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BOARD OP GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
L.4.2

November 7> I960

MATURITIES ON AtJTOMOBILE INSTALMENT fcpANS .
ONTROLLED AFTER SIX'MONTIS ' "SEPTEMBER I960 AND AUGUST i960
(Percentage d i s t r i b u t i o n of contracts) ..

Total
.Sept, .

Maturities
New c a r s .
,
t
•' 24: months, or l e s s t
25-30 months
31-36 moriths
Over 36 months.
Total

Purchased
paper
Aug.
Sept.

Aug.

24.,i"
66,0-

' 100.0

100.0

18.9-.7:1'
' 75
0.4
' • 100.0

-

Used cars, l / ;
.12 months dr l e s s
. 1 3 - 1 8 months •
19-2.4 months

. Over 24 months
Total

is.4

. ,

17;. 6• 41.1

'

16.6

2 4 . 8 r.
100.0 *

i

-7.3:
73.2'

i
• - 37-2
•
15.7: <
.
. : 47.0 : .

0.1

: 'IQQ.o' • . - 1 0 0 . 0

38.6
14.5
46.8

0.1

.100,0

..

-13.Q t
^7,9
- 1 5 . 3 v;
21,9,1
: .42.d
•V
37.6\:;
- - S
12.6
: ; - 2 M
• 1 0 0 . 0 = : - 1 0 0 . 0 ". •: 1 0 0 . 0

1 • li>i
••
i

;
•' To§f§

18.8.

••

Direct ~
loans
Sept.
Aua.

:

:

X

j25^

-E

100.0

1/ Figures are predominately f o r l a t e model used cars but include data from
a few banks f o r a l l used cars..,
. . . .
• . : . NOTE: Distributions; atre ;based~bn; t a b u l a t i o n s of'data:froin. 1J5 banlcs, f p r ;
•August and September and arid'jtipt; intended "to be -estimates f o r a l l commercial banks.
Jit •September report's qtivejred ajbojit' '3^4*000 contracts: tin;new. c a r s , 24,000 purchased
and 10,000 d i r e c t , and 16,000 cohtractg•' on used? . o a r s . 1 1 , 0 0 0 .purchased and 5,000
direct.* - Since-composition 1 o f . thfejjgroujpc-bf banks clA^ges from ; month t o j g o n t h , /
:
data are .-not; comparable wi^h.previous releases."
—•
For'-di^tributien- according .to..maturities £md_ contract balande as a percentage
J
of dealer cost,' see foiio'tiHL:rig'-'^ag6Si.:r r ' 1 ' '
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DEAL3R COST RAH0S AND IaTURITISS
ON AUT0K0BIL3 INSTALMENT LOANS
SEPTEMBER i960 AND AUGUST 19 60
NS?7 CARS
(Percentage d i s t r i b u t i o n of contracts)

Contract balance 1 24 months
as percentage of ; or less•
dealer cost l /
Sept.) Aug.

Maturities
25-30
31-36
| Over 36
months
months
j months
lSept.1
Aug.
jSept.
i Aug.
Sept., I Aug. i

Total
Sept. 1 Aug.'

PURCHASED PAPER
.80.5 or l e s s .. : 11.7
si?; to 90# - 3.2
91# to 100# ! 2.8
101# to 110#! 0.6
Over 110#
j : 0.4
. Total

11.6
3.3
3.0
0.8
0.3

2.7 - . 2; 4
2.1
1.9
2.2
1-7
-0.5
0.7
0.2
0.3

14.6
17.7
26.8
10.1
4.9

I5.I
16.9
24.5
11.2
5-6

74.1

73-3

18.7

19.0

7.1

23.6
5-9
6.9
0.9
0.9

25.0
7.1
5.6
1.4
1.3

10.3
3.6
3.8
0.9
0.8

10.9 12.7
• 3-2 9-7
3-2 14.1
1.0
4.0:
0.4
1.8

38.2

40.4

19.4

18.7 --42.3: . 4 0 . 8

7.6

*
;

0.1
*

29.0
22.8
31.4
11.2
5.6

-29.1
22.3
29.8
12.7
6.1

100.0

100.0

46.6
19.2
24.8
5-9
3-5

49.6
21.0
20.4
5.7

0.1

100.0

100.0

0.1

33.1
22.0
29.9
9.9
5.1

34.1
21.9
27,5
11.0

. 0.1
*

*

0.1

0.1

DIRECT; LOANS
80# or l e s s
81# to 90#
91# to 100#
101# to 110#
Over 110#
Total.

13.6
10.7
11.6
•3-3
1:6

0.1
*

0.1
:

*

' 0.1

*

..

- ---TOTAL
80# or l e s s
81# to 90#
91# to 100#
101# to 110# •
Over 110# ;
Total

14.5
3.8
3.8
0.6
0.5

14.9
4.2
3.6
1.0
0.6

4.5
2.3
2.2
0.6
0.4

4.5
2.4
2.4
0.8
0.2

23.2

24.3

10.0

10.3

14.1 • 14.7
15.9
15.3
21.4
23.8
8.7
9:2.
4.2
66.7

0.1 '

±1

' *

65.3

0.1

0.1

-V

:5-5

100.0 '160.0

* Less than one-tenth of one per c e n t .
NOTE: D i s t r i b u t i o n s are based on t a b u l a t i o n s of data from 82 banks f o r August
and September and are not intended to. be estimates f o r a l l commercial banks. In
September r e p o r t s covered about 19,000 c o n t r a c t s on new c a r s , 14,000 purchased and
5,000 d i r e c t . Since composition of the group of banks changes from month to month,
data are not comparable with previous r e l e a s e s .
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DEALER COST RATIOS AMD MATURITIES
ON AUTOMOBILE INSTALMENT LOANS (continued)
SEPTEMBER i960 AND AUGUST i960
USED CARS

(Percentage d i s t r i b u t i o n of contracts)
Maturities
Contract balance
12 months
13-18
19-24
Over 24
Total
as percentage of
or l e s s
months
months
months
wholesale value 1 / 2 Sept. 1 Aug. Sept. -LAug. Sept. J Aug. Sept. 1 Aug. SentJ Aw.
PURCHASED PAPER
80% or l e s s
81# to 90#
91% to 100$
101# to 110#
Over 110#
Total

4.4
2.5
3.3
1.9
3.2

3.1
2.0
2.6

2.6
2.3
3.5
2.3
4,9

15.3

14.0

15.6

1:1

li
2.9

2.2

6.1
7.8

10

M^
14.2

0

d

4l.8

6.0
7.9
11.0
6.8

U
7.5

i:,1

£.1

1

41.4

27.3

30.4

13.1
8.9

3.3
2.3

9J

16.0 17.7
18.2 17.3
24.6 2 6 . 2
16.0 1 6 . 6
25.2 2 2 . 2
100.0 100.0

DIRECT LOANS
8 0 # or l e s s
8 1 # to 9 0 #
91# to 100#
101# to 110#
Over 110#
Total

17.1 16.7
3.9
3.2
h 5
1.6
1.2
2*0
JLZ
28.6 26.7

8.8
3.6
3.9
u
20.4

li
4.7

1.3
2*2
21.2

10.9

8

JL3

U

l^i

36.8 39.0

14.2

3.4
40.1 42.6
2.5
19.1
3.2
20.8
1.8
9.9
8.5
2 ^ ..,11,4 9rO

S:2

13.1 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0

TOTAL

8 0 # or l e s s
81# to 90#=
91# to 100#
101# to 110#
Over 110#
Total

a 1 1:1

8.2
2.8
3.4
1.8

. 4.4

3.1
1.8
2.3

hs
19.4

17.6

H

2.4

3.4
2.0
3.2

17.0

16.1

M

7.6
7.9
8.2
7.7
10.0 10.6
6.0
6.1
9.0
40.3

40.7

3.1
4.6
6.1
4.0
2^
23.3

4.6
3.8

ii
25.6

^ 3 . 3 24.6
1 7 . 8 17.8
2 3 . 1 24.7
14.2 14.4
2 1 . 6 18.?
:1 0 0 . 0 100.0

1 / Contract balance does not include finance and insurance charges.
2 / Wholesale value represents "average wholesale," "as i s , " "or buying value"
as indicated by used car guides.
NOTE: Distributions are based on tabulations of data from 66 banks f o r August
and September and are not intended to be estimates f o r a l l commercial banks. I n
September reports covered about 9,000 contracts on used cars, 6,000 purchased and
3,000 d i r e c t . Since composition of the group of banks changes from month to month,
data are not comparable with previous r e l e a s e s .