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

H.12

September 22, 1954

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
Practically all industrial classifications participated in the increase
of $194 million in commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans at weekly
reporting member banks during the week ended September 15• The principal increases
were $50 million in loans to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco products,
$38 million to "other" types of business, $28 million to the wholesale and retail
trade, and $19 million to commodity dealers.
The increase in loans to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco
products was the largest weekly increase in this business category since last
December and was reflected in all but two districts.
The only net repayments reported by industrial classifications during
the week were $15 million by manufacturers of metals and metal products and $6
million by sales finance companies.
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
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 & transportation
,Construction
Other types of business

Week
ended
Sept. 152/

Cumulative since mid-year
June 30 to
Corresponding
Sept. 15» 19542/ period, 1953
(In millions of dollars)

+ 50

+ 60

+ 11

+ 99

- 15
+ 13
+ 11

+ 28
+ 19
6
+ 10
+ 6

-328
- 28

+124
+ 78
- 64
+ 40

7

+ 16

+ 25
+162

+ 16

-

- 62

+ 34
- 20
+134
+ 18
+ 93

+ 38

- 92
+ 39
+ 34

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

+165
+ 29

- 96
-765

+470

Net change in commercial, industrial, and agricultural loans

+194

-86l

+498

p/

Preliminary; see footnote on attached table.




+ 28

CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AMD INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OF WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1954

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 2/

+49.6
+10.6

+ 3.9
+ 1.6

-lb.5
+13.1
+11.4

1.1
+

.5

1+28.lj

+
+

.2

New
York

+14.9
+10.7

Commodity-dealers

+19.4

+ 1.4 + 5 . 8

Sales finance companies

- 6.1

•

Public utilities (including transportation)

+10.1

+

Construction

+ 5.8

All other types of business

+37.6

Net change in classified loans!/
Unclassified changes - net
Net change in commercial, industrial,
and agricultural loans
p/

+165.1
+28.9
+194.0

+

.2 + 1-3
.6 + 1.2

.3
+ 1.6

+ 1.9
+ 1.5

.1

~

.5 + 1.6

-

.5

-

1.5

-

-

1.7

-

+

+ 4.8

+ 1.2

+

+ 1.0

+15.1

+ 8.0

-

.4

+63.0

+16.1 + 2.8 +
+ .4
.7

+ •9
+ 2.0 +

.8

+ 8.3 +63.4

.6
.7

- «3
+ 5-8

-

.8

+
+

- .2
+ 1.4
+ .2

+ 7-0

.3

+3-6
+ 1.2
.6
.3
.1

1.6

-

1.8
2.4

.2
•3

-10.6
.7 + .2 +
+ 1.7 +
1.2
+ 2.3
+ 3.6 + 1.3 + 1.8 +

+ 4.6
.4 + 4.4

St.
San FranMinne- Kansas
Dallas
cisco P/
Louis apolis City

Phila- Cleve- Rich- Atlanta Chicago
mond
delphia land
(In millions of dollars)

+

.4

.2 + 3 . 0
+ 1.9
.1 +
•7

+ 1.4 +
+ 1,6 +

.1 + 7.7
1.9

-

1.0

+ 2.2

-

.1

-

2.9

+ 3.7

- 2.2

-

.2

+

+ 1.0

.1

+

.2

+

.5

+ 1.1

+ 1.1

+

-

•3

.5 + 4.4

+ 2.4

+ 4.3

-

.9

+ 8.4

+15.3

+ 5.3

+30.2

+12.3

+15.7

+

+

-

a.5

+ 1.0

4.5

+ 2.5
-

2.0

-

4.3

+11.0

.7

+ 6.0

.8

+31.0

- -

+ 2.7 +
+15.0

+ 1.2
+ -2
-

.1 + 1.4

-

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+ 2.6

-

+ 3.5

- 3-4
- .1
+ 3-2

.6

.9

-

.3
•7

.3
.7
.1

+

+

• 3 + 1.0

+ 5.5
- .6

•9

+ 1.3
-

+ 2.3
.1

.6
.7 +

4.8

-

+ 1.5
.5

.1

.6

2.7

+

.9

+ 1.0

+ 2.0

+

.7

+ 1.5

+ 8.3

+ 5.8

+

.7

+24.2

+ 9.0

+30.0

.4 + 2.0

.3 + 4.5

+16.0

1.4

+ 6.0

-

Preliminary; final totals will appear in the F. R. Bulletin and San Francisco District final figures appear in a release of the Reserve Bank.

1/ About 220 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.