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HOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
G.18

November 2., 1956
COwSUi'-IER INSTALMENT CREDIT AT GOiEIERCIAL BANKS' .
SEPTEMBER 1956

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 a t the end of September i s e s t i m a t e d a t $11,5L8 m i l l i o n ,
the Facile as f o r t h e end of August. ' Automobile c r e d i t d e c l i n e d
(p26 m i l l i o n i n September, but t h i s d e c l i n e was o f f s e t by i n c r e a s e s
i n o t h e r . t y p e s of c r e d i t . T o t a l b a l a n c e s o u t s t a n d i n g were 12
p e r c e n t above the l e v e l of a y e a r e a r l i e r .
The volume of c r e d i t extended dropped 13 p e r c e n t from
August to September, and- d e c l i n e d 12 p e r c e n t below a y e a r ago.
Consumer I n s t a l m e n t C r e d i t at 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 )
Amounts o u t s t a n d i n g
T
JLvj nypC oUf i

OVJL
T PCVLL
f l i *hV

• Automobile paper
Purchased
Direct
Other consumer goods paper
Repair and modernization loans
Personal loans

3,591
2,199
2,271
1,103
2,08U

- 7
-19
+ 5
+19
+ 2

11,518.

0

618
2,013
8L5

- 1
- 3
+ 6

791
769
823

+ 6
> 1

Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis

1,681
519
#2

• 7
- 3
+ 1

Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco

511
621 .
1,962

- 3
- k
- 6

Total

. '

Change from:
Ye £r
S e p t . 29> Month
ago
ago
1956
512
16U
281
96
167

>
+
•>

•

+

Volume extended
Sbpt,
1956
287
1.79
21*0
99
265

• 1 ,220 1,070

Change from:
Month' Year
ago
•ago
-

52
liO
23
8
39

78
- 62
- 6.
- 8
+ 2

-162

-152

- 11
- 38
—10 -

- 3
- 58
- 7

F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t :
Boston .
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta




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