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LOAN COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS
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Table 1

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UNUSED COMMITMENTS

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1978

IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
To c o m m e r c i a l a n d i n d u s t r i a l f i r m s
Month-end

Formalized agreements

Total
unused
commitments ^

To n o n b a n k
Confirmed

Total
Term ^

Revolving 3

Other 4

lines

5

financial
institutions

For r e a l
estate
loans

1976—November
December

162.7

124.4

6.5

35.6

4.9

5.8

123.5

6.5

36.1

5.1

77.4
75.8

32.5

161.2

32.3

5.4

1977—January
February
March
April
May
June

165.9

128.2

6.4

35.2

5.2
5. 3

SI.3
80.^

32.6
32.6

5,1
5 .0

32.9

5.3
5.6
5.8

July
August
September
October
November
December

164.8

127.2

6.5

35.0

166.6

6.7

166.7

128.5
128.2

35.1
34.7

166.9

128.7

6.8

167.4

128.7

7.1

6.7

5.0

81.8

34.7

5,0
4.7

82.7
82.2

34.2

33.0
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32.9

5.8

128.1

7.5

34.6

5.3

80.7

32.7

6.2

168.6

128.7

7.4

34.7

5.7

33.3

169.1

128.5

7.6

35.0

5.8

80.8
80.1

33.5

6.6
7.0

170.9

129.3

5.8

80.1

34,2

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136.8

8.8

81.9
83.3

7.4

137.1

8.3
8.5

35.2

179.6

34.3
34,8

8.1
8.0

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167.1

179.6

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^ Unused commitments are the amounts stili available for tending under official promises to
lend that are expressly conveyed to the bank's customers orally or in writing, usually in the form of
a formally executed agreement signed by one of the bank's officers.
2Commitments for term loans are those for loans with an original maturity of more than 1 year.
3Revolving credits are commitment agreements whereby the borrower may draw 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.
4Qther commitments are expressions of willingness to lend, other than for term loans and re-




5.1

39.9
38.4

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6,8
6.3

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volving credits, that are made known to the customer and are characterized by detailed fcxmal
agreements specifying the terms and conditions under which a loan is to be made.
5Confirmed 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 136 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 'ems may not
add to rotsls due to rounding

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Table 2

OUTSTANDING LOANS MADE UNDER COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE BANKS
IN B I L L I O N S OF D O L L A R S
To c o m m e r c i a l a n d i n d u s t r i a l f i r m s
Month-end

November
December
1977—January
FebruaryMarch
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Total loans
m a d e under
commitments1

117.6
118.7

Formalized agreements
Confirmed

Total
Term

2

Revolving

Other*

lines

5

To n o n b a n k
financial
institutions

Real
estate
loans

79.5

28.5

21.1

5.8

24.2

16.7

80.6

21.3

28.5

20.9

5.6

25.6

16.3

21.8

115.8

77.7

28.2

20.5

5.6

23.4

16.5

21.5

115.9

78.7

28.7

20.6

116.6
115.3

23.9

15.6

21.6

79.3

29.2

20.4

5.6
5.7

78.1

28.9

19.7

5.7

5.5
5.7

115.6

77.9

28.8

20.0

116.1

78.7

29.4

19.4

116.6

79.0

29.6

19.4

5.6

117.4
120.1

79.3

29.8

19.4

81.1

29.0

19.6

123.4

83.0

29.6

19.8

5.7
7.1
7.0

125.0

84.1

29.6

20.6

127.5

85.5

30.0

20.2

1 Loans made under commitments are all outstanding loans, less repayments of principal, made
under commitments currently or previously in force.
2Term loans are loans w i t h 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.
4Loans 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




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24.0

15.6

21.7

23.9
23.6
24.2

15.4

21.7

15.5

22.2

15.1

22.2

15.2

24.4
24.5
25.4

15.2

22.4
22.9

16.0

23.0

26.6

16.1

24.3

6.7

27.2

16.3

24.7

7.5

27.8

16.9

25.1

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is to be made.
^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.—Included in this series are 73 5 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.