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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(For Immediate Release)

June 12, 1957

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Net increases of $77 million in loans to sales finance companies,
$23 million to manufacturers and producers of petroleum, coal, chemicals, and
rubber products were the principal factors in the $89 million increase in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting member banks during the week ended
June 5 •
Partly offsetting net decreases included $21 million to commodity
dealers and $11 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco products.
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
™
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 .
June 5-'

Cumulative since year-end
DecT 26, 1955"
Dec. 287*1955
to
.
to
June 5> 1957—'
June 6, 1956
(In millions of dollars)

-11
+ 1
- 3

-485
+108
+637

+
+

347
184
995

+23
+ 6

+112
+122

+
+

413
298

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

-f ]_
-21
+77
- 2
+ 3
+14

- 48
-494
+128
+160
- 37
-126

+
+
+
+

211
315
424
169
33
83

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+88
+ l

+ 77
-175

+1,300
+
52

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+89

- 98

+1,352

-

-

p/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.
In addition to the weekly table, a monthly table is attached showing
changes during May compared with the preceding month and with May 1956, and also
showing changes during the past twelve months.
The changes during May were similar to those during April and a year ago
May in that there were further repayments in loans by manufacturers of food,
liquor, and tobacco products and by commodity dealers, and a further increase in
loans to the wholesale and retail trade. The May 1957 decrease in loans to commodity dealers was the largest monthly decrease in this category since May 1951Loans to sales finance companies decreased during the current month as
they did in May 1956; in both years these decreases followed increases in April.
Loans to manufacturers of metals and metal products and to public utilities increased in the current month, following decreases in April.




CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 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
Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

All DisBoston
tricts P/

New
York

St.
Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta n v
ChlCaS
" j Louis
j_
delphia _l_and
(In millions of dollars)

San FraniXiinne - Kansas
Dallas
cisco P/
apolis City

-10.5
4
.8

+ .5
- .3

- 6.9
- 1.2

4 1.8
4
.4

42.8
- .2

-1.9

-3.5
- .1

- 2.8
4 .8

- .6
4 .2

- .1
4 .1

- 2.6
422.5
4 5-6

41.0
- .4
- .2

- 2.5
418.8
- 3.7

- 2.7
4 .1
- .3

- .1
-1.0
41.4

41.2
- .2
-1.3

41.1
41.0
-l • 3

+1.7
4 1.8
+ 7.4

- .3
- .8
+ .5

- .2
4 .2
4 .4

4 .2
4 .8

-

- 4.0

4

+ .5
42.1

-1.4
- .6

41.2
- .1

4

-1.4
+1.5

- .1
- .4

4- . X
-1.3

-1.8

-

-2.1

4- ,6

-4.5

- .1

+ .3

-4.8

- 1.0

(

+1

2

- )

.6

.4

.8

2.5
5.6

- .6
4 .2

+
+

- .8
44.1
- .2

- 1.0
- 1.3
4 2.1

.9
.9

- 2.7

Commodity dealers

-21.0

-1.0

- 6.4

4

Sales finance companies

476.8

42.2

437.6

47.0

45.8

+1.3

+3.4

4 9.8

43.6

41.4

4 .8

+ -7

+ 3.2

Public utilities (including transportation)

- 2.0

-1.8

411.2

+1.5

-2.6

4

- -3

- 6.1

4 .6

+ .7

-1.1

-2.0

- 2.2

Construction

+ 3.4

4 .6

4 2.2

- .3

+ 1.7

- .4

4l.l

4 .2

-1.0

4 1.6

All other types of business

413-6

411.0

+ .3

- .4

-1.1

4

-

.6

4

- .1

- -

-2.3

.1
- -

.2

4 2.1

41.1

-2.0

4

.1

- -

2.7

Net change in classified loans l/

487.8

- .5

444.2

410.8

+5.7

-5-6

- .9

434.0

-1.3

42.6

- .1

-4.3

+ 3.2

Unclassified, changes - net

4 1.2

+4.5

- 9.2

- 1.8

-

.7

4 .6

-1.1

4 2.0

+ .3

-4.6

41.1

-2.7

412.8

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

489.O

44.0

+35.0

4 9.0

45.0

-5.0

-2.0

436.0

-1.0

-2.0

41.0

-7.0

4l6.0

p/ 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 210 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.




CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS BY INDUSTRY

H.12(b)

Business of Borrower

5 weeks
ended
May 29, 1957

4 weeks
5 weeks
ended
ended
Apr. 24, 1957
May 30, 1956
(In millions c)f dollars)

12; months
ended
May 29, 1957

Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products (including machinery
and transportation equipment)
Petroleum, coal, chemicals, and rubber
Other manufacturing and mining

- 95.8
- 35-3

-73.8
+ 6.4

- 81.3
+ 37-9

+
+

372.8
163.3

+ 97.8
+ 7.1
- 6,2

-19.0
+29.3
+10.9

+ 53-2
- 7-1
+ 32.0

+
+
+

965.0
687.2
294.2

Trade —

+ 10.4

+64.3

+ 20.0

+

93.4

Commodity dealers

-137-1

-83.0

-107.1

+

169.7

Sales finance companies

-176.3

+91.6

-101.3

+

208.3

Public utilities (including transportation)

+ 61.2

-39-2

- 43.5

+

733.5

Construction

-

+ 4.1

+ 32.8

-

All other types of business

+ 11.4

-18.3

+102.6

+

Net change in classified loans l/

-263.6

-26.7

- 61.8

+3,727.4

Unclassified changes - net

-

-57.3

+

-

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-267.0

-84.0

- 57.0

wholesale and retail

.8

3.4

4.8




123.1

373.4

+3,354.0
1
i

1/ See footnote on preceding table regarding current coverage.

83.1