e n t C r e d i t a t Commercial Banks Amounts . o u t s t a n d i n g .Change from: Year Month ago --T ago Type of c r e d i t Nov. 30, 1974 Nov. 1974 Volume extended Change Year Month 31,012 -429 -492 1,652 -363 -649 18,981 12,031 -265 -164 -217 -275 989 663 -230 -133 -401 -248 7,846 7,700 6,469 4,490 2,362 13,017 97 . - 9 - 61 10 - 14 - 70 1,675 1,431 492 185 434 - 326 511 179 277 297 838 857 -119 - 33 - 88 - 37 - 47 -115 157 -102 - 89 - 9 29 -107 72,896 -476 3,735 -802 -770 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta 2,836 8,386 4,310 5,612 7,174 8,251 - 24 - 11 - 36 - 36 -109 - 73 Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o 9,809 3,835 2,198 4,188 4,410 11,887 Automobile paper, t o t a l Purchased Direct O t h e r consumer goods: C r e d i t c a r d s Mobile homes All other , Home improvement l o a n s Personal loans: Check-credit All other Total 4,927 F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t : . - 78 29 3 23 51 3 165 578 196 373 - ' 1316 614 168 188 160 100 878 212 602 225 328 414' 526 650 248 • 125 320 301 976 - . 33 90 46 73 76 87 -116 - 35 - 41 - 53 - 56 - 96 4 - 23 -47 - 69 - 63 -140 -160 - 99 13 12 23 73 - 48