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BOARD OF GOVERNORS CP THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.12

(for Immediate Release)

March 8, 1961

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY

Commercial and industrial loans increased a net of $43 million at weekly
reporting member banks during the week ended March 1. Most of the categories showed
increases during the week, but there was an offsetting net decrease of $73 million
in loans to public utilities.
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 p y
March IT

Cumulative since year-end
Dec. 28, I960
Dec. 30, 1959
to
j
to
March 1, 1961—'
March 2, i960
(in millions of dollars)

+10
+17

-225
+103

- 1
+23

+ 51

+ 8

- 46

-231
+173

+419

- 51

- 10

+ 4o

-250

+ 4o
- 21

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

+10
+11
-73

+ 28

- 8

-224
- 38

+36

+ 87

- 31

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+32
+11

-523
-117

- 27
-124

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+43

•640

-151

-274
- 91

jg/ Preliminary
In addition to the -we^ily table, a monthly table is attached showing changes
during February compared with the preceding month and with February i960, and also
showing changes during the past twelve months.
Most of the changes during February were in the same direction as in
February i960. Loans to the wholesale and retail trade and to the construction
industry decreased in contrast to increases a year ago; and loans to commodity
dealer^ which decreased during February i960, increased during the current month.
products
ago.

The increase in loans to manufacturers of textiles, apparel, and leather
was the largest monthly increase in this category since February a year




CHANCES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WFIEXI.Y REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1 0 1

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

2

New
All Districts £, BostonI York

Phila- Clevedelphia land

+10.0
+16.8

+3.6
-5.5

+12.0

+ 7-5
- -7

+3.8

-1.6

+22.9

+1.1

+ 7.5
+ 3*6
+14.1

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

+ 9-7

- -9
-1.4

+ 4.4

Commodity dealers

+10.8

-1.5

Public utilities (including transportation)

-73-0

Construction
All other types of business

+17.0

+1.3
+ .5

- .8
- .7
- -5
+1.9

San FranSt. IMinne- Kansas
RichDallas cisco £/
mond Atlanta Chicago Louis |apolis| City |
- 1-3

- .6 — 1.2

-3 *8

- .6

+1.6

- .2

+1.2

+ -3

- .1

+ .6

- 5-1
- 4.5
+ 4.8

+ «, 2

+1.9

+ .6

+1.0

+ .4

+1.0
- .3
- .2

+1.5

+1.1

- .2

+1-3
+1-3

+4.7

-l.l

+1.5

- -5

-3 «8

+ 1.1

+2.3

+

.8

+ .5
- .9

.1

- .1

- .1

-2.5
-3.3

+1.1

+
+

+1.5

+ .6

— •!
-4.7

+ .8

-1.7
+ -9

+ .8
•3

+ .1

- 3-3

-1.1

+ .8

-1.5

+ .1

+16.0

-3.8

-1.7

-36.8

-3-4

-3-5

- 2.4

—2.2

-18.1

- .6

- 7-5

-1.0

- 2.5

-5.6

- .9

+

.7

+ .6

- 2.4

+ .8

.7

+3.5

+35-5

-1.2

+36.3

-2.9

+ .9

+

.3

+

.1

+ 2.9

+1.4

.2

-2.3

Net change in classified loans l/

+32.0

-8.5

+58.1

-3.9

-6.5

- 2.1

+1.2

- 7-0

-2.1

+6.6

+3.2

Unclassified changes - net

+11.0

+1.5

- 1.1

-1.1

+3.5

- 7.9

- -2

+ 5.0

+ .1

+2.4

-1.2

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

+43.0

-7.0

+57-0

-5.O

-3.0

-10.0

+1.0

- 2.0

-2.0

+9«0

+2.0

-3 *8

+ 5*8

+5.3
+1.5

•7
•3

+2.1

Hot

-,) avail-

)

x

(

able

-7-0
—

-7-0

+10.0

+10.0

2 / 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 200 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold about 95 per cent of
""
total commercial and industrial loans of all weekly reporting member banks and about 70 per cent of those of all commercial banks.




8.12(b)

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY EEPGBTING MBBBR BAHKB BY INDUSTRY

Business of Borrower

4 weeks
ended
Feb. 22, 1961

4 weeks
4 weeks
ended
ended
Jan. 25, 1961
Feb. 24, i960
(In millions of dollars)

12 months
ended
Feb. 22, 1961

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

- 12.1
+115.5

-222.4
- 29 .O

-IO8.9
+136.5

+

32.2
6.6

+126.0
- 36.4
+ 42.1

-179.7
+ 87.8
- 74.5

+259.4
- 37.2
+ 63.3

+
+
+

.1
91.4
249.3

Trade —

- 16.4

-243.7

+ 93-4

+

95.3

Commodity dealers

+ 4l.8

— 24.8

-120.3

+

79.5

Public utilities (including transportation)

-119 -4

- 31.9

- 50.1

-

63.8

Construction

- 12.3

- 17.9

+ 26.9

+

113.3

All other types of business

+

5.3

+ 46.6

+ 26.8

+

561.0

Net change in classified loans 1/

+134.1

-689.5

+289.8

+1,151.7

Unclassified changes - net

- 36.1

- 91.5

+ 27.2

-

Net change in commercial
industrial loans

+ 98.0

-781.0

+317.O

+1,086.0

wholesale and retail

1/ See footnote cm preceding table regarding current coverage.




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