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FEDERAL

RESERVE

stotistico

March 11
CONSUMER -INSTALI-GitTT j CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BAIJKS
JANUARY"1965
Consumer i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t h e l d by commercial banks was up
$148 m i l l i o n i n January, to a t o t a l of $24,091 m i l l i o n a t t h e m o n t h - e n d .
The r i s e r e f l e c t e d s u b s t a n t i a l gains i n automobile - and o t h e r consumer
goods paper and a l e s s marked i n c r e a s e i n p e r s o n a l l o a n s , p a r t i a l l y o f f s e t
by a seasonal c o n t r a c t i o n i n home r e p a i r and modernization c r e d i t . The
'amount o u t s t a n d i n g a t the end of January was $2,461 m i l l i o n l a r g e r than*a
year e a r l i e r , with more than one-half of the i n c r e a s e i n automobile p a p e r .
The volume of i n s t a l m e n t c r e d i t extended d u r i n g January was down,
from December by a l e s s - t h a n - s e a s o n a l $156 m i l l i o n . I t was l a r g e r than i n .
January 1964 f o r a l l types of c r e d i t except home repair, and modernization.
Consumer.Instalment Credit a t Commercial Banks
. (Estimates, in millions,of dollars)
Volume•extended
Amounts o u t s t a n d i n g
Type of c r e d i t
Change from:
Change fromt
J a n . 31,
Month Year
Month
Year
1965 .
1965
ago
ago
ago
ago
Automobile, t o t a l
Purchased
Direct
Other consumer goods
Home r e p a i r and modernization
Personal loans

12,828

+

77

+1,566

• 1,012

-

49

. + 126

8,325
4,503

•+
+

25
52

+1,079
+ 487

620
392

-

33
16

+ - 69
+ 57

3,455
2,400
5,408

+
+

75
27
23

+
+
+

321
67
507

371
85
552

-

11
24
72

+
-

2,020

- 156

+ 195

- .15
- 57
- i 29

+

1

24,091

+ 148

+2,461

Boston
New York
Philadelphia

1,142
3,718
1,535

3
+ 12
1/

+
+
+

80
323
151

85
287
100

Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta

1,676
1,893
1,816

+
+
+

14
11
17

+
+
+

186
199,
133

133
153
\ 190

Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis

3,614
1,138
727

.+
+
+

27
3
3

+
+
+

1,205
1,442
4,185

+
+
+

8 +
25 .+
31 +

Total

+

71
9

T

Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t :

Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
1/ FRASER
Less than 0 . 5 m i l l i o n
for

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