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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

January 2, 1958

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
The net change in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting
member "banks during the week ended December 25 was an increase of $6 million. The
larger increases were $90 million in loans to sales finance companies, $22 million
to public utilities, and $l6 million each to commodity dealers and to "other" types
of business.
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Offsetting decreases included $8l million in loans to the wholesale and
retail trade, $33 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco products,
and $18 million to "other" manufacturing and mining. The decrease in loans to the
wholesale and retail trade was the largest decrease in this category since about
a year ago, during the week ended January 2, 1957.
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
Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products
Petroleum, coal, chemicals,
and rubber
Other manufacturing and mining

Cumulative since mid-year
Week
June 26, 1957
June 27, 1955
ended .
to
.
to
Dec. 25^/
Dec. 25, 19572/
Dec. 26, 1956
(In millions of dollars)
+ 822
6
71

-33
+ 2
+10

+447
-138
-454

+ 1
-18

+114
-144

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

-8l
+l6
+90
+22
- 3
+16

+ 99
+424
-183
+ 91
- 37
+ 6

178
739
+ 98
+ 350
66
4- 176

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+23
-17

+225
-444

+2,719
- 260

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+ 6

-219

+2,459

p/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




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+ 428
72

+

+
+

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OP A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 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

All Districts g/ Boston

Phila- CleveNew
York delphia land

St.
Richmond Atlanta Chicago Louis

Minne- Kansas
San Franapolis City Dallas cisco p/

-33.1
+ 2.2

-2.6
- -7

-30.9
+ 4.9

- .1
- 1.7

+ .1
-1.1

-1.2
+1.0

+ 1-9
+ .8

+

.9 + 1.4 + .5
.6 - .1

+ .2
- .1

-

+10.2
+ .6
-17.9

- .2
+1.1
-1.7

+ 6.7
+ 2.1
-10.5

+ 1.0
+ .8
- 2.0

+1.0
- .6
+ .5

+ .2
+ .3
- .6

+
+
+

.2
.5
.4

+ 2.8 — 1.2 - .2
- 1.4 + .2 — .8
- 2.3 - .1 - .9

—
+1.9
—

+

-8O.6

-2.6
-3.6

+ .8
-49.5

- 4.1
+ .8

+ .2
-3-2

- .8
-1.2

+

+ .4

.7

- .4 - 3.7
- 9.8 - 2.3 - .2

+ .2
- .8 r

Commodity dealers

+16.0

-1.2

+ 9.2

- -

+ .1

+1.4

+ 1.2

+ 3.0 - 3.0 - -3

- *2

+ 7.1

- 1.3

Sales finance companies

490.4

+6.2

- 5.6

+11.7

-1.2

44.5

+ 9.2

+32.0

+11.4

+5.9

+ 9.0

+ 5.2

Public utilities (including transportation)

+21.9

- .9

+10.9

--

+ .7

+

-9

+11.2

+

- .6

— —

— 1.2

Construction

- 3.2

- .2

+ 3-7

-

.7

- .2

- .6

- 1.2

- 2.2

All other types of business

+16.1

+1.8

+

.6

- 2.0

+2.2

+ .8

+

.3

+ 2.6

Net change in classified loans l/

+22.6

-4.6

-57 -6

+ 3.7

-1.5

+3.8

+15-3

+36.4

Unclassified changes - net

-16.6

-1.4

-l6.4

-

.7

-1.5

- .8

- 1.3

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+ 6.0

-6.0

-74.0

+ 3.0

-3.0

+3.0

+14.0

+33.0

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

.9

+2.1
— —

.3

- 3.0
- .2

•9
.8
.4

+ .8
- 2.7
- l.l

—

+

.4

-3) - 1.6

+

*3

— •1

-1.5

-

+ 2.8

+1.8

+ .7

+1.7

+ 2.8

+ 5.8

+1.8

+5-7

+15.4

-1.6

- 3.4 - 1.8 - .8

+ •3

+

.6

+10.6

+ 4.0

46.0

+16.0

+ 9.0

+1.0

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p/' Preliminary; fine] t.nt.p.lH will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District final figures appear in a release of the Reserve Bank.
1/ About 210 weekly reporting member "banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold over 9Q P61* cent of total
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commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and nearly 70 per cent of those of all commercial banks.