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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

April 17# 1957

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AMD INDUSTRIAL LOAMS BY INDUSTRY
Net increases of $51 million in loans to sales finance companies, $22
million to the wholesale and retail trade, $l4 million to manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and leather products, and $13 million to "other" manufacturing and
mining were largely offset by decreases of $32 million in loans to commodity
dealers and $31 million to public utilities. The net increase in commercial and
industrial loans at weekly reporting member banks during the week ended April 10
was $33 million.
Changes in loans during the week and since year-end are shown below; the
third column shows the changes during the comparable period last year:
Cumulative since year-end
Week
Dec. 26, 1956
Dec. 2b, 1955
ended
to
to
Apr. lOP/ Apr. 10, 19572./
Apr. 11, 195&
(In millions of dollars)

Business of Borrower

Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products
Petroleum, coal, chemicals, & rub!
Other manufacturing and mining

- 8

+14
+11

- 4
+13

-348
+149
+596
+ 41
+126

-

+
+
+
+

228

154
877
259
193

-32
+51
-31

- 98
-278
+167
+ 80

+ 124
- 142
- 320

- 9

-165

-

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+30
+ 3

+220

+1,058

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+33

+ 91

+1,056

Trade--wholesale and retail
Commodity dealers
Sales finance companies
Public utilities and transportation
Construction
All other types of business

+22

p/ Preliminary; see footnote on




+ 2

ached table.

- 49

-129

+

l68
11

17
2

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1957

H.12(a)

Business of Borrower
Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products (including
machinery & transportation equipment)
Petroleum, coal, chemicals, and rubber
Other manufacturing and mining

Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St. Minne- Kansas Dallas San FranAll Dis- Boston New
Louis apolis City
cisco
tricts &/
York delphia land mond
(In millions of dollars)
+
+

2.5
.4

-1.6
+1.7

-6.2
+1.6

- 3.6
+ 1.4

-1.0 -1.9
+ .1 + .3

+1.0
+ .2

+
+
+

.6
.3
1.2

+1.2
- .6
- .2

-5.6
+ .8
- .8

-

.3

-

.9

- .2 - .5
+ .1 -1.1
+ .3 + .7

-1.1
+ .6
- .6

- .1
+1.4

+ .3
.3
+ .7 + .6

+1.8
+1.1

+1.8
+9.4

- .4
+ .9

+ .4 + .2
+1.2 - .3

k-9)

+1.0 -20.2

+ .2

+ 2.4 - 1.6

- .6

-3.3

- 3.4

+51-3

+2.9 +32.4

+5.4

+ 6.0 +6.1

+1.2

+2.4

- 3.5

+ .8 +1. l

Public utilities (including transportation)

-30.9

-3.9 -29.0

+ 1.7 + 1.2

-3.8

+3.7

-

+ .1

Construetion

+ 1.6

+ .1 + 1.5

-1.1

• 5 + • 3 - -7

+ .7

+ .2

All other types of business

- 8.5

- .7 - 4.8

+ .2

-

.1 + 1.4

-3.6

+ .4

- 1.3

+30.2

+5.4 - 2.0

+4.7

+25.8 +12.7

-4.1

+4.9

-11.4

+1.5 -3.6

-3.7

+ 2.8

+2.6 * 4.0

+1.3

+ 2.2 - 5.7

+ .1

- «9

.6

- .5 ~ .4

+ *7

+33.0

+8.0 + 2.0

+6.0

+28.0 + 7.0

-4.0

+4.0

-12.0

+1.0 -4.0

-3.0

- 7.7
+14.1

+ .1 + 4.4
- .4 + 7.3

- .7
+1.1

+10.9
-3-6
+13.1

+2.4 +11.5
+1.1 - 5.8
+1.8 + 1.6

-2.1
+ .2
+ .2

+
+

(+21-7)

+ .1
4.7
+ .9 + 3*8

Commodity dealers

-31.8

Sales finance companies

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

Net change in classified loans l/
/ •
I
.
Unclassified changes - net
Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-

+

•7
.4

5.0
.8
+ 9.8

-5

—

-2.5

AVAIL-

-3.8
-3.5

ABLE

.3

- .3 + -5
--

NOT

+

•2

+ .9
- .2

2/ Preliminary; final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District figures appear in a release of the Reserve Bank.
About 210 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold over 90 per cent of total
commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and nearly 70 per cent of those of all commercial banks.