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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

January 7* 1959

CHARGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
A net increase of $196 million in loans to sales finance companies was
the principal factor in the net increase of $258 million in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting member "banks during the week ended December 31 •
Other net increases were $66 million in loans to manufacturers and producers of
petroleum, coal, chemicals, and rubber products, $60 million to "other" types of
business concerns, $30 million to commodity dealers, $28 million to manufacturers
of metals and metal products, and $24 million to public utilities.
The larger offsetting net decreases were $88 million in loans to the
wholesale and retail trade, $72 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and
tobacco products, and $26 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

Week
ended ,
Dec. 3 W

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

- 72
— 26
+ 28

Cumulative since mid-year
June 25, 1958 "
June 26, 1957
.
to
to
Dec. 31, 19582/
Dec. 31, 1957
(In millions of dollars]
530
231
452

+331
-159
-496

-

18
116

+150
-l6l

94
4ll
268
234
52
359

- 8
+420

+ 60

+
+
+
+
+
+

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+232
+ 26

-

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+258

+

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

+ 66
- 7
- 88
+ 30
+196

+ 24
+ 20

2/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




+
-

-

-

+1,130
200
930

-108
+183

- 49
+ 58

+161

-457
-296

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1958

H.12(a)

Business of Borrower
Manufacturing and mining:

£i=S8£/pott>n

New I Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St. Minne- Kansas Dallas San Fraiicisco Hi
Louis apolis City
York delphia land mond
(In millions of dollars)

- 72.0
- 25.8

- 1.6
- 4.7

- 67.7
- 16.5

- 1.7 + 3.2 + .3 +1.5
- 2 . 9 + 2.5 + 2 . 1 - .3

- 6.4
- 3.5

- 2 . 1 - .1
- .7 -1.9

+

.9

+ 1.7
+ .1

+ 27.7
+ 66,3
- 6.8

+ 2.4
+ .9
- 3.5

+ 26.5
+ 30.5
+ 2.7

- 6.6 + 5.3 + 1.8 + 2,1
+ .3 - 1.6 -

«5 - .2
+2.2
.4
.7

- 2.2
+ 4.7
- 3.5

+ 1.6 + .9
- .1 - .3
- 1.2 + .6

•3
+ 8.4
- .3

+ .8
+16.1
+ .8

[ - 87.6j

- .2
- 1.7

.5 — 1.8 - 1 . 6 - 1.0 -1.1
- 55.6 - 3.5 — 1 . 8 - 2.2 - 2 . 0

+ 4.8
-13.3

- 2 . 0 -2.1
- 1.2 —1.0

- 1.0
- 2.3

Commodity dealers

+ 30.4

+ 1.4

+ 25.8

+ 5.1

+

+

Sales finance companies

+195.6

+11.8

+ 66.6 +16.7

+2.7

+44.0

+ 7.1 +6.9

+ 2.9

+20.0

Public utilities (including transportation)

+ 23.8

+ 3.7

+ 57*7 -34.7 -13.9 + 1.4 + .8

+ 5.4

+ 7.5 -4.1

-

.8

+

Construction

+ 20.4

+ 1.1

+ 8.1 -

.4 +1.7

+ 3.5

+

.3 + .7

+

.9

+ 3.2

All other types of business

+ 60.4

- 2.6

+ 23.1 - 1.7 + 6.6

+ 4.8 - -5

+ 9.5

-

.5 + .2

+ 1.3

+20.2

+ 7*0

+100.7 -33.5 + 8.4 +14.5

+5.5

<48.1

+ 9.1 - 6 . 0

+10.6

+68.0

+1.5

+10.9

+

- 3.6

- 1.0

+36.0

-35.0 + 7.0 +17.0 +7.0

+59.0

+10.0 - 6 . 0

+ 7.0

467.O

+36.0

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

i

+

.9

- -

-

,2 +1.1

+ 6.8 +10.1

.3 +

.8

+

Net change in classified loans l/

+232.4

Unclassified changes - net

+ 25.6

+ 6.0

- 24.7 - 1.5 - 1.4 + 2.5

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+258.0

+13.0

+ 76.0

.4 -5.8

.9

.9

Not

avail+

.8

.8

able

—

p/ Preliminary; final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District 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 P e r cent of total
~
commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and about 75 per cent of those of all commercial banks.