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Progress Report on the
Mobile Consnmer lose Survey
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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INQUIRY INTO CONSUMER

INSTALMENT LENDING

A Progress Report on the

Mobile Consumer Loan Survey

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

June 1967

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................

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Consumer Credit Quality - A Search for an Answer,
Monthly Review, November 1966 .................................................................................. 2
The Mobile Story of Consumer Instalment Lending,
Monthly Review, April 1967........................................................................................... 6
Table I. Borrower and Loan Characteristics for Loans Made............................. 9
Table II. Borrower and Loan Characteristics for Loans Repaid .................... 10

Table III. Borrower and Loan Characteristics for Loans Written Off . . 11
Table IV. Number of Borrowers by Occupation for Loans Made......................... 12
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Table V. Number of Borrowers by Occupation for Loans Repaid........................ 12
Table Vi. Number of Borrowers by Occupation for Loans Written Off. . • 13
Table VII. Number of Auto Loans Made................................................ ............................ 14

Table VIII. Number of Auto Loans Repaid........................................................................ 17
Table IX. Number of Auto Loans Written Off ............................................................... 20

Table X. Number of Nonauto Loans Made............................................................................. 23
Table XI. Number of Nonauto Loans Repaid................................................................... 26

Table XII. Number of Nonauto Loans Written Off..................................................... 29
Survey Questionnaire ...................................................................................................................


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INTRODUCTION

A major development in the American postwar economy has been the
rapid growth of consumer credit. Consumers’ willingness to borrow
more, coupled with a broadening in the ability and willingness of lend­
ers to make such credit available, is evidenced by the 18-fold increase
in total outstandings since 1945. This gain, which exceeds the advance
in personal income, raises important questions concerning the quality
of the nation's consumer credit. For example, has the increased use of
consumer credit come primarily from marginal borrowers who have been
coaxed into debt, thereby leading to a greater possibility of defaults?
Or have attitudes toward consumer indebtedness and the ability of con­
sumers to repay paralleled the rapid advances in consumer credit?

Realizing that existing aggregate measures fail to identify these
and other changes in credit conditions, the Federal Reserve System be­
gan a study in 1962 to measure more accurately consumer credit quality.
Since this study is based primarily upon the premise that loan quality
ultimately depends upon the individual borrower, comprehensive borrow­
er and loan data are essential. A questionnaire to obtdin these data
from the instalment loan departments of 28 commercial banks was designed
and tested in a preliminary nationwide survey. The second phase of the
study is to develop similar data for borrowers in different metropoli­
tan areas. With these data, it may then be possible to identify changes
in credit conditions in different areas, as well as to develop a nation­
al index of credit quality.
The articles in this booklet present some preliminary results from
the survey of Mobile, Alabama, the first metropolitan area to be studied.
Summary tabulations of the data collected from Mobile banks are also
included.


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Consumer Credit Quality—
A Search for an Answer
The postwar growth in the level of outstanding consumer credit has
been spectacular. Aided by a stimulative monetary credit policy, most
sectors of the economy have shared in the growth. Consumers added to
their present consumption at the expense of future income; merchants
and retailers increased their sales; lenders received interest income from
extending credit; and other segments felt the impact through the growth
in aggregate demand.
This continuing uptrend in the use of consumer credit is reflected
in a current level of outstanding debt in excess of $90 billion. Not
only has the level of debt grown, but the ratio of consumer credit to
disposable personal income has advanced, indicating that consumer
credit has become increasingly more pervasive.
Has this growth in private indebtedness been so rapid as to warrant
grave concern and worry? Whether or not the current level of out­
standing debt has become excessive depends upon the prospects of its
repayment. If the growth in debt has been offset by an increase in the
ability and desire to repay, there may be little need for worry. However,
many persons fear that more and more marginal borrowers have been
coaxed into borrowing, leading to the greater possibility of defaults. This
idea is often given as an indication of the deterioration of credit
“quality.” While it is difficult, if not impossible, to define credit quality
exactly, at least two meanings are commonly associated with its
current usage.
One focuses on the likelihood of an individual loan, or a portfolio of
loans, being repaid. Another meaning, which uses aggregate figures, cen­
ters around the likely effect of a change in the overall performance of
the economy on the number of loan foreclosures and repossessions. A
sharp increase in foreclosures and repossessions would be direct evidence
of a deterioration in credit quality, of course. Attempts to gauge such
an occurrence in advance of its actual happening have led to the wide­
spread use of aggregate measures to assess the strain of private debt on
the economy. One measure, the ratio of instalment repayments to dis­
posable personal income, has increased, along with the growth in the
level of outstanding credit. Today, about 14.5 cents out of each dollar
of the consumer’s take-home pay is committed to repaying instalment
debt, compared with 10 cents a decade ago and only 4 cents immediately
following World War II.
Measuring credit quality by aggregate figures has serious limitations.
Attitudes toward borrowing have changed. The proportion of the popu­
lation making purchases on credit has grown. In addition, an average
increase of 6 percent per year in per capita income over the past 20
years has caused a shift in consumer spending patterns. Today’s con­
sumer, differing in many respects from his counterpart of 20 years ago,
buys a larger proportion of items with credit. Growth in the ratio of
repayments to personal income may not signal a lowering of quality,
but merely an increase in the proportion of credit-type purchases.
In the final analysis, the quality of credit is determined by the bor­
rower’s repayment of an obligation in accordance with the original con-

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tract. Perhaps the rise in consumer credit has been ac­
companied by an increase in the creditworthiness of bor­
rowers. If so, the quality of credit measured in the aggre­
gate may not be the same as that derived from adding the
qualities of individual loans.
The most realistic approach to solving the dilemma of
credit quality is based on the disaggregation of data. This
method employs either a detailed analysis of individual
loans, which are then added together for a measure of the
quality of total outstanding credit, or an analysis based on
average values or the distribution of certain characteris­
tics for entire portfolios of loans. The ability of presentday computers to handle large amounts of detailed infor­
mation makes both of these approaches feasible.
But what specific characteristics of borrowers are most
important in judging loan quality? A great deal can be
learned from the individual lender whose portfolio quality
depends largely upon his judgment of those borrowers who
will most likely repay. In practice, he knows that some
risks must be taken in order to compete for loan business.
But after deciding the level of risk, he must then deter­
mine on what basis loans will be accepted or rejected.
Bankers have generally scored each loan application by
a number of borrower characteristics. But even the most
experienced banker is not sure of the individual merits of
these characteristics. To test the reliability of these “rules
of thumb,” and also, to take a closer look at the quality
of consumer credit, the Federal Reserve System is con­
ducting a special study. The objective is to determine if
the loan portfolio outstanding at any particular time is
stronger or weaker than that which existed at some earlier
date. Once the measurement technique is developed, the
System hopes to be able to measure changes in the quality
of loan portfolios from year to year.
To accomplish this task, a questionnaire was designed
to get borrower and loan characteristics for individual
consumer loans at banks. This questionnaire was first de­
veloped and tested in 24 banks across the United States
to work out problems in design and data processing and to
provide data for preliminary analysis. Following the pilot
phase of the study, consumer loans in an entire metropoli­
tan area are being sampled. With these data, changes
in quality that take place in that area can be identified. It
will also be possible to compare various areas for regional
differences in credit quality and to develop a national
index, or measure of consumer credit conditions. Mobile,
Alabama, was the first metropolitan area selected for this
study. However, banks in Cleveland, Ohio, have since
started supplying data to the Federal Reserve System, and
other banks will soon be participating in the study.
Personnel in the Consumer Loan Department of each
Mobile bank participating in the survey are completing
four types of questionnaires. One obtains data on indi­
vidual borrower and loan characteristics for about onetenth of all new loans made during each working day. A
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formation is acquired for loans when the borrower de­
faulted. Questionnaires are also completed for part of. the
rejected loans.
As the questionnaires are received at this Bank for
analysis, the information is transferred to punched cards
and fed into our computer. A large quantity of data is
processed, showing the average and percentage break­
downs for a number of different classifications of bor­
rower and loan characteristics.
Thus far, over 5,000 individual questionnaires have
been received from Mobile banks. For purposes of this
report, all personal loans, repair and modernization, and
other consumer goods loans have been grouped into a
single category—nonautomobile loans. However, the same
information is also available for automobile loans.
Mobile, Alabama

One of the reasons Mobile was selected as the first area
to be studied is that its population of 412,000 contains a
good cross section of American consumers. Engaging in
industry, shipping, farming, and tourism, Mobile has been
similar to the nation in the growth of retail trade and
consumer indebtedness. The large increase in Mobile’s
credit is the result of a rapid growth in personal income
and spending on more credit-type purchases. Personal in­
comes have increased approximately 7 percent per year.
Similarly, per capita incomes, probably a better indicator
of the economic well-being of Mobile residents, have
moved steadily upward. Meanwhile, retail spending has
advanced at about the same rate.
Although some important differences exist between
Mobile and the U.S., the composition of Mobile’s com­
mercial bank consumer credit resembles that of the nation.
Automobile loans, the largest single component of in­
stalment credit outstanding, account for about one-half of
the total in both Mobile and the nation. Since mid-1962,
Consumer Instalment Debt Held by
Commercial Banks
Mobile, Alabama
June 1962—July 1966
Millions of Dollars

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these loans have contributed only about one-third of the
growth in Mobile’s consumer debt, while accounting for
two-thirds of the nation’s. However, personal loans have
advanced more rapidly in Mobile than in the nation. The
growth rates in other consumer goods and repair and mod­
ernization loans have been about the same in Mobile and
the U.S. Since mid-1962, instalment debt at Mobile banks
has grown by nearly 40 percent, or about 10 percent an­
nually. During the same period, the national figure was
about 18 percent per year, on average.
The 1,683 nonautomobile loans in our study revealed
that the typical borrower from the commercial banks in
Mobile was 41 years old, had lived in the area slightly
over ten years, and had been with his firm for about the
same time. His household income averaged a little over
$6,500. Not all of the borrowers were indebted before
they made their new loans, but those that were, owed $96
per month, on average. Their new debt to the bank aver­
aged $596, to be repaid in 15 months at the rate of $39
a month.
The characteristics of the borrowers that defaulted
were significantly different from those of all borrowers. On
average, they were younger, had lived in the area a shorter
time, had been on the job fewer years, and received some­
what lower incomes. The amounts of their new loans were
higher, as well as their monthly payments.
This general picture is useful in evaluating the differ­
ences between borrowers who defaulted and those who
repaid their indebtedness, but some significant changes
may be hidden in the averages. For example, while the
average borrower that defaulted was one year younger
than those who repaid their loans, borrowers between 20
and 30 years old had the highest default ratio. Similarly,
nearly 70 percent of all borrowers that defaulted had
lived in Mobile for five years or less, even though these
short-term residents accounted for only 50 percent of the
loans. Borrowers who worked for the same firm for five
years or less also had a considerably worse repayment
record than those who had been employed longer.
These yardsticks of the quality of individual loans ap­
pear to measure the maturity and attitude of the borrower,
as well as the stability of his income and whether he will
still be in the area when the final payments come due. It
is not clear, however, how these variables are interrelated
or what is the relative importance of each in determining
the quality of loans.
The variables are obviously good proxy measures for
the borrower’s maturity and attitude toward repayment.
Nevertheless, income and indebtedness of the borrower
are significant in that they measure the borrower’s ability
to repay. The table shows that average incomes for bor­
rowers that defaulted were much less than for other
borrowers. As expected, a more detailed review of writtenoff loans revealed that borrowers with low incomes (less
than $2,000) had relatively poor repayment records.
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Characteristics of Nonauto Consumer Loans
at Mobile, Alabama, Area Banks1
July 1965—June 1966

Borrower and
Loan Characteristics

Average Values
Defaults

40.0
Age of Borrower
7.2
Years Residing in Area
8.6
Years with Firm
Household Income (Yearly) $6,212
Monthly Preloan Debt
(Indebted Borrowers Only3) $77
$685
Amount of Loan
Number of Monthly
14.3
Payments
Amount of Monthly
$54
Payments

Loans Repaid

Difference1

41.0
10.4
10.5
$6,511

- 1.0
- 3.2
- 1.9
-$299

$96
$596

- $19
+ $89

15.2

- 0.9

$39

+ $15

’Data based on simple averages.
-’Difference between defaults and loans repaid.
3Includes reported monthly payments for auto, rent, mortgage, and other
debts before bank, loan was made.

household incomes of $10,000 or more also had rela­
tively poor repayment records. Sixty-nine percent of all
borrowers with high household incomes had more than
one source of income, primarily a working spouse. Con­
versely, borrowers with household incomes of less than
$10,000 had two or more sources of income in only 15
percent of the cases. Combining the two average level in­
comes may add to the family’s ability and desire to incur
debt, but the additional income may not always be fully
available for retiring debt. Thus, the income variable
alone is perhaps not sufficient information on which to
base credit quality.
While the borrower’s household income measures his
potential repayment ability, monthly instalment indebted­
ness both before and after the loan measure his approxi­
mate net ability to retire his debts. Borrowers not in­
debted before negotiating loans had better repayment
records. Meanwhile, borrowers with preloan indebtedness
of $60 to $100 had the highest default ratio. This level
of indebtedness did not seem too great, but adding a
new debt apparently overburdened many borrowers.
These characteristics are normally used by bankers
considering loan applications. Perhaps equally important
in assessing the possibility that a loan will be repaid are
the characteristics of the loan itself. Is the repayment
period so long that future events place the loan in
jeopardy? Is the loan too large or too small in relation to
the borrower’s income or previous debt? Answers to these
and other questions may give further insight into the
quality of loans.
The table shows that the average borrower who de­
faulted borrowed more money and tried to repay it with
less, but larger, monthly payments. One might conclude
that borrowers with larger, short-term loans have the worst
repayment record. This is partly true in that relatively

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more loans defaulted when they totaled $1,500 or more
and were to be repaid with 12 monthly payments of $90 or
more. Loan contracts placing greater pressures on bor­
rowers’ present incomes appear to reduce loan quality.
However, borrowers with small loans requiring a few
small monthly payments also had relatively poor repay­
ment records. Many had very low incomes and were faced
with the problem of becoming overburdened.
Measuring Future Credit Quality

The comparisons of borrower characteristics suggest that
they are significant measures of the repayment potential of
prospective borrowers. However, bank data may be
utilized to measure many other aspects of credit quality.
For example, a consideration of the importance of age,
relative to income, may be desirable. What exactly do
age, years residence, or other variables measure? Ap­
parently, the ultimate quality of a bank’s or a nation’s
loan portfolio depends, in part, upon the borrower’s at­
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variables provide proxy measures of attitudes or should
other characteristics be reviewed? Is it possible to quantify
a borrower’s attitude toward indebtedness?
Just as attitude is important in evaluating credit quality,
so is the borrower’s ability to repay. Bankers have a gen­
eral idea of the repayment capacity of their borrowers,
but are they always fully aware of their current outstand­
ing indebtedness? Should they evaluate net, rather than
gross, income of the borrower? How does the number of
dependents affect a borrower’s repayment potential?
So far, this study has raised many questions, but it has
clarified enough issues to guarantee that, as these and
other data are studied, many more questions will become
answerable for the first time. As information is collected
during periods of changes in the rate of economic growth,
it will become more possible to adequately measure and
quantify changes in credit quality in local areas. Then, the
quality of the national consumer loan portfolio can be
better measured by totaling the regional changes.
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The

Mobile Story
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Consumer Instalment
Lending
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“Let us all be happy and live within our means,
even if we have to borrow the money to do it,”
was Artemus Ward’s philosophy, and it might
just as well be ours today. Buying a home, for ex­
ample, almost always requires the purchaser to go
into debt. In recent years, more and more con­
sumers have borrowed to purchase automobiles
and household appliances, make house repairs,
take vacations, and for many other personal ex­
penses. Consequently, the volume of consumer in­
stalment indebtedness has expanded sharply.
Perhaps more significant, however, is that over
the last 20 years American consumers have in­
creased their indebtedness at a faster rate than
their disposable income. Does this mean that
more and more submarginal borrowers have
been coaxed into the market by a lowering of
lending standards? Has the quality of the na­
tion’s outstanding consumer loans deteriorated?
Alternatively, could this rising volume of per­
sonal debt merely indicate that today’s borrowers
are more creditworthy?
Aggregate information such as the volume and
level of personal debt and the ratio of consumer
debt to disposable income does not reveal basic
changes in attitudes and trends in consumer
borrowing. Hence, the first step in answering
questions concerning the quality of credit is to
find out more about individual borrowers. For
example, what age groups are most likely to use
instalment credit, and for what purposes? Do
persons with above-average incomes also borrow

for instalment purchases? And what about the
distribution of borrowers by occupation?
In order to answer such questions and to throw
additional light on the characteristics of indi­
vidual borrowers, we have made a special study
of instalment customers at Mobile, Alabama,
banks. In connection with a longer-run project
specific information relajpd to individual bor­
rower characteristics has been collected from
these banks.
Mobile Borrowers
Almost everyone that lives in Mobile and is old
enough to work is a prospective candidate for a
bank loan. Not everyone wants a loan nor does
everyone who applies for a loan get it. Even if
the bank has an ample availability of funds, the
loan is granted on the basis of its probability of
repayment. We can get some idea of the import­
ance assigned to such characteristics as age, in­
come, occupation, etc., by looking at the collective
consumer lending experience of Mobile banks
since mid-1965. If a bank’s instalment loan cus­
tomers can be identified from the distribution of
certain characteristics of the population, then
significant shifts over time in the profile of an
area’s economy would have important conse­
quences for the demand for consumer credit. A
comparison of Mobile borrowers and residents
should reveal what segments of the population
banks serve.
Our study of the characteristics of bank bor­
rowers and Mobile residents revealed that about

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The ages of customers receiving consumer loans at Mobile
banks closely parallel those of all residents in the area,
Percent

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30

20

. . . but while banks serve customers in all income brackets,
proportionately more loans go to persons with incomes over
$6,000,
Percent

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20

30

40

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FAMILY INCOME
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$1,999 or Less
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$2,000 - 5,999

$6,000 - 9,999

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half of the age 18 or over population is under 40,
with nearly one-fourth of the total concentrated
in the 30-39 age bracket. At the banks nearly
one-fourth of the borrowers are also from 30-39
and slightly over half of the customers are less
than 40. In general, these banks seemed to prefer
lending to borrowers in the productive work years
from 20 to 60. Loans to persons under 20 and
over 60 are proportionally less than the number of
residents in these age groupings.
In 1960, nine out of ten families in Mobile had
annual household incomes of $10,000 or less.
Similarly, over 85 percent of the borrowers at
Mobile banks also had household incomes of less
than $10,000 annually. But while close to onehalf of all families had incomes between $2,000
and $6,000, only about two-fifths of the borrowers
were in this range. Conversely, nearly 38 percent
of the borrowers and 24 percent of the residents
had incomes ranging between $6,000 to $10,000
annually. About 15 percent of Mobile’s families
had incomes of $2,000 or less, but borrowers re­
porting incomes this low held only 3.5 percent
of the total number of consumer loans at banks.1
Family income is one of the important gauges
banks use in evaluating loans, and the chances of
receiving a loan, other things constant, improves
with the borrower’s income. And, of course, in­
come depends largely upon one’s occupation.
Approximately one-third of Mobile’s workers
are craftsmen, foremen, service workers, and
laborers. Next in importance in terms of numbers
employed are clerical and sales people, followed
closely by the professional and managerial group.
Close to one-fifth of the population is retired,
not in the labor force, or unemployed. Mobile
banks granted most loans to the professionalmanagerial group who received nearly twice as
many loans as would be expected if the banks
allocated their loans. on the basis of area job
distribution alone. Others actively employed re­
ceived about their proportionate share of loans,
while those not commonly considered in the labor
market received only a small share.

Characteristics Vary With Loan Type
Some differences in borrower and loan charac­
teristics were noted between those borrowing to
lrThese comparisons may be distorted somewhat since
the data on Mobile’s income distribution are based
on 1960 information, while the loan figures are for
1965-66. Any changes that have occurred over this
period, however, would probably have resulted in a
shift toward a heavier concentration in the upper
income groups, which would not materially affect
the results presented.

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purchase automobiles and those obtaining funds
for other purposes. Individuals negotiating loans
to purchase automobiles tended to be younger,
with about one-third in the 20-29 age bracket.
Over 55 percent of all auto loans were granted to
those under 40.
The largest proportion of auto loans were made
to borrowers who had lived in the community
and worked at the same firm less than five years.
Because the population has become increasingly
mobile in general, perhaps age and future job
prospects or previous recommendations are used
more often in judging loan applicants than years
of residence or employment.
Mobile residents that financed auto purchases
recorded average loans of $1,750, with monthly
payments of nearly $70 extending over a twoyear period. The amount of auto loans was fairly
evenly distributed among all size categories,
about 50 percent below $1,500 and 50 percent
above that amount. Nearly three-fourths of all
borrowers had monthly payments ranging be­
tween $30 and $89. Only one-fifth of the loans
were for less than one year; the remaining loans
were divided equally between 13-24 and 25-36
months each. Only a fraction of one percent of
the loans exceeded 36 months.
Mobile banks appear to be following the char­
acteristic trend of most banks to make more new
car loans than used ones. Borrowers, however,
have held their monthly payments below $90 by
extending the repayment period.
Consumer loans for other purposes averaged
over $1,000 less per loan than auto loans. Threefifths of these loans were less than $500, and 80
percent were for $1,000 or less. Similarly, three
out of five loans were to be repaid in 12 months
or less. Monthly payments for about one-half of
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The average “nonauto” borrower was slightly
older, had worked for his present employer
longer, but had fairly low household income. This
group was comprised of relatively fewer young
persons and more borrowers 60 years old and over.
They seemed to be longer-term residents and em­
ployees. One-half had annual household incomes
of less than $6,000.
Hence, the “nonauto” borrower, although in
a lower income bracket than the auto borrower,
appears to be more mature and perhaps a better
credit risk, as measured by job tenure and years
residing in the area. Furthermore, his charac­
teristics seem to match more closely those of all
Mobile residents.
Banks Meet Needs
Based on the tentative conclusions of the Mobile
study, banks’ instalment lending activity appears
to be serving most segments of the population.
However, it is doubtful if an economic profile of
the area itself could be used to accurately de­
scribe the structure of a bank’s instalment loan
market. While the characteristics of Mobile’s
population and banks’ instalment loan borrowers
are similar, certain income, occupation, age
groups, and variation among borrowers limit the
scope of comparison.
Individuals who borrow from banks may not
be typical of instalment borrowers at all lending
institutions. Nevertheless, banks are the most im­
portant instalment lenders, accounting for more
than two-fifths of the nation’s outstanding con­
sumer credit. Consequently, the characteristics
of those consumers who use bank instalment
credit provide a clue to lending in an important
part of the market.
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TABLE I

BORROWER AND LOAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR LOANS
MADE BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND DECEMBER 1966

Borrower and Loan
Characteristics

________ Loan Purpose
Auto
Nonauto
•-Average Values------

Age of Borrower

38.1

40.2

Years Residing in Area

11.9

11.9

8.7

9.6

Total Household Income (Yearly)

$7,378

$6,790

Amount of Loan

$1,747

$

Years with Firm

Number of Monthly Payments

691
15.7

24.7

Amount of Monthly Payments

$

68

$

40

Monthly Preloan Debt (Indebted
Borrowers Only)!./

$

99

$

102

Number of Loans in Sample

1/

715

2,946

Includes reported monthly payments for auto, rent, mortgage, and
other debts before bank loan was made. The average amount is the
average monthly payments for indebted borrowers only.


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TABLE II
BORROWER AND LOAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR LOANS
REPAID BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND DECEMBER 1966

Borrower and Loan
Characteristics

______Loan Purpose
Auto
Nonauto
■Average Values--------

Age of Borrower

37.3

41.0

Years Residing in Area

12.5

11.7

8.7

10.5

Total Household Income (Yearly)

$7,132

$6,574

Amount of Loan

$1,579

$

Years with Firm

15.2

22.9

Number of Monthly Payments

595

Amount of Monthly Payments

$

65

$

38

Monthly Preloan Debt (Indebted
Borrowers Only)—'

$

86

$

96

Number of Loans in Sample

1/

382

2,402

Includes reported monthly payments for auto, rent, mortgage, and
other debts before bank loan was made. The average amount Is the
average monthly payments for indebted borrowers only.


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BORROWER AND LOAN CHARACTERISTICS FOR LOANS
WRITTEN-OFF BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND I)EC EMBER 1966

Loan Purpose

Borrower and Loan
Characteristics

Nonauto

Auto

•Average values

Age of Borrower

35.6

38.5

Years Residing in Area

14.4

9.2

7.5

8.0

Total Household Income (Yearly)

$5,245

$6 ,157

Amount of Loan

$1,199

$

Years with Firm

14.4

21.4

Number of Monthly Payments

709

Amount of Monthly Payments

$

48

$

54

Monthly Preloan Debt (Indebted
Borrowers Only)!./

$

79

$

73

Number of Loans in Sample

18

92

1/ Includes reported monthly payments for auto, rent, mortgage and other
debts before the bank loan was made. The average amount is the aver­
age monthly payments for indebted borrowers only.


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TABLE IV

NUMBER OF BORROWERS BY OCCUPATION FOR LOANS
MADE BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND DECEMBER 1966V

Auto
Loans

Occupational Group
Professionals, Managers, etc.

White Collar Workers, Clerical, and Sales
Blue Collar Workers
Unemployed, Retired, Disabled

Unknown
Total Borrowers

Nonauto
Loans

125

518

70

274

133

465

10

95

177

740

515

2,092

1/ See footnote at bottom of Table VI.

TABLE V

NUMBER OF BORROWERS BY OCCUPATION FOR LOANS REPAID
BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND DECEMBER 1966V

Occupational Group

Auto
Loans

Nonauto
Loans

Professionals, Managers, etc.

70

415

White Collar Workers, Clerical and Sales

35

221

Blue Collar Workers

55

428

8

67

106

613

274

1,744

Unemployed, Retired, Disabled

Unknown
Total

1/ See footnote at bottom of Table VI.


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NUMBER OF BORROWERS BY OCCUPATION FOR LOANS WRITTEN OFF
BETWEEN JULY 1965 AND DECEMBER 19661/

Occupational Group

Auto
Loans

Nonauto
Loans

Professionals, Managers, etc.

2

16

---

10

7

24

Unemployed, Retired, Disabled

---

3

Unknown

5

29

14

82

White Collar workers, Clerical and Sales
Blue Collar Workers

Total

1/ Professionals, Managers, etc.;also includes farmers, farm managers,
and military officers.

Blue Collar Workers include craftsmen, foremen, operatives, service
workers, and laborers.

NOTE:


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TABLE VII
NUMBER OF AUTO LOANS MADE
July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income

Age of
Borrower

$1,999 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$2,0005,999

$6,0009,999

4
69
24
31
21
9
17
175

3
2
1
5
2
13

53
56
50
40
2
16
217

$10,00014,999

11
22
26
11
2
2
74

$15,000or more

Not
Reported

Total

3
34
30
31
13
9
97
217

7
174
136
147
88
27
136
715

4
4
7
2

2
19

Amount of Loan

Age of
Borrower

$199
or less

1
0-19
20-29
4
2
30-39
1
40-49
50-59
60 and over
1
Not Reported
5
Total
14

$200499

$500999

$10001499

1
18
5
18
13
5
18
78

4
31
27
17
14
9
24
126

23
26
31
11
4
16
111

$15001999

$20002499

$25002999

1
26
15
19
’ 11
2
11
85

23
22
19
9
2
10
85

28
21
18
16
4
23
110

$3000
or more

Total
7
174
136
147
88
27
136
715

21
18
24
14

29
106

Amount of Monthly Payment

Age of
Borrower

$14 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total


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1
2
5

$15-29

2
13
5
12
9
4
12
57

$30-59
4
66
57
58
31
15
54
285

$60-89

$90-119

1
68
50
53
36
6
33
247

19
19
15
9
1
23
86

$120-149

$150 or
more

3
3
6
2

3
2
3
1

6
20

6
15

Total
7
174
136
147
88
27
136
715

14

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Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower

0

$1-49

0-19
13
20-29
4
30-39
8
40-49
6
50-59
60 and over 3
Not Reported 8
42
Total

$100-149

$50-99

10
8
9
3
5
2
37

$150-199

32
30
25
15

10
15
16
6

4
6
7
2

7
109

6
53

3
22

$200-249

$250
or more

2
2
1
1
1

Not
Reported

7
102
70
78
55
18
106
436

1
1
3

4
9

7

Total
7
174
136
147
88
27
136
715

Amount of Loan

$199
Income
or less
($)
1
0- 1,999
4
2,000- 3,999
1
4,000- 5,999
2
6,000- 7,999
1
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
Not Reported
5
Total
14

$200499
4
8
21
13
1
5
2
24
78

$500999
4
19
20
22
12
10
39
126

$10001499
1
11
19
22
11
17
2
28
111

$15001999

$20002499

1
3
20
26
14
7
1
38
110

$25002999

$3000
or more

1
6
11
19
13
8
4
23
85

4
11
23
11
16
8
33
106

1
4
13
13
14
11
2
27
85

Total
13
59
116
140
77
74
19
217
715

Amount of Monthly Payment

$14 or
Income
less
($)
0- 1,999
1
2,000- 3,999
1
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
1
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
Not Reported
2
Total
5


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$15-29
4
7
14
9
1
2
2
18
57

$30-59

$60-89

5
35
48
56
29
24
3
85
285

3
13
42
50
38
33
6
62
247

$90-119

2
10
20
7
14
4
29
86

$120-149

1
1
3
1
2
12
20

$150
or more

Total
13
59
116
140
77
74
19
217
715

1
1
2

2
9
15

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TABLE VII continued
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Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
0
—CST"
1
0- 1,999
7
2,000- 3,999
8
4,000- 5,999
5
6,000- 7,999
3
8,000- 9,999
4
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
14
Not Reported
42
Total


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$1-49
3
4
13
7
2
1
7
37

$50-99

1
6
.19
29
22
18
2
12
109

$100-149

2
9
14
10
12
1
5
53

$150-199

$200249

$250
or more

1
7
6
5
3
1
22

2

4

7

1
2
1
2
1
2
9

Not
Reported
8
39
66
74
33
28
12
176
436

16

Total
13
59
116
140
77
74
19
217
715

TABLE VIII

NUMBER OF AUTO LOANS REPAID
July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income

$1,999 or
less

Age of
Borrower

$2,0005,999

2
1
2

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$6,0009,999

3
29
14
17
8
5
6
82

1
6

$10,00014,999

20
33
19
12
1
7
92

Not
Reported

$15,000
or more

2
9
7
2
4
2
26

Total

2
23
29
17
6
3
85
165

2
4
2
1
2
11

7
75
89
64
30
14
103
382

Amount of Loan

Age of
Borrower

$199
or less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

1
3
4
2

10

$200499

2
16
12
9
1
3
7
50

$500999
1
14
14
11
9
3
22
74

$10001499
2
14
16
8
9
3
22
74

$15001999

$20002499

2
7
12
11
5
1
19
57

$2500
2999

8
9
6

$3000
or more

7
75
89
64
30
14
103
382

8

7
8
5
1
1
8
30

2
12
37

Total

15
10
3
1
13
50

Amount of Monthly Payment

Age of
Borrower

$14 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total


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$15-29

2

1
10
10
9
1

2

3
34

$30-59

5
28
38
16
16
7
43
153

$60-89

1
29
22
23
7
5
32
119

$90-119

8
16
13
4
1
20
62

$120-149

$150 or
more

2
2

1
1

4
8

1
1
4

Total

7
75
89
64
30
14
103
382

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TABLE VIII continued

- 2 -

Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

0

$1-49

4
11
2
5
3
1
8
34

$50-99

9
6
3
3
1
7
29

$100-149

6
6
5
2

12
22
12
6
1
7
60

1
2
2
2

1
20

$250
or more

$200-249

$150-199

Not
Reported

2

4
1

1

1
1
9

7

1

3

7

34
47
35
14
10
79

75

89
64
30
14
103
382

222

Amount of Loan

$199
or less
Income
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
5
4,000- 5,999
3
1
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
1
Not Reported
Total
10

$200499

$500999

$10001499

$15001999

3
6
10
7
5
1
1
17
50

2
6
9
18
5
3
1
30
74

6
8
8
8
8
2
34
74

4
3
13
3
5
2
27
57

$20002499

$2500- $300
2999 or more

Total
6

1
8
3
5
3
1
17
37

37
45

2

7
6
3
2
1
9
30

2
5
2
7
3
30
50

63
29
26
11
165
382

Amount of Monthly Payment

Income
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
0,000-14,999
.5,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

$14 or
less


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2

$15-29

2
6
10
5
4
1
6
34

$30-59
3
17
15
32
12
9
3
62
153

$60-89

10
15
20
8
8
1
57
119

$90-119
1
2
4
5
5
6
6
33
62

$120-149

$150
or more

Total
6
37
45
63
29
26
11
165
382

1
1

6
8

Total

2
1
1
4

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TABLE VIII continued

- 3 -

Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
0,000-14,999
.5,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

0

$1-49

1
10
8
1
2
1

1
4
7
5
2
2

11
34

8
29


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$50-99

8
11
17
4
7
4
9
60

$100-149

$150-199

$200-249

$250
or more

1

2
10
3
1

1
3
1
1

4
20

1
7

1

1
4
1
1
1
9

1

Not
Reported

Total

4
14
15
26
13
13
6
131
222

6
37
45
63
29
26
11
165
382

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TABLE IX

NUMBER OF AUTO LOANS WRITTEN OFF

July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income

Age of
Borrower

$2,0005,999

$1,999 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$6,0009,999

1
1
1

1

1
4

1

$10,GOO14, 999

$15,000
or more

Not
Reported

Total

1
2

5
1
2
1

7
2
4
3

3

1
10

2
18

$3000
or more

Total

Amount of Loan
Age of
Borrower

$199
or less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

2

$200499

$500999

1

4

$20002499

$15001999

$10001499

2

1

2

1
2

7
Lo
4
oJ

3

2
18

2

1
1
3

$25002999

1
2

4

2

2

Amount of Monthly Payment
Age of
Borrower

$14 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total


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$15-29

$30-59

$90-119

$120-149

$150 or
more

Total
7
2
4

5

2

2
3

2

$60-89

1
1

1
11

2
11

3
2

3

18

1

20

TABLE IX continued

- 2

Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$1-49

0

1

$100-149

$50-99

$150-199

$200-249

$250
or more

Not
Reported

1

1

5
2
3
2

7
2
4
3

1

2
14

2
18

1

1

1

1

Amount

$199
Income
or less
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
Not Reported
2
Total
2

$200499

$500999

$10001499

: Loan

$15001999

$20002499

$25002999

$3000
or more

Total

1

2

1

1
3
1
1
2

1
2

10
18

1

1
2

1
3

3
4

Total

2
2

1
2

3

Amount of Monthly Payment

$14 or less
Income
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
2
Not Reported
2
Total


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$15-29

1

$30-59

$60-89

$90-119

$120-149

$150
or more

1
3
1
1
2

1
2
1
1

2

1

6
11

Total

10
18

2
3

21

TABLE IX continued

- 3

Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
<$)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
0,000-14,999
5,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

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$1-49

$50-99

$100-149

$150-199

$200-249

$250
or more

Not
Reported
1
2
1

1

1

1
3
1
1
2

1

9
14

10
18

1
1

1

1
1

1

Total

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TABLE X

NUMBER OF NONAUTO LOANS MADE
July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income

Age of
Borrower

$1,999 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$2,0005,999

$6,0009,999

19
262
143
149
96
73
69
811

2
144
214
179
90
30
58
717

3
7
8
17
11
19
7
72

$10,GOO14,999

$15,000
or more

Total

3
84
96
113
84
54
601
1,035

2
13
13
8
7
7
50

33
74
66
42
11
35
261

Not
Reported

27
532
548
537
331
194
777
2,946

Amount of Loan

Age of
Borrower

$199 or
less

0-19
4
122
20-29
30-39
85
82
40-49
50-59
59
60 and over
60
Not Reported
136
Total
548

$200499

$500999

$10001499

2
107
147
119
76
34
174
659

20
246
212
220
129
80
309
1,216

1
22
41
48
22
10
71
215

$2,500- $3000
2,999 or more

$20002499

$15001,999

12
21
27
13
4
27
104

6
12
18
11

27
532
548
537
331
194
777
2,946

9
19
19
14
5
20
86

8
11
4
7
1
11
42

29
76

Total

Amount of Monthly Payment

Age of
Borrower

$14 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

5
73
59
47
41
43
121
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$1529

18
244
202
186
105
81
239
1 ,075

$3059
4
158
204
217
129
52
275
1039

$6089

34
48
52
32
10
67
243

$90119

17
27
20
9
7
44
124

$120149

4
1
4
6
6
21

$150 or
more

2
7
11
9
1
25
55

Total
27
532
548
537
331
194
777
2,946

23

TABLE X continued

- 2 -

Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower

0

$1-49

$50-99

9
49
30
27
28
15
25
183

4
97
118
102
47
23
28
419

0-19
1
20-29
25
30-39
27
40-49
36
50-59
28
60 and over 26
Not Reported 67
Total
210

$100-149

$150-199

$200-249

1
34
23
31
9
4
13
115

57
72
36
18
6
17
206

$250
or more

9

10
14
7
3
3
5
42

10
10
6
1
5
41

Not
Reported

Total

12
251
254
288
192
116
617
1,730

27
532
548
537
331
194
777
2,946

Amount of Loan

$200$199
Income
or less
499
($)
0- 1,999
34
27
100
158
2,000- 3,999
232
4,000- 5,999
117
211
6,000- 7,999
66
24
95
8,000- 9,999
21
79
10,000-14,999
10
15,000 and over
4
Not Reported
182
404
Total
548 1,216

$500999

$15001999

$10001499

6
43
90
125
74
77
11
233
659

$20002499

1
4
12
16
12
18
3
38
104

2
4
23
24
20
27
8
107
215

1
2
8
12
5
14
3
31
76

$25002999
1
2
3
7
6
8
2
13
42

$3000
or more

Total

72
315
496
470
247
261
50
1,035
2,946

2
11
9
11
17
9
27
86

Amount of Monthly Payment
$14 or
less
Income
($)
0- 1,999
24
60
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
73
6,000- 7,999
57
20
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
17
15, 000 and over
2
Not Reported
136
Total
389


https://fraser.stlouisfed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$15-29

$30-59

$60-89

32
160
227
167
78
53
10
348
1,075

13
83
148
180
107
121
14
373
1,039

2
11
28
43
20
36
10
93
243

$90-119

$120-149

$150
or more

Total

72
315
496
470
247
261
50
1,035
2,946

1
12
17
15
19
9
51
124

1
2
3
2
7
1
5
21

6
3
5
8
4
29
55

24

TABLE X continued
3 -

Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
0
($)
9
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
27
4,000- 5,999
28
6,000- 7,999
33
12
8,000- 9,999
15
10,000-14,999
2
15,000 and over
Not Reported
84
Total
210


https://fraser.stlouisfed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$1-49

6
34
53
29
15
9
2
35
183

$50-99
2
56
109
103
54
49
6
40
419

$100-149
2
17
44
54
32
36
4
17
206

$150-199

3
19
34
22
24
3
10
115

$200- $250
249 or more

2
3
5
12
14
3
2
41

2
8
7
19
4
2
42

Not
Reported
53
176
238
204
93
95
26
845
1,730

25

Total

72
315
496
470
247
261
50
1,035
2,946

TABLE XI

NUMBER OF NONAUTO LOANS REPAID
July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income

Age of
Borrower

$1,999 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$2,000
5,999

$6,0009,999

1
104
184
149
88
28
53
607

8
188
134
112
97
70
70
679

5
4
8
12
22
7
58

$15,000
or more

$10,00014,999

14
51
48
34
5
15
167

Not
Reported

Total
12
381
467
433
309
164
636
2,402

3
70
89
104
67
37
488
858

5
12
11
2
3
33

Amount of Loan

Age of
Borrower

$199
or less

0-19
6
20-29
79
30-39
92
78
40-49
50-59
54
60 and over
57
Not Reported 125
Total
491

$200499

$500999

5
195
186
164
125
61
253
989

1
79
99
119
86
30
153
567

$10001499

$15001999

$20002499

$25002999

4
14
16
6
2
16
58

6
13
6
8
4
21
58

1
9
3
1
1
6
21

17
45
39
21
7
46
175

$3000
or more

Total
12
381
467
433
309
164
636
2,402

9
8
8
2
16
43

Amount of Monthly Payment

Age of
Borrower
0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

$14 or
less

51
69
58
49
39
91
357


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$15-29
6
165
166
148
112
71
225
893

$30-59

6
135
163
168
100
43
208
823

$60-89

24
45
43
29
9
52
202

$90-119

6
18
11
10
1
36
82

$120-149

4
3
2

5
14

$150 or
more

Total
12
381
467
433
309
164
636
2,402

2
2
7
1
19
31

26

TABLE XI continued

- 2 -

Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower

0

$1-49

$50-99

2
31
38
30
30
18
26
175

2
79
111
82
40
12
36
362

0-19
1
36
20-29
30-39
24
40-49
40
50-59
46
60 and over 36
Not Reported 66
Total
249

$100-149

$150-199

1
40
55
37
35
3
8
179

$200-249

16
26
24
9
2
5
82

$250
or more

4
9
13
5
1
1
33

Not
Reported
6
175
199
197
137
90
490
1,294

5
10
7
2
4
28

Total
12
381
467
433
309
164
636
2 ,402

Amount of Loan

$199
Income
or less
<$)
40
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
91
86
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
71
8,000- 9,999
29
10,000-14,999
15
15,000 and over
Not Reported
159
Total
491

$200499

$500999

15
120
201
172
73
56
8
344
989

2
34
102
103
48
49
10
219
567

$10001499

$15001999

$20002499

1
6
20
45
16
21
6
60
175

2
3
11
8
10
2
22
58

4
2
3
13
9
5
22
58

$25002999

2
3
2
3
1
10
21

$3000
or more

Total

58
258
421
415
192
167
33
858
2,402

1
5
7
3
4
1
22
43

Amount of Monthly Payment

Income
<$)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

$14 or
less

24
53
71
65
24
15
1
104
357


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$15-29
27
137
175
144
58
38
7
307
893

$30-59
7
57
146
145
76
75
11
306
823

$60-89

9
23
44
24
29
5
68
202

$90-119

1
5
10
10
9
3
44
82

$120-149

$150
or more

1

3

1
4

1
9
14

1
5
20
31

Total
58
258
421
415
192
167
33
858
2,402

27

TABLE XI continued
3

Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
0
($)
0- 1,999
11
2,000- 3,999
38
4,000- 5,999
37
6,000- 7,999
40
8,000- 9,999
15
16
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
2
Not Reported
90
Total
249


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$1-49

$50-99

8
40
39
24
11
9
1
43
175

2
33
89
106
44
32
4
52
362

$100-149

6
42
61
28
29
4
9
179

$150-199

1
3
11
33
11
12
6
5
82

$200-249

2
8
9
8
4
2
33

$250
or more

2
2
7
9
3
5
28

Not
Reported

36
138
199
141
67
52
9
652
1,294

28

Total
58
258
421
415
192
167
33
858
2,402

TABLE XII

NUMBER OF NONAUTO LOANS WRITTEN OFF
July 1965 - December 1966

Annual Household Income
Age of
Borrower

$2,0005,999

$1,999 or
less

$6,0009,999

Not
Reported

$15,000
or more

$10,00014,999

Total

1

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

1
2

11
3
4
1
1
1
22

2
1
1
1

5

4
7

3
2
2

4
2
2
21

2
9

4
4
6
3
2
16
35

22
14
19
9
6
21
92

Amount of Loan
Age of
Borrower

$199
or less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

6
4
2
1
3
5
21

$200
499

$20002499

$15001999

$10001499

$500999

$25002999

$3000
or more

Total

1

1
12
3

1

2
5
3
2

7
4
2
6
35

1

2
2
1
1
7

6
18

2
1

2

2

3

2
5

1
3

22
14
19
9
6
21
92

Amount of Monthly Payment
Age of
Borrower

$14 or
less

0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total


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1
4

3
4
12

$15-29

1
15
3
5
5
2

7
38

$30-59

4
5

7
2
6
24

$60-89

2
2
2
1
2
9

$90-119

$120-149

$150 or
more

1

1

3

2

4

1
1

Total
1
22
14
19
9
6
21
92

1
4

29

TABLE XII continued

- 2

Monthly Preloan Debt

Age of
Borrower
0-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
Not Reported
Total

0

$1-49

$50-99

3
1

3
1
4
1
3

1

1

12

2

1

2

1
2

1
1
5

6

$100-149

$150-199

$200-249

$250
or more

Not
Reported

Total

1
13
12
12
6
2
20
66

1

1
22
14
19
9
6
21
92

Amount of Loan

$199
Income
or less
($)
0- 1,999
3
2,000- 3,999
4
2
4,000- 5,999
2
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
3
.0,000-14,999
.5,000 and over
Not Reported
7
21
Total

$200499

2
6
8
3

$500999

3

2
5
1
2

13
35

8
18

$10001499

$15001999

$20002499

1

1
1
1

2

3
7

3

2
5

3

$2500- $3000
2999 or more

1

Total
5
10
12
16
5
9

1

2
3

35
92

Amount of Monthly Payment

Income
($)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
.0,000-14,999
.5,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

$14 or
less


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2
2
1
2

5
12

$15-29

2
7
8
2
1
2

16
38

$30-59

$60-89

$90-119

$120-149

$250
or more

Total

2

1

4

3
2
1

1

1

5
10
12
16
5
9

7
24

3
9

1
4

2
4

35
92

1
1
3
8

1
1

30

TABLE XII continued
- 3

Monthly Preloan Debt

Income
<$)
0- 1,999
2,000- 3,999
4,000- 5,999
6,000- 7,999
8,000- 9,999
10,000-14,999
15,000 and over
Not Reported
Total

0__


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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

$1-49

$50-99

3
12

$100-149

$150-199

$200-249

$250
or more

Not
Reported

Total

2
7
6
11
2
7

5
10
12
16
5
9

31
66

35
92

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