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F E D E R A L

R E S E R V E

s t a t i s t i c a l

r e l e a s e

LOAN COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS
Table 1

G 21

UNUSED COMMITMENTS

September*

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

Total
unused
commilmeirts1

Total

Formalized agreements
Term

2

Revolving

3

Oit-h^r

4

Confirmed
lines 5

To n o n b a n k
financial
institutions

For r e a l
estate
loans

169.5

129.7

7.5

34.8

6.6

81.7

33.3

6.5

September

170.3

129.8

7.6

35.1

6.9

81.2

33.5

7.0

October

172.9

131.3

8.3

37.1

6.7

80.1

34.2

7.3

November

177.4

134.9

8.5

37.7

7.9

81.9

34.3

8.0

December

179.2

136.3

8.6

38.9

7.3

82.8

34.9

7.9
8.2

1977—August

181.4

137.4

8.6

39.1

7.9

83.5

35.7

February

182.4

137.1

8.7

38.3

7.7

83.7

37.1

8.3

March

170.5

133.4

8.6

36.5

7.9

81.4

37.1

n.a.

1978—January
j6/

A p r i l

173.3

135.9

8.8

37.4

6.9

82.8

37,4

n.a.

May

173.3

136.2

8.6

37.6

6.5

83.2

37.1

n.a.

June

174.4

136.8

8.8

37.7

5.9

84.3

37.6

n.a.

July

179.5

141.8

9.2

40.4

6.3

85.9

37.6

n.a.

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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 writ i n * usually in the form of
a formally executed agreement signed by one of the bank's officers.
2Commitnrvents for term loans are those for loans with an original maturity of more than 1 year.
^Revolving credits are commitment agreements whereby the b o n t w r may drew and repay
loans at will with no repayment penalty and under which the u w w i i l i r a X nsfcwwnrti by an equal
amount after a takedown has been repaid.
4()ther commitments are expressions of willingness to lend, other than for term loans and re-




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volving credits, that are made known to the customer and are characterized by detailed formal
agreements specifying the terms and conditions under whtch a loan is to be made.
^Confirmed lines of credit represent general expressions of willingness to tend, 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 oanks 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.
^ B e g i n n i n g i n M a r c h 1 9 7 8 , t h e s u r v e y no l o n g e r i n eludes real estate loans,
1 h e t i.zures r e x i e c c s u d s t a n Lid
data

revisions.

G.21

Takh 2

OUTSTANDING LOANS MADE UNDER COMMITMENTS AT SELECTED LARGE BANKS
IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
To c o m m e r c i a l and i n d u s t r i a l f i r m s
Month-end

197 7 — A u g u s t
September
October
November
December
1978—January
February
M a r c h jj/
April
May
June
July

Total loans
made under
commitments

Formalized agreements
Total

116.6

78.6

80.0

119.0

122.0

81.5
81.5

122.5
123.6

81.6
81.6

122.4
124.0

83.4
85.2
88.5

101.2
104.5

108.0

91.4

109.4
109.1

91.6

92.4

Term2

Revolving3

29.7
28.9
29.8

19.4
19.6

20.0
20.6

23.9
24.5

16.0

15.2

Real
estate
loans

22.8
23.0

7.3

24.8

16.1

20.4

24.9
24.2

16.3
16.9

20.4
20.7
21.4

7.8
7.7
7.9

24.4
24.9
25.7

15.6
15.5

32.6
34.1

16.0

22.3

8.4
8.4

25.9
26.5

16.6

25.2
25.2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

34.2
33.9

23.0

8.2

26.6

17.1
17.5

n.a.
n.a.

29.6
30.9
30.5

21.6
22.6

8.6

27.0

15.9

24.3
24.6
25.1

is to be made.
5Loans made under coa&rmed bmes 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.

2 j e r m 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 w i l l w i t h no repayment penalty and under wttich the commitment
rebounds by an equal amount after a takedown has been repaid.

NOTE.—Included in this series are 134 weekly reporting banks; these banks account for approximately 85 per cent of all commercial end 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

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Loans 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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6.0
7.4

To nonbank
financial
institutions

7.1
7.8

29.5
29.7

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Loans made under commitments are a* owWamdimg loans, less repayments of p r i n c i p a l made
under commitments currently or previously an force.




Other4

Confirmed
lines5

not add to totals due to rounding. B e g i n n i n g in March
no l o n g e r includes real estate loans.
s u b s t a n t i a l data revisions.
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1978, the surve1The figures refit