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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

April 7> 195^

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AMD INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Repayments in loans of $44 million by commodity dealers, $11 million
by public utilities, and $8 million each by manufacturers of food, liquor, and
tobacco products and by manufacturers of metals and metal products were partly
offset by increases of $13 million to sales finance companies and $8 million to
"other" types of business; the net decrease in commercial, industrial, and
agricultural loans at weekly reporting member banks during the week ended March 31
was $58 million.
The decreases in loans to commodity dealers and to public utilities
were largely in the New York and St, Louis districts. Loans to the wholesale and
retail trade increased $6 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:

Business of Borrower

Week
ended
.
March 312/

Cumulative since year-end
Dec. 3Q
Corresponding
19532/
period, 1953

(in millions of dollars)

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

-

8
1
8
3
6

-248
+ 89
' - 12
- 75
+ 3

-263
+148
+309
+ 31
+ 20

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

+ 6
-44
+13
-11
+ 3
+ 8

- 70
-211
-219
+ 54
+ 8
- 16

+129
-324
- 77
+ 33
+ 7
- 20

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

-52
- 6

-697
+ 80

- 8
-113

Net change in commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans

-58

-617

-121

p/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,

H.12(a)

WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954

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 DisBoston
tricts P/

St.
New Phila- Cleve- RichMinne- Kansas
Sail FranAtlanta Chicago
Dallas
York delphia land mond
Louis apolis City
cisco 2/
Lons
of
dollars)
(In mill]
+ 1.1
- .2

-

.4
.4

-

- 2.4 - 3.2
.1 - .5
- .2 + .3

+

- 8.4
- 1.2

- 3.4

- 8.4
- 3.6
- 5.9

+ 1.0
+ 1.2

- 8.8

+

.7

- 4.5

(+ C C)
( + 5.5 }

-

.8 - 2.8
.8 + 6.5

+
-

.4 - 2.1
.4 + .4

-43.7

-

.4

-29.2

+

.1

+13.1

- 1.4

+13.2

+ 1-3

-10.9

+

.9

- 5-9

+ 3.3

+

.9

+

+ 8.3

-

.2

+ 7.3

-

Net change in classified loansi/

-51.9

- 3.3

-33.2

Unclassified changes - net
Net change in commercial, industrial,
and agricultural loans

- 6.1

-

.7

-58.0

- 4.0

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail
Commodity dealers
Sales finance companies
Public utilities (including transportation)
Construction
All other types of business

- 1.3

- 1.0 - 1.7

+

.8

.1

+ 4.4
+ 5.3
+ .7

+
+
+

.8
.1
.2

+
+
+

.8
.2
*3

+

.3
.3
.2

.6 +
.8 +

.4

"

- .1 +
+ 2.2 -

-

.3

.4

+
+

.2
.1

+ .6
+ 1.9

+ 1.9

+

-

-

.8

+

.8

- 8.3

+ 1.3

- l.l
- 6.3

-

- —

.6 -

+ 7.5

.9
- 1.1

- 1.2

+ 2.1

- 1.5

+

.4

-

.7

- 3.9
+ .4

.8

+ 1.2

+

.1

+

.8

- 1.7

+

.5
.5

.7

•8
--

.5 - 1.5
.4 + .2

-- .3
- 1.2

- 6.7 +

-

.2
.1

-

- 1.1
+

- .7
- 2.2
+ .7

(.
.3 <+
.9

- 2.0

.2

- -

•1
- .5
- 2.8

0) -8) +

*4
.3

- 3.3

- 1.5

-1.6

+ 3.4

- 1.4

+

.1

-

.6

+

.2

+

.8 -

.6

+

.7

+

.7

-

.1 + 1.5

- 3.1

+ 1.9

.6
--

.1 + 1.9

- 1.1

- 2.7

+ 2.5

+

+ 1.0

+ 2.6

- 2.7

- 5.0

+13.1

-11.6

- -

- 2.0

- 5.2

- 5.6

- 1.8

- 2.0

- 1.6

+ 1.7

--

-

.1

- 4.4

--

- 3.0

- 1.8

+ 7.6

-35.0

- 1.0

+ 1.0

- 1.0

- 5-0

+13.0

-16.0

- 5.0

- 7.0

+ 2.0

g/ Preliminary; final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District final figures appear in a release of the Reserve Bank.
1/ About 220 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.
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