TABLE 2.-Distribution of domestic debt, by debtor groups, Dec. 31, 1955 and 1960 Nonprofit organizations, finance companies, security brokers and dealers, savings and loan associations, life insurance, and commercial banking. Source: Federal Reserve. TABLE 3.-Consumer debt by types, Dec. 31, 1955 and 1960 TABLE 4.-Consumer credit, by major parts [Estimated amounts of short- and intermediate-term credit outstanding, in millions of dollars] Represents all consumer installment credit extended for the purpose of purchasing automobiles and ether consumer goods, whether held by retail outlets or financial institutions. Includes credit on purchases by individuals of automobiles or other consumer goods that may be used in part for business. Represents repair and modernization loans held by financial institutions; holdings of retail outlets are luded in other consumer goods paper. Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii beginning with January and August 1959, respectively. NOTE.-Monthly figures for the period December 1939 through 1946, and a general description of the aries, are shown on pp. 336-354 of the Bulletin for April 1953; monthly figures for 1947-57, in the Bulletin for April 1953, pp. 347-353; October 1956, pp. 1035-1042; December 1957, pp. 1420-1422; November 1958, p. 1344: and November 1959, pp. 1416-1417. Revised monthly data for 1958 and 1959 (with notes describing the changes) are shown on pp. 1406-1409 of the Bulletin for December 1960. A detailed description of the methods used to derive the estimates may be obtained from Division of Research and Statistics. Source: Federal Reserve, 73079-61—4 Consumer finance companies included with "other" financial institutions until September 1950. * Includes mail-order houses. Represents automobile paper only; other installment credit held by automobile dealer is included with "other" retail outlets. TABLE 6.-Installment credit held by commercial banks, by type of credit 1 Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, beginning with January and August 1959, respectively. TABLE 7.—Installment credit held by sales finance companies, by type of credit [Estimated amounts outstanding, in millions of dollars] TABLE 8.-Installment credit held by financial institutions other than commercial banks and sales finance companies, by type of credit [Estimated amounts outstanding, in millions of dollars] 1 Includes data for Alaska and Hawaii, beginning with January and August 1959, respectively. NOTE.-Institutions represented are consumer finance companies, credit unions, industrial loan companies, mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, and other lending institutions holding consumer installment loans. 2 Service station and miscellaneous credit-card accounts and home-heating-oil accounts. |