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RESERVE

FEDERAL

statistical

release

LOAN COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS
Q.21

Table 1

UNUSED COMMITMENTS

August 18, 1977

IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
To c o m m e r c i a l and industrial f i r m s
Month-end

Total
unused
commitments1

Formalized agreements
Total

Term2

Revolving

3

Other4

Confirmed
lines5

To nonbank
financial
institutions

For real
estate
loans

1976—January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

156.9
156.2
158.1
157.6
158.1
158.3
156.3
160.0
160.1
161.6
162.7
161.2

120.6
120.1
121.1
120.7
120.7
121.5
119.4
122.4
122.4
123.8
124.4
123.5

6.2
6,1
6.2
6.0
6.0
6.2
6.1
6.3
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.5

34.7
34.5
35.1
35.1
34.6
35.1
34.5
35.4
35.3
35.0
35.6
36.1

5,1
5.0
5.1
5.0
5.2
4.7
4.6
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.9
5.1

74.6
74.6
74.7
74.6
74.9
75.5
74.3
75.9
76.0
77.6
77.4
75.8

31.8
31.6
32.1
32.3
32.6
31.9
32.0
32.6
32.7
32.5
32.5
32.3

4.5
4.5
4.9
4.7
4.9
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.1
5.3
5.8
5.4

1977—January
February
March
April
May
June

165.9
164.8
166.6
166.7
166.9,
167.4

128.2
127.2
128.5
128.2
128.7
128.7

6.4
6.5
6.7
6.7
6.8
7.1

35.2
35.0
35.1
34.7

5.2
5.3
5.1
5.0

32.6
32.6

5.1
5.0

34.2

5.0
4.7

81.3
80.4
81,6
81.8
82.7
82.2

32,9
33.0
32.5
32.9

5,3
5.6
5.8
5.8

3 Unused commitments are the amounts still available for lending under official promises to
teftd that are expressly conveyed to the bank's customers orally or in writing, usually in the form of
a form#My executed agreement signed by one of the bank's officers.
^Commitments for term loans are those for loans with an original maturity of more than 1 year.
^Revoking credits are commitment agreements whereby the borrower may draw and repay
kwns at wWI with no repayment penalty and under which the commitment rebounds by an equal
•mount after a takedown has been repaid.
Digitized for 4()ther
FRASER
commitments are expressions of willingness to lend, other than for term loans and re

34.7

volving credits, that are made known to the customer and are characterized by detailed formal
agreements specifying the terms and conditions under which a loan is to be made.
^Confirmed lines of credit represent general expressions of willingness to lend, other than for
term loans or revolving credits, that are made known to the customer but are not characterized by
detailed formal agreements specifying the terms and conditions under which a loan is to be made.
NOTE —Included in this series are 13u weekly reporting banks; these banks account for
approximately 85 per cent of commercial and industrial loans, 95 per cent of nonbank financial
loans, and 75 per cent of real estate loans of all weekly reporting banks. Individual items may not
add to totals due to rounding.

Table 2

6.21

OUTSTANDING LOANS MADE UNDER COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE BANKS
IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Month-end

Total loans
made under
commitments'

To commercial and industrial firms
Formalized agreements
Total

-January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

122.1
121.3
119.4
117.8
117.2
117.8
115.3
115.2
117.3
117.5
117.6
118.7

81.8

-January
February
March
April
May
June

115.8
115.9
116.6
115.3
115.6
116.1

77.7
78.7
79.3
78.1
77.9
78.7

80.7
79.2
78.3
77.7
78.4
76.8
76.8
78.6
78.9
79.5

80.6

Term2

Revolving3

28.6

23.4
22.9
21.9
21.9
21.8
21.8
21.0
21.2
21.5
21.4

28.5
28.5

21.1
20.9

28.2
28.7
29.2
28.9

20.5
20.6
20.4
19.7

28.9
28.7
28.3

28.1
27.9
27.8
27.8
27.7
28.3

if:!

1 Loans made under commitments are all outstanding loans, less repayments of principal, made
under commitments currently or previously in force.
%Term loans are loans with an original maturity of more than 1 year.
3Loans made under revolving credits are loans under agreements whereby the borrower may
draw down and repay loans at will with no repayment penalty and under which the commitment
rebounds by an equal amount after a takedown has been repaid.
*Loen* made under other commitments are loans made under expressions of willingness to
lend, other than for term loans and revolving credits, that are made known to the customer and are
characterized by detailed formal agreements specifying the terms and conditions under which a loan



20.0
19.4

Other4

Confirmed
lines 5

To nonbank
financial
institutions

Real
estate
loans

5.7
5.5
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.9
5.3
5.3
5.7
5.6
5.8
5.6

23.8
23.8
23.3
22.7
22.4
22.9
22.7
22.5
23.1
23.3
24.2
25.6

19.2
19.6

21.1
21.0

17.9
17.8
17.0
16.9
16.8
16.8
16.7
16.3

21.4
21.5
21.7
21.6
21.5
21.5
21.9
21.8
21.3
21.8

5.6
5.6
5.7
5.7
5.5
5,7

23.4
23.9
24.0
23.9
23.6
24.2

16.5
15.6
15.6
15.4
15.5
15.1

18.8
18.1

21.5
21.6
21.7
21.7
22.2

22.2

is to be m*de.
&Loans made under confirmed lines of credit are loans made under general expressions of
Willingness to lend, other than for term loans or revolving credits, that are made known to the customer but are not characterized by detailed formal agreements specifying the terms and conditions
under which a loan is to be made.
NOTE.-lncluded in this series are 135 weekly reporting banks; these banks account for approximately 85 per cent of all commercial and industrial loans, 95 per cent of all nonbank financial
loans, and 75 per cent of all real estate loans of all weekly reporting banks. Individual items may
not add to totals due to rounding.