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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
G.18

January 5, 195U
COMSUIER INSTAIMENT CREDIT. AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
NOVEMBER -1953

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Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t . h e l d by commercial banks a t t h e
end of November d e c l i n e d s l i g h t l y as a r e s u l t of d e c r e a s e s i n a l l
t y p e s of c r e d i t except r e p a i r and modernization l o a n s . The amount
o u t s t a n d i n g a t the end of the month i s estimated a t 8,881 m i l l i o n
d o l l a r s , 22 per cent above a year ago.
Extensions of c r e d i t during November were l e s s than i n the
preceding month f o r each type of c r e d i t . - The t o t a l of 81+9 m i l l i o n
was 11 per cent below a month ago and 7 per c e n t below a year ago. 1

Consumer I n s t a l m e n t C r e d i t a t Commercial Banks
( E s t i m a t e s . I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s )

Type of c r e d i t

Automobile paper
Purchased
Direct
Other consumer goods paper
Repair and modernization l o a n s
Personal loans

/mounts o u t s t a n d i n g
Change from:
Nov.
Year
30,
Month
ago.
ago
1953

Volume e x t e n d e d ^
Change from:
Year
Month
ago

Nov.
1953

+ 578
+ 322
+ 368
+ 173
+ 13C

189
171
216
85
188

- 33
- 27
- 23
- 15
-" 9

-23
-3b
-12

zKL

+1,571

8k9

-107

-66

hh2
1,675
603

+ 5
+ 7
+ 3

' + 112
+ 3b3
+ 130

b'Q
161
57

598
596
581

- 2
0
- 6

+ 127
+ 10ii • ,
4- 90

Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis

1,172
hii3
319

0
- 2
- 2

+
+
+

231
70
6o

133
hi
28

Kansas City
Dallas
"San F r a n c i s c o

365
155
1,632

- 5
- 9
-16

+
+
+

U6
ii5
213

38
35
130

Total

2,150
1,920
2,027
1,303
1,181

- 7
-19

8,881

- 5

- 5
+ 8

Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t : .
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta




57
62
59

- b ' + 8
: - 2b' ; - 7
- 8
-15
8
8
7

+ 3
0
- 3

- 5
- 5

- 11

+10
• - 3
+ 1

- 2
- 10
- 15

- 2
• : -l6
-U2

-

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