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H.12

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

May 1, 1957

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Most Industrial classifications were represented in the net decrease of
$175 million in commercial and industrial loans at weekly reporting member banks
during the week ended April 24. Partially offsetting increases were $14 million
in loans to manufacturers and producers of petroleum, coal, chemicals, and rubber
products, and $13 million to the construction industry.
The
of metals and
sales finance
products, and
manufacturers
since January

principal decreases during the week were $69 million to manufacturers
metal products, $40 million to commodity dealers, $39 million to
companies, $18 million to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco
$19 million to unclassified borrowers. The decrease in loans to
of metals and metal products was the first decrease in this category
23.

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

Cumulative since year-end
Dec. 28^ 1955
Dec. 26, 1956
Week
to
Apr. 25 , 1956
. 24g/ Apr. 24, 1957E/
(In millions of dollars)

Manufacturing and mining:
Food, liquor, and tobacco
Textiles, apparel, and leather
Metals and metal products
Petroleum, coal, chemicals, & rubber
Other manufacturing and mining
Trade--wholesale and retail
Commodity dealers
Sales finance companies
Public utilities and transportation
Construction
All other types of business
Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net
Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-

+ l4
- 3

- 69

+
+
-

7
40
39
2
13
1

- 60

+

-337
+227
+105
- 4l
-151

-156

+1,167

- 19

+252
-172

-175

80

+1,218

p/ Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




246
139
913
+ 261
+ 232

-378
+143
+539
+ 83
+123

- 18
- 8

+

-

186

183

280

187

-

+

2
40

51

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 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

St.
Phila- Cleve- RichNew
All Dismond Atlanta Chicago Louis
tricts £/ Boston York delphia land
(In millions of dollars)

-

•1

.1

+ .1
- 1.1

- 8.3
+ 3.3
+ .7

- 1-7
- .3
- -9

-1.4 + .5
- .9 +1.3
+ • 1 - .2

+

.6
.5

+ .8
+ .3
+ 5.4

— .4

— l.l

- .7

- .1

. .)

- 7-2

+ 2.2

+ .2 - .6 (+ 2.9) + 2.6

-1.5

+

.2

-10.3

-2.1

-1.7

-11.5

- 3-3

+ .1

-

3*9

- .6 + .7

— .6

+

•2

-1.3

+

.2

- .3

-1.1

+ 3.2

- .5

- 1.1

- .9

- 39-4

-5>

- .7

- .4
- .3

-7.0

6

+1.3

- • 1 -11.4
+ .3 - .6
- .8 - 5.6

- 69.O

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

- l.l

- .6 + 9.5
+ .1 - 2.3

-

+ 13-5
- 3.3

- 1.2

- 3.6

- .7

+2.4
-2.3

.3

+4.4 +
- .4 +

- 1.4

.2
.7

- 19.6

- 17.9
- 7.7

- .8

+ .1

- .4

San FranMinne- Kansas
apolis City Dallas cisco P/

- -5
- .9

+1.0
- .7
- .5

--

*f • 1

+ *8

(

Commodity dealers

- 40.0

-l.l

6.2

Sales finance companies

- 38.9

-l.l

- 53-2

- .8 +10.7

+2.2

+1.2

- 5.1

+ 3.4

— .5 — .1

+ .8

+ 3*6

Public utilities (including transportation)

+

1.9

+ .2

- 2.4

+ .6 + 1.5

+ .2

+ .1

+ .4

—

+ .3 + .3

- .7

+ 2.2

Construction

+ 12.7

+2.5

+ 5-3

+ .7 - 1.0

+ .2

--

- .7

+3. l

+

All other types of business

-

- .4

- 1.0

-2.4 - .3

+ .8

+ .1

.6

— 1.2

.8

+2.6

•6

—

»6

- >3 + .7 + .1

+ .9

+ 2.4

Net change in classified loans l/

-155.8

-7.8 -113.3

- .9 - 6.0

- .3

-2.8

-12.9

-12.1

+ .1 +1.5

- 6.5

+ 5.2

Unclassified changes - net

- 19.2

+ .8 - 19.7

- .1 - 2.0

-1.7

— .2

—8.1

+

-2.1

+1.5

- 3.5

+15.8

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-175.0

-7.0 -133.0

-1.0 - 8.0

-2.0

-3.0

-21.0

-12.0

-2.0 +3.0

-10.0

+21.0

.1

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.