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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(For Immediate Release)

H. 12

March 19, 1958

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Net increases of $4l million in loans to sales finance companies,
$33 million to manufacturers of metals and metal products, $25 million to "other"
manufacturing and mining, $21 million to "other" types of business, and $16 million
to manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and leather products were the principal
factors in the $131 million increase in commercial and industrial loans at weekly
reporting member banks during the week ended March 12.
The only net decreases during the week were $27 million in loans to
commodity dealers, $17 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco
products, and $8 million to public utilities.
Changes in loans during the week and since the last Wednesday in December
are shown below; the third column shows the changes during the comparable period
last year.

Business of Borrower

Week
ended ,
Mar. 122/

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 year-end
Dec. 26, 1956
Dec. 25, 1957
to
to
>
Mar. 13, 1957
Mar. 12, 19582/
(In millions of dollars)

- 17
+ 16
+ 33

+
+

507
108
63

-343
+103
+303

+ 9
+ 25

+
+

20
32

+ 49
+ 71

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

+ 5
- 27
+ 41
8
+ 5
+ 21

-

340
200
588
125
35
2

-185
-197
- 18
+111
- 52
-135

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+104
+ 27

-1,576
- 350

-293
-145

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+131

-1,926

-438

p/ 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, MARCH 12, 1958

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

MinnePhila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago St.
New
All DisBoston York delphia land
apolis
Louis
mond
tricts PZ
(In millions of dollars)

- 17.0
+ 16,1

~ -3 +
+2.0 +

6.6 - .1 +1.5
5-9 + 1.0 + *3

+ .5
-A.7

-1.2
+ .9

- 7.7

- 2.9
+ .2

+ -5 -2.7
+ .1

+
+

.2
.2

-11.4
+ .5

+ 33.3
+ 8.6
+ 24.5

-1.3 + 9-3 + 3.1 + 6.2
+ .1 + 3.1 + .4 + .7
+1.9 + 16.8 + l.l + 2.3

+ .4
+1.2
+2.0

+ .9
+ .1
+ .9

+ 4.8
+ 3.6
+ 4.3

+ 2.6

+ .7
+

.4

+1.4 + .6
+ .1 + .7
- .8

- .8
- 2.2
- 2.2

+ 6.1
+ .1
- 2.2

+ .2

+1.3
+1.3

+ 2.2
+ .4

+
+

.1
.2

+ 1.2
+1.1 + .5
( + 1*°) - 2.8
+ .2 + .9

-1.4

- .9

- 4.1

- 6.0

+ 37.8 - 1.1 -12.5

+1.9

- .9

+ 8.0

+

.3

* )

+ .4
+1.0 -

1*9 + 2.3 3.0 - 1.4 +

Commodity dealers

- 27.0

- .5 -

5.7

Sales finance companies

+ 4i.o

+3.2

Public utilities (including transportation)

-

7-6

+ .1 + 24.9

+ 1.3 -10.3

-7.2

+ .6

+ 1.2

- 8.4

Construction

+

5-2

- •3 +

1.7

-

.4 + 1.9

+1.1

+1.3

+

.6

+

-3

- .4 + .3

All other types of business

+ 21.4

+ 17.7

+

.3 -

-7

+1.2

- .8

+

.6

+

«3

+ *5

+1.2

+12.2

-ll.l

+113.2

+ 6.9

-10.5

+4.6

+3.5

+14.2

-12.0

+2.1

-1.0

+ 4.8

-28.3

+ 3-1 + 5-5

+ ,4

-4.5

+ 6.8

-3.1 -1.0

+ 2,2

+12.3

+10.0

+5.0

-1.0

+21.0

-1.0 -2.0

+ 7-0

-16.0

(+

5

3

Net change in classified loans 1/

+103.8

46.3

Unclassified changes - net

+ 27.2

- .3 +

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+131.0

46.0

+119.0

p/ Preliminary; final totals will appear in tne s . n. x > c ^ u .

h

5.8

+

.4

.2
.3

+

mm mm

— 5.0
~ —

.5

—

-12.0

- -5 - .5

- 3-3

- 4.5

—

-1.3

- 1.2

+ 6.6

— —

- .8

+

- 9-9

^

^ „

-9
- -

-

.

.9

„ ...

About 210 weekly reporting member tanks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks bold about 95 per cent of total
commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and about 75 per cent of those of all commercial bank .