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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

December 16, 1953

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Practically all industrial classifications participated in the $53
million decrease in commercial, industrial, and. agricultural loans at weekly
reporting member banks during the week ended December 9» The principal repayments were $25 million by sales finance companies, $24 million by public
utilities, and $22 million by the wholesale and retail trade,
The trade decrease was largely in loans to the retail trade and
was reflected in most districts. The only net increases in classified loans
during the week were $21 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco
products, and $7 million to commodity dealers.
Changes in loans during the week and since mid-year are shown below;
the third column shows the changes during the comparable period last year:

Business of Borrower

Week
Cumulative since mid-year
ended
June 24,
Corresponding
December 92/ 1953 £/
period, 1952
(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

+ 21
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 4

+463
- 83
-291
+ 68
- 34

+760
- 15
- 19
+315
+ 64

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

- 22
+ 7
- 25
- 24
- 6
- 3

+137
+342
-312
- 49
- 20
+ 59

+268
+672
+194
- 66
+ 21
+134

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

- 64
+ 11

+280
+ 4

+2,329
+ 37

Net change in commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans

- 53

+284

+2,366

g/

Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




CHAS6ES IN" COMMBRGIM,-AKD IBD0S1RIAL L0AS5-0F A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BAMK8
BY INDUSTRY AMD FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1953

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

+21.0
- 4.0

+
+

- 3*6

- 1.5

- 4.4
21

7

r - )

+
-

.9 +17.3 + .1 + .7 + 2.2
.8 — 2.8 + .1 - .2 - .8
.1 + 2.4
.5
•4 - 9.9
.1 + .5 - i.4 + 2.5 + .1
1.0
- .7 + .1 + .1

+ l.l - 2 . 3
- .3 - 4.1 + 4.o

.9
.3

+ 5.3 - ,6 - 1.0
- 1.0 - 1.2

+
+

.7
.3

+ .2

+ .1

- .6 + 1.4 + .3

+
+

1.8
1.7

- .3
— 2.8
- .5

-

- .1
- .4 - .5
- *1 - 2.4 - .8 + .2

- .9 - -3
,4
+ .8
- 1.3

+ 1.2

-

.3

- 1.8 - .1
+ .5 - .2
+ .6 - 3 . 0
- .3 - .4
- .2 - 1.4

.7

+ 1.0

-64.1
+11.1

+

.8 -12.4 + .5 -13.3

.2

-

- 1.8

— 9.6

.2

-1.6

-53.0

- 1.0

-22.0

Commodity dealers
Sales finance companies
Public utilities (including transportation)
Construction

• 7.4
-25.1
-23.6

-

- 5.6

- l.l

All other types of business

- 3.0

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

oh

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 New Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St. Minne- Kansas Dallas San Francisco p/
Louis apolis City
mond
York delphia land
tricts^/
(in millions of dollars)

1 1

Business of Borrower

f—'

H.12(a)

.2

+ 2.4
- 1.5

+ 7-5
-14.6
-12.1
- 2.1
— 2.1

+ 2,5
+ 3.0

-

.7

-14.0

- 1.3
- .2

- .4
+

—
•

— —

1.4

— 3.0

+
-

.1
2.3
1.2
8.6
7.7
1.2

- 1*1 - 1.5
- 2.7 - 2.3
+ 5.4 - 1.5
- i .4 - .7
+ .2

--

~ 1.1 ( l.z]
- ,6 C
+ .4 - 5.6
+ .5 - 1.0

—

— —

.2

- 1.4

- 4*5 —25.0

5.6

— 7.0

- 6.3

+ 2.9

— 4*7 +
—li.o

.1
+ 3*®

+
-

+

+

3-9

.7

2.2
1.2
.7
•1
h.5

+

2«5

.6

+

.1

•3
+ 2.6

+

*k

- 8.5
+ 8.5

- 4,3

- -

—

+

+

- -

- .4 <- .4 + .1 - .6
-20.5

+ .4

-

-

- 2.0
+28.3
+24.0

2/ 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 220 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold over 90 P e r cent of total
commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and nearly 70 per cent of those of all commercial banks.