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CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS
APRIL 1974

Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t o u t s t a n d i n g a t commercial banks amounted t o
$ 6 9 , 9 4 4 m i l l i o n a t t h e end of A p r i l , an i n c r e a s e of more t h a n $700 m i l l i o n from
March 3 1 . A l l m a j o r t y p e s of o u t s t a n d i n g c r e d i t i n c r e a s e d d u r i n g t h e month w i t h p e r s o n a l
c r e d i t and a u t o c r e d i t a c c o u n t i n g f o r n e a r l y o n e - h a l f t h e t o t a l g a i n .
I n s t a l m e n t l o a n s extended to consumers i n A p r i l were $786 m i l l i o n above t h e
March volume, w i t h m a j o r advancement a g a i n r e f l e c t e d i n t h e a u t o and p e r s o n a l l o a n
sectors .
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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
Month
Year
ago
ago

Type of c r e d i t

A p r . .30,
1974
30,935

'

O t h e r consumer goods:
• . . .
^

Credit cards
Mobile homes
Other

Home improvement l o a n s
Personal loans: Check-credit
Other
Total

1

+175

+2,172

2,497

+294

-146

18,896
12,039

Automobile p a p e r , t o t a l
Purchased
Direct

Volume e x t e n d e d
Change f r o m :
Month
Year
ago
ago

Apr.
1974

+121
+ 54

+1,569
+ 603

1,524
973

+195
+ 99

- 61
- 85

6,761
7,399
6,208
4,028
2,180
12,433

+ 94
+ 66
+126
+ 70
+ 11
+170

+1,471
+1,236
+ 807
+ 447
+ 343
+1,009

1,301
286
581
249
305
1,179

+145
+ 37
+ 95
+ 60
+ 29
+126 •

+326
- 21
+ 49
+ 46
+ 50
+121

69,944

+712

+7,485

6,398

+786

+425

+
+
+
+
+
+

+
+
•+
+
+
+

273
758
551
722
762
919

266
708
331
458
614
730

+ 45
+ 76
+ 45
+ 65
+ 97
+105

+
+
+
+
+
+

. +1,214
+ 297
+ 153
+ 323
+ 306
+1,207

885
321
165
380
427
1,113

+128
+ 36
+ 10
+ 26
+ 39
+114

+124
+ 18
+ 12
+ 10
+ 29
+ 93

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

2,693
7,896
4,163
5,325
7,113
8,064

Chicago
S t . Louis
v Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
'
San F r a n c i s c o

9,357
3,653
2,027
4,041
. 4,335
11,277




26.
69
45
74
44.
65

+143
+ 46
+ 18
+ 19
+ 39
+124

17
43
9
39
1
30