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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.12 (For Immediate Release) January 21, 1959 CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY Net decreases of $56 million in loans to sales finance companies, $40 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and.tobacco products, $28 million to the wholesale and retail trade, and $l4 million each to manufacturers and producers of petroleum, coal, chemicals, and rubber products and to commodity dealers were the principal factors in the $154 million decrease in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting member banks during the week ended January 14. The larger offsetting net increases were $27 million in loans to manufacturers of metals and metal products and $13 million to manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and leather products. 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 Week ended , Jan. 142/ Cumulative since mid-year June 25, 1950 June 26, 1957 to , to Jan. l4, 1959£/ Jan. 15, 1958 (in millions of dollars] - 40 + 13 + 27 +443 -243 -452 + - 216 145 500 - 14 - 2 - 71 -130 + - 134 158 Trade--wholesale and retail Commodity dealers Sales finance companies Public utilities and transportation Construction All other types of business - 28 - 14 - 56 - 2 + 3 - 8 + 22 +368 + 73 +225 + 46 +294 + + - Ill 439 444 151 61 57 Classified changes - net Unclassified changes - net -121 - 33 +576 -367 - 535 637 Net change in commercial and industrial loans -154 +209 -1,172 g/ 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, WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY l4, 1959 H.12(a) New(Phila- jCleve- Rich- A t l t a York jdelphiaj land [ mond r 1 , c i c V Z i , (In millions of dollars) 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 Trade: Wholesale Retail - 4o.o + 13.1 - .4 + .6 -23.7 + 3.7 +3.0 +1.4 - .5 + .5 + 27.1 - 13.5 - 2.3 -l.l -2.1 +15.6 - 7.4 + 4.3 -1.3 -1.2 + .6 -2.4 +1.0 - .3 - .3 - 1.2 -10.8 - .5 + .4 - 2 8 - 3 ) + .1 + 2.1 - .5 +1.3 -13.2 + 2.3 - 3.3 + .5 + .4 + .7 + .4 + .5 .2 - 2.1 + .1 -1.1 + *3 + 9.5 + 4.5 - .8 + + — .9 .6 .1 -1.6 + «3 + .6 + .6 - «3 + 1.4 - 4.2 - 1.5 + 3.1 - 1.4 - 5-8 .7 *3 + .9 -1.5 - .2 + .7 (" 1 , 7 i - 1.5 - .9 + .3 -1.3 - .3 - .4 -7 -2.6 - .4 - 5-2 - .1 + Commodity dealers - 13.9 +2.1 - 3.0 -1.6 + .3 - .6 - .9 - 5.3 - 3.9 +2.3 + .3 - 2.5 - l.l Sales finance companies - 55.9 -3.3 -19.0 -6.8 -1.3 - 8.9 -2.4 - 7.0 - 3.9 + .2 - .9 - .6 - 2.0 Public utilities (including transportation) - - .3 + 2.2 - .3 -4.1 - .7 - .5 + 1.8 - .2 Construction + 2.7 -1 • 1 + .5 - .8 -1.5 - .4 +2.2 - .4 - .7 All other types of business - 8.4 -1.7 - 6.9 + .8 +3.1 - 1.2 -1.5 + 1.4 - .1 Net change in classified loans l/ -121.4 -7.9 -45.7 -6.3 -6.5 -10.4 -6.1 -12.5 -10.6 Unclassified changes - net - 32.6 +4.9 - 9-3 + .3 + .5 - 4.6 +1.1 + 2.5 - Net change in commercial and industrial loans -154.0 -3.0 -55.0 -6.0 —6.0 -15.0 —5 * 0 -10.0 2.0 - .2 + .3 -- + .8 + 2.7 + 1.4 - .9 - 2.2 + + .8 - 8.9 - 9.6 .4 - .3 +2.2 - 1.1 -28.4 -11.0 +2.0 +3.0 -10.0 -38.0 -- mm +2.3 .8 p/ Preliminary: final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District iinai iigures appear m a rej.edBe uj. ^ c l/ About 210 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold about 95 P e r cent o f ^ota commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and about 75 P e r cent of those of all commercial banks. I