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FEDERAL

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RESERVE

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LOAN COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS
Table 1

UNUSED COMMITMENTS

For immediate r e l e a s e
October 14, 1975

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

Total
unused
commitments

Formalized agreements
1

Total
Term

2

Revolving

3

Other4

Confirmed
lines 5

To n o n b a n k
financial
institutions

For r e a l
estate
loans

140.5
142.3
142.6

105.0
105.6
106.5

6.2
6.1
6.0

27.9
28.7
29.3

4.4
4.4
4.2

66.5
66.4
66.9

29.6
31.0
30.7

5.9

April
May
June

145.7
148.4
147.7

109.3
111.9
112.3

6.3
6.2
6.1

30.4
31.0
31.2

4.3
4.5
4.3

68.3
70.3
70.6

31.1
31.4
30.3

5.3
5.1
5.1

July
Augus t

149.8
152.8

114.4
116.8

6.0
6.2

32.3
32.9

4.3
4.7

71.8
73.0

30.5
31.0

4.9

1975—January
February
March

1 Unused commitments are the amounts still available for lending 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.
3fievolving 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.
40ther commitments are expressions of willingness to lend, other than for term loans and rer - Revised.




1:1

5.0

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 mads.
^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 138 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

G.21

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

To com m
Month-end

1975--January
February
March
April
May
June
*

July
August

Formalized agreements

Total loans
made under
commitments1

Total

r137.3
r135.3
r133.7

Term2

Revolving3

93.8
91.5
90.2

27.0
26.9
26.6

28.8
27.7
28.0

r132.5
r129.2
130.2

89.4
86.5
86.6

27.3
26,9
27.0

128.2
125.5

85.2
83.1

27.5
27.3

i

Confirmed
lines5

Other4

To n o n b a n k
financial
institutions

Real
estate
loans

6,1

31.5
30.5
29.5

22.4
22.6
22.8

r21.0
r21.1
r20.6

27,9
26.7
26.7

6.0
5.8
5.8

28.2
27.1
27.1

22.1
21.9
22.9

r20.9
r20.8
r20.8

26.3
25.3

5.5
5.2

26.0
25.2

22.1
21.5

20.9

6.6

6.5

20.9

i

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1 Loans made under commitments are all outstanding loans, less repayments of principal made
under commitments currently or previously in force.
2jerm loans are loans with an original maturity of more than 1 year.
3l_oans 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




is to be made.
SLoans made under confirmed ;,^es 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 138 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 nf all real estate loans of all weekly reporting bunks. Individual items may
not add to totals due to rounding.