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FEDERAL
statistical

RESERVE

release

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September 5, 1967
CONSUMER INSTALMENT CREDIT A T COMMERCIAL BANKS
JULY'1967

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Consumer instalment credit outstanding at'conkercial banks increased
$269 million in July to $33,235 million at the month-end. All major types of
credit contributed to the expansion during the month and all except home repair
loans were substantially above the amounts outstanding on July 31, 1966.
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The volume of credit extended during July contracted as is usual at
this time of the year but was $140 million larger than in the corresponding month
of 1966. The largest gain over the year-period was in personal loans while smaller increases were shown in direct automobile loans and other consumer goods
paper.
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

July 31,
1967

Volume extended:
Change from:
Month
Year
ago
ago

July
1967.

17,940

+124

+

564

1,458

-114

+ 45

11,489
6,451

+ 75
+ 49

+
+

270
294

919
539

- 56
- 53

2
+ 47

5,500

+ 69

+

787

500

+ 19

+ 30

2,519
7,276

+ 14
+ 62

-

+

36
522

13V
768

- 11
- 41

- 10
+ 75

33,235

+269

+1 ,837

2,857

-147

+140

Boston
New York
Philadelphia

1,463
4,2S7
1,973

+ 15
+ 28
.+ 18

+

59
13
105

130
353
157

- 13
- 36
8

+
+

Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta

2,720
2,494
3,075

+ 35
+ 17
+ 45

+• 293
+
74
+
323

224
210
315

- 18
1/
1/

+
9
+ 13
+ 25

Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis

4,993
1,585
1,074

+ 33
+ 16
+ 23

+
+
+

94
135
105

415
133
102

- 27
- 10
- 12

3
+ 13
+ 15

Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

1,794
2,066
5,711

+ 21
+ 15
3
+

+
+
+

199
141
296

167
184
467

- 14
1/
9

+ 25
+ 20
+ 17

Purchased
Direct
Other consumer goods
Home repair and modernization
loans
Personal loans
TOTAL
Federal Reserve District:

1/ Less
than 0.5 million.



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