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>. FEDERAL xtS . RESERVE s t a t i s t i c a l " r e l e a s e G.18 January 7, 1971 CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS - NOVEMBER 1970 Consumer instalment credit outstanding at commercial banks was reduced by $270 million in November. The reduction was centered in automobile credit, affected for the second consecutive month by work stoppages. The decline was especially, marked in purchased automobile paper which also fell below the amount outstanding a year earlier. All other major types of credit shared, in the $1,693 million increase over the year-period. • ' The volume of instalment loans made in November was $416 million below the October total with more than half of the decline in automobile loans. Other types oi credit, which usually show some contraction at.this time of year, were in somewhat smaller volume than in October but were above extensions in the .corresponding month of 1969. . .' Consumer Instalment Credit at Commercial Banks (Estimates, in millions of dollars) Type of credit Automobile paper, total Amounts outstanding Change from: Month Year ago ago Nov. 30, 1970 Volume extended Change • from; Year Month 1970 ago ago 20,282 Total -219 1,183 -258 -181 —•-196 76 -255 + 36 718 465 -162 - 96 -106 - 75 2,859 5,440 2,779 1,11-8 9,262 + 44 - 31 - 6 + 3 - 8 +848 +351 1,' . +167 +546 459 315 110 126 692 - 41,740 Other consumer goods: Credit cards Other Home repair and modernization loans Personal loans: Check-credit Other --272 12,628 7,654 Purchased Direct -270 +1,693 2 , 8 8 5 +124 28 + 47 41 + 14 16 13 - + 7 + 29 60 -416 + 40 - 7 + 48 - 2 + 3 + 7 - .4 Federal Reserve District: Boston New York .Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta 1,802 5,706 2,581 3,403 3,829 4,203 - 22 26 25 25 3 17 + 28 +568 + 96 +266 +258 +279 125 412 161 215 273 293 - Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 5,836 2,066 1,370 2,243 2,476 6,225 - 71 12 5 18 18 28 + 12 +132 ' +.31 + 2.. 7. - 87 + 83 358 139 96 164 154 495 - 73 - 32 + 1 - 18 - 20 -41 - 1/Less FRASER Digitized forthan 0.5 million. 18 65 1942 46 43 - 55 + 5 . + 3 + 26 - 35 + 51 .