Full text of G.20 Sales Finance Companies : November 4, 1966
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F E statistical G.20 D E R A L R E S E R V E release *'\3 ,-n.i3 . v<f fnr;V.i.--b SALES F I ^ & C E ' C o m p a n i e s - November 4, 1966 Tr-9Bfra®gRr-t966-- ...Sales; finance companiesi increased their holdings'of' dd^tinier instalment c r e d i t $ 2 7 mil 1T5S1 ^ffhSffpmrirer-r- 'The• dec 1 i-ne-retati*-aut-o motive paper outstanding was offset;by increases in other consumer goods paper U : :;?t v and personal "loans. ' '' ; ' Total; consumer jLnstattnQnt paper acquired during "September :was'v $174 million less; th^jj:-$Ln Apg^^t, with most of the decrease accounted for by passenger car paper. :.<.i Extenisipn£ totalled $3,763 million for the third quarter, about 2 per cent less than {the total for the same period.last year. Total extensions for the first th,ree quarters of this year were $11,101 million, virtually unchanged from $11,-134 million for the same period last year. Business credit outstanding declined for the third consecutive* month, but in contrast to the :_two ^preceding months which saw large drops in wholesale automotive paper J flie *butk of the September decrease was -in' otHer business credit. • Extensions ,for business qre^it w e r s up $372 million in September, due primarily to Che increase in wholesale automotive paper'. ; ; Outstanding Credit Held by Sales Finance Companies ' (In millions of dollars) Type of: credit. • I Consumer instalment ^credit; .lV.; Retail autoimoiffvel £s ewger cars^: Other consumer goods Home repair and modernization Personal loans Business credit 1/ Retail automotive (commercial vehicles) Wholesale automotive Wholesale other than automotive. Other business credit Sept.30, 1966 ' ' Increase or decrease during: September Year'etided' 1965 • Sept'l': 30v4\L'966 •- 81 f : 9 5 7 16,759 27 4,693 112 2,527 "' 61 0 37 - 6,486 2159 -496 574 1,043 1,948 595 2,900 7 - 47 5 -100 4 -533 - 4 37 129 348 97 • 0 ' 79 2 43 1 - 489": ^ 17 • 254 1/ Excludes some credit extended to business, such as that extended by factoring subsidiaries. • G. 20 Credit Extended by Sales Finance Companies (In millions of dollars) Type of credit • Consumer instalment credit Retail automotive (passenger cars) . New ^ Used 1,162 * _531 354 . 177 Other consumer goods Home repair and modernization Personal loans Business credit 1/ Retail automotive (commercial vehicles). New Used Change from: Month , Year ago Sept. ' 1966 , > - . Wholesale automotive paper New- (passenger and commercial) Used „ (passenger and commercial) Wholesale other than automotive Other business credit 1/ 373 7 251 -174 - 66 -154 2-53 -116 - 38 - 28 - 25 - - 20 .2 5 1 1 - 20 1,662 _372 ' 82 "zJ1 64 18 - 18 7 0 0 930 380 364 882 48 160 490 • 382 - 2 - 6 23 1/Excludes some credit extended to business, such as that extended by factoring subsidiaries. _400 - 365 1 - 4 . - 40 > G. 20 -3 Number of Motor Vehicles Financed by Sales Finance Companies (In thousands) Type of vehicle Total financed at retail 'New passenger Used passenger New commercial Used commercial Total financed at wholesale New (passenger and commercial) Used (passenger and commercial) Change from: Month Year ago September 1966 , i I 274 zJl - 49 118 132 15 9 - 42 - 29 - 4 - 4 - 21 - 23 5 0 350 -AH -103 312 38 134 1 - . Credit Sales of New Passenger Cars as a Per Cent of Total Number Sold at Retail 1/ Credit Sales 1966 - September 1966 - August 1965 - September Per Cent ' ' 75 ' r85 86 V B a s e d on new car instalment contracts acquired by banks, sales finance companies, other financial institutions, and automobile dealers. Data for prior months may be obtained by writing to the Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D . C. 20551. r r Revised. 107 4 3