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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

April 30, 1958

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AM) INDUSTRIAL LOAMS BY INDUSTRY
Except for a minor increase in loans to the construction industry, all
industrial classifications made net repayments during the week ended April 23; and
the net decrease in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting member banks
was $4l6 million.
The principal net decreases were $136 million in loans to manufacturers of
metals and metal products, $66 million to sales finance companies, $33 million to
manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and leather products, $29 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco products, $26 million to "other" manufacturing
and mining concerns, and $23 million to the wholesale and retail trade.
The decrease in loans to manufacturers of metals and metal products was
the largest weekly decrease in this business category since May 1956.
Changes in loans during the week and since the last Wednesday in December
are shown below; the third column shows the changes during the comparable period
last year.

Business of Borrower

Week
ended
April 23^'

Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products
Petroleum, coal, chemicals,
and rubber
Other manufacturing and mining
Trade—wholesale and retail
Commodity dealers
Sales finance companies
Public utilities and transportation
Construction
All other types of business

- 29
- 33

-136

Cumulative since year-end
Dec. 25, 1957
Dec. 2^7
to
.
to
Apr. 23, 19582/
Apr. 24, 1957
(in millions of dollars]
-

+
+

- 14

645

85
56

-379
+143

4^42

8

+82

- 26

+

59

+123

- 23

-

271
288
669
91

- 60

- 15

- 66
- 2
+ 2

-

6

— 40
-151

- 15

-

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

-358
- 58

-1,802

+253

-

259

-173

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-4l6

-2,061

+ 80

|>/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




25

-336

4-227
+101

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1958

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

All Dis- ]Boston
tricts P/|

New
York

Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St.
delphia land
mond
Louis
(In millions of dollars)

- 29.2
- 33.4

- 3.0
- 6.0

- 16.4
- 13.5

-135.8
- 14.4
- 25-5

- 3.9
- -5
- 1.7

- 12.0
- 17.3

-1.0

- -3
- 1.3

.7
7.3

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

23.2j

- 76.1

Minne- Kansas Dallas San Franapolis City
cisco £/
-

.8
.2

- 2.6
- .7

- 3.1
- .2

+

.6

- 1.8
+

- 3.2
+ 1.2
•3

- -5
-2-5

-

.3
.6

+ .3
- .9

+ .1
-2.9

- 2.4
- 1.5

- -5
- 3.2

-4.5

- .6
- .4
+ .3

- .4
+ -5
- .3

-24.6
- 3-6
- 4.5

- 2.5

- .6

-17.9
- 1.3
+ .1

- -3
+1.1

- .7
- 2.3

+ .6

+1.2

+1.7

- .5
- 5.8

+ .1 + .2 + .2

+ .1

- .4

+1.3

- 2.0

- 9-8

-1.7

-

-5

- 2.2

-1.5

.4

- 4.8

+ 5.6

- 3.2

-1.2

- .3
- 1.4

- .9
+ .5
- .1

-

.2

-

.1

+ 1.5

+1.2

+

.3

+ 2.7

.4

+ 1.8

(
C

•14. lj +

•2

Commodity dealers

-15-4

- 1.2

+ 2.5

Sales finance companies

- 65.6

- 9.7

- 29.9

+1.5

-11.9

- .5

+5.6

-18.0

- 2.4

-1.5

+

Public utilities (including transportation)

-

2.3

-

.9

+ 17.8

- .7

*13.3

+ .1

-1.4

+ .6

-

.3

+ .1

- 1.0

-

Construction

+ 2.2

+

.1

+

1»9

+1•l

.6 + .8

+ .4

- 2.5

+

.1

+ .7

+

.2

- .8

+ .8

All other types of business

- 15.0

+

.9

- 20.4

- .8

-

.7

- .1

—2.1

+ 5-9

+

.9

+1-7

+

.4

+ 1.0

- 1.7

Net change in classified loans l/

-357.6

-27.5

-171.4

-7.2

-49.4

+ .4

+2.5

-58.9

-17.8

-1.0

-

.7

-23.0

- 3.6

Unclassified changes - net

- 58.4

-

.5

- 14.6

-1.8

- 1.6

-1.4

- .5

- 3-1

-

—

-15.3

- 3.0

-16.4

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-4i6.o

-28.0

-186.0

-9.0

-51.0

-1.0

+2.0

-62.0

-18.0

-1.0

-16.0

-26.0

-20.0

.2

.1

j)/ Preliminary; final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District final figures appear in a release of the Reserve Bank,
l/ About 210 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold about 95 per cent of total
commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member "banks and about 75 per cent of those of all commercial banks.