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

September 3>195®

CHANGES IN COMMERCIALAND INDUSTRIAL LOANS BY INDUSTRY
A net decrease of $56 million in loans to sales finance companies was the
principal factor in the decrease of $59 million in commercial and industrial loans
at weekly reporting member banks during the week ended August 27 • Other net
^
decreases were $1? million in loans to public utilities and $11 million to other
types of "business.
The principal offsetting change was a net increase of $21 million in
loans to manufacturers of food, liquor, and tobacco products.
Changes in loans during the week and since mid-year are shown helow;
the third column shows the changes during the comparable period last year.

Business of Borrower

Week
ended
.
Aug. 2lVJ

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 mid-year
June 25, 1958
June 26, 1957
to
/
to
Aug. 27, 1958 £/
Aug. 28, 1957
(In millions of dollars)
- 12

- 1
- 7

- 27
- 9
-44l

-367

- 8
- 6

- 60

- 28

- 19

+ 20
- 12
+197

+21

+ 70

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

-5&
-17
+ 7
-11

+ 3
+117
- 64
-135
+ 31
±79

Classified changes - net
Unclassified changes - net

-71
+12

-525
- 32

-4l6

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-59

-557

-514

+ 6

p/ Preliminary] seefootnote on attached table.




-276
- 66
+ 14
+ 43

- 98

CHANGES IK COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS OF A SAMPLE OP WEEKLY REPORTING MEMBER BANKS
BY INDUSTRY AND FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT,
WEEK ENDED WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 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

All Dis-i
Boston
tricts

+20.8
-

.9

- 6.7

- 8.1

+1.5

New
York

+12.1 + 1.0

- .8

-

+ .1

- 2.6
- 7*0

+ .8

St.
Phila- Cleve- RichAtlanta Chicago
Louis
mond
delphia land
%In millions of dollars)

.8 + 1.1
+
~

.4
.1

Minne- Kansas
San FranDallas
apolis City
cisco £/

+ .8

+ .1

+12.2

-1.5

+ .9

+

+3.3

- .3

5.7

- .2

-4.1

- .1

- .7
+ .7
+ .5

.3

- .6

- .7

+ .9

- .2

- .8
- .4

+ .4
- .4

+ .5

- .9

+ .9
+ 1.3

-4.6

+ .1
-1.6

+ .2

.3

.1

- .2

+1.7

-1.2

- .3

- .6

- .4

+ .4

- .8
+ .1
+ .1

- .8 + .6
-1.5

-

.2

- 1.3
+ .4

- 5-5

• .2

!+ 5.8?

- .6
-1.2

+ 3*0

Commodity dealers

+ .2

+ .9

+ 1.5

+ 1.4

- .3

+2.7

- -9

+

.9

- .6

-3.1

+ .7

3.0

Sales finance companies

-56.4

+1.0

-57.8

+ 1.7

+3.4

+ .7

+1.4

+ .8

-3.0

- .4

-1.3

2.9

Public utilities (including transportation)

-16.9

+ .9

—16.4

——

-3*8

- .2

•> 2.2

- .1

+ .3

+ .2

Construction

+ 7.4

+ .4

+ 5.2

+

.3

- .6

+1.7

- .3

+ .6

- .9

+ .6

+ .8

.4

All other types of business

-10.8

-3*0

-12.4 +

.7

+1.3

+2.3

+3.6

+ 1.1

+ .7

- .7

+ .4

- 4.8

Net change in classified loans l/

-71.1

- .2

-76.6 +11.1

-7.8

+7.6

+4.0

+14.2

-4.4

-5.5

- .6

-12.9

Unclassified changes - net

+12.1

+ .2

+4.6

-

.1

+1.8

+1.4

+ 4.8

- .6

- .5

- .4

+

Net change in commercial and
industrial loans

-59.0

-72.0

+11.0

-6.0

+9.0

+19.0

-5.0

-6.0

-1.0

-12.0

Trade:
Wholesale
Retail

(

- 3.4 + 2.1
+

•8

+ 2.0 + 1.7

- .2

+ .2

+4.0

+ .1

+ .2

Not

(- .7
.7)
) avail-

able

.9

2/ 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 210 weekly reporting member banks are reporting changes in their larger loans as to industry; these banks hold acout 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 banks.