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CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
CLASS III - FOMC
August 17, 1990
SUPPLEMENT
CURRENT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
Prepared for the
Federal Open Market Committee
By the Staff
Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Consumer prices. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Housing starts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estimated revisions to second-quarter GNP.
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Table
Private housing activity . . . . . . . .
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Private housing starts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The August 1990 senior loan officer opinion survey on bank
lending practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tables
Percent of domestic respondent banks reporting tightening
lending standards/terms on nonmerger-related business
lending in the May-August period . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding loans sold or participated to others by
domestic LPS respondents as of June 30, 1990 . . . . . .
Senior loan officer opinion survey on bank lending
practices at selected large banks in the United States
Senior loan officer opinion survey on bank lending
practices at selected branches and agencies of
foreign banks in the United States . . . . . . . . . . .
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Monetary aggregates
Commercial bank credit and short- and
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intermediate-term business credit
Selected financial market quotations . . . . . . . . . . .
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
U.S. merchandise trade . . .
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Table
Merchandise trade:
ERRATA .
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Census-based data. .
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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES
THE DOMESTIC NONFINANCIAL ECONOMY
Consumer Prices
The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent in July, as an acceleration
in prices of items other than food and energy was only partly offset by a
0.7 percent decline in energy prices.
July's 0.6 percent increase in the CPI excluding food and energy was
about 0.1 percentage point more than the average monthly pace in the first
half of the year.
The pickup was attributable to the 0.7 percent rise in
prices of services other than energy, which were boosted by a 0.7 percent
increase in owners' equivalent rent and a 5.1 percent increase in the cost
of lodging while out of town.
Other than energy and shelter, prices of
services increased 0.5 percent in July, about the average monthly pace in
the first half of the year; the cost of medical services continued to move
up sharply, and auto registration fees jumped 10-1/2 percent.
Prices of
commodities other than food and energy increased 0.3 percent in July;
further slight discounting of car and apparel prices partly offset another
sharp increase in prices of tobacco products.
Food prices increased 0.4 percent in July:
Prices of a few fresh
fruits and vegetables were up sharply, but there was a slight decline in
prices of pork and a sizable drop in the price of eggs.
Among energy items,
prices of natural gas and heating oil each fell a bit more than
1-1/4 percent in July, and the price of electricity moved down 3/4 percent.
Gasoline prices edged down 0.3 percent last month.
Retail gasoline margins
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had remained relatively high through June as stocks of gasoline were tight,
but in July the retail margin appears to have narrowed a bit.
Housing Starts
Total private housing starts declined an additional 3 percent in July
to 1.15 million units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
Starts have
fallen in each of the past six months and, since April, have been at their
lowest levels since 1982.
Most of the decline in starts recorded in July
was in the multifamily segment of the market.
Between 1985:Q4 and May-July
of 1990, multifamily starts fell about 60 percent.
In the single-family
segment of the market, starts edged down in July to 873,000 units at an
annual rate.
Construction of these units has fallen proportionately less
than in the multifamily sector; nonetheless, single-family homebuilding is
at the lowest level of the current expansion.
Sales of new homes have been
trending down since late last year, despite ample inventories, suggesting
that most of the decline in homebuilding has resulted from reduced demand
rather than from credit market constraints on supply.
Estimated Revisions to Second-Quarter GNP
Since the Commerce Department (BEA) published its advance estimate of
second-quarter GNP on July 27, we have received several pieces of new
information on spending in the second quarter.
As discussed in the
Greenbook, retail sales for May and June were revised up, construction put
in place for nonresidential structures in June was stronger than BEA had
been assuming, and investment in nonfarm inventories
(excluding autos)
during June was much smaller, on a current-cost basis, than assumed by
BEA.
Moreover, the June merchandise trade data released today (discussed
later in this supplement) were considerably stronger than BEA had assumed.
Our translation of the available information suggests that, if all
other spending categories were left unchanged, the new data would add about
$5 billion to the level of real GNP in the second quarter, or roughly 1/2
percentage point to the annualized growth rate.
However, when the revised
GNP data are published on August 24, the figures could be significantly
different from the estimates implied by our translation exercise.
In
particular, BEA also could revise many of the categories for which we have
not received new or revised information such as the inventory valuation
adjustment, oil inventories held in pipelines and tank farms, and components
of expenditures on consumer services, among others.
1. In addition, construction put in place by state and local governments
was slightly lower than BEA had assumed.
-4PRIVATE HOUSING ACTIVITY
(Seasonally adjusted annual rates; millions of units)
1989
1989
Annual
Q4
Q1
1.34
1.38
1.38
1.35
Single-family units
Permits
.93
Starts
1.00
All units
Permits
Starts
Sales
New homes
Existing homes
Multifamily units
Permits
Starts
Vacancy rate
Rental units
Owned units
1990
1990
Q2 P
May r
June r
July p
1.42
1.45
1.09
1.20
1.07
1.21
1.11
1.18
1.08
1.15
.98
.99
.96
1.08
.80
.89
.80
.90
.80
.89
.78
.87
.65
3.44
.65
3.54
.59
3.44
.55
3.32
.54
3.30
.58
3.34
n.a.
n.a.
.41
.37
.41
.36
.47
.37
.29
.31
.26
.31
.31
.29
.30
.28
9.4
7.6
8.5
7.9
9.3
7.1
8.8
6.8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1. Percent. Owned units consist mainly of condominiums. All vacancy
rate data are revised.
n.a. Not available.
p Preliminary.
r Revised estimates.
PRIVATE HOUSING STARTS
(Seasonally adjusted annual rate)
Millions of units
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
THE FINANCIAL ECONOMY
The August 1990 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
The August Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
(LPS) examined changes in bank business lending policies since May.
The
results, along with those from the May 1990 LPS, suggest that the weakness
in growth of commercial and industrial (C&I) loans this year owes in some
part to a reduced willingness on the part of banks to lend.
The August
survey also addressed recent developments in the market for business loan
sales, the fifth annual survey of this market.
The responses indicate that
earlier very rapid growth in this market has moderated and that some loan
quality problems have emerged.
Commencing with this survey, 18 U.S.
branches and agencies of foreign banks have joined 60 domestically chartered
banks as LPS respondents.
Changes in Banks' Lending Practices Since May
Business lending.
Domestic respondent banks indicated that since May
they have further tightened lending standards and terms with respect to
nonmerger-related business loans. 1 The tighter stance was particularly
noticeable for lending to middle market firms but was significant for larger
and smaller firms as well.
With respect to approving loan applications for
nonmerger-related purposes, 43 percent of respondents indicated that they
had established more stringent standards for their middle market customers
and over a third reported tighter standards for both large and small
customer firms.
As for terms on loans respondents actually are making, the
1. Changes in banks' willingness to make merger-related loans were
addressed in the January 1990 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey. At that
time over 70 percent of respondents indicated that they had tightened their
credit standards for approving loan applications related to mergers and
acquisitions compared to six months earlier.
most noticeable area of tightening was with respect to loan covenants:
53
percent of domestic LPS banks reported tightening covenants for their middle
market customers and well over a third did so for their large borrowers.
A
significant number of domestic respondents tightened in other ways as well,
including reducing the maximum size of credit lines and increasing their
cost, raising spreads of loan rates over base rates, and increasing
collateral requirements.
These actions applied to borrowers of all sizes,
but again were somewhat more commonly reported for banks' middle market
customers.
As shown in table 1, for middle market and small firms, the
tightening of lending standards and terms over the last three months
followed a similar reported tightening over the early months of the year.
Branches and agencies of foreign banks reported that, on balance, they
too have moved to restrict the availability of business credit.
Sixty
percent of these institutions reported that they had raised their standards
for approving nonmerger-related credit applications in the six months ending
with August.
These banks also reported that they had tightened terms on
nonmerger-related C&I loans in the last six months.
Over a quarter
restricted the maximum size of credit lines and between 40 and 50 percent
acted to increase the cost of credit lines, to raise loan rates relative to
base rates, to tighten covenants, and to increase collateral requirements
(table 1).
By far the most important reasons domestic respondents gave for
tightening their credit standards in the last three months were a less
1. See the May 1990 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey; this survey did
not address changes in bank lending practices with respect to respondents'
large customers. However, the January Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
revealed that very few banks at that time had moved to restrict nonmergerrelated credit to their investment-grade customers.
favorable economic outlook and industry specific problems.
Also important
were current pressures on banks' capital positions and capital pressures
anticipated to result from a deterioration in the quality of their loan
portfolios.
Many banks also mentioned regulatory pressures.
(Domestic
respondents provided similar motivations for the tightening that occurred
earlier in the year.)
As for the tightening of lending standards at
branches and agencies of foreign banks, the reasons given were similar to
those provided by domestic reporters, although only one branch and agency
cited regulatory pressures.
Commercial real estate lending.
As in the May survey, a large majority
of domestic respondents indicated that they had tightened their credit
standards for commercial real estate lending.
About
three-quarters of
respondents reported that they had imposed tighter credit standards for
applications to finance commercial office buildings in the last three
months, compared to 80 percent of banks that reported tightening in this
area in the May LPS. In both surveys, a large number of respondents reported
tightening "considerably."
Almost two-thirds of respondents to the August
LPS indicated tighter standards for loans secured by industrial structures
and for other commercial mortgages,
and three-quarters reported tightening
standards for approving applications for construction and land development
loans.
A large majority of branches and agency respondents also reported
a reduced willingness to make commercial real estate loans.
Compared to six
months ago, three-quarters of these banks had tightened standards with
1. By contrast, there is only a little evidence of reduced willingness to
make residential mortgages. Six LPS respondents indicated they had
tightened somewhat standards for approving applications from individuals for
residential mortgages over the last three months, while one respondent
indicated it had eased its standards.
respect to construction and land development loans and 60 percent for
mortgages secured by office buildings.
The Loan Sales Market
After about half a decade of rapid expansion, growth of the loan sales
market appears to have moderated in the last year.
As shown in table 2,
domestic respondents reported an aggregate of $80 billion in outstanding C&I
loans sold or participated to others as of June 30, 1990, an increase of $8
billion from a year earlier.
This increase was about evenly split between
nine money center banks and other domestic respondents.
By contrast,
outstandings rose about $20 billion in the year ending in June 1989.
Perhaps reflecting purchasers' concerns about credit quality, the share of
outstanding loans sold that represented obligations of investment-grade
borrowers rose to 44 percent, up from about 35 percent a year earlier.
Merger-related loans continued to constitute an important source of loans
sold, but with merger activity off since late last year, their share of
outstanding loans sold in June was about 37 percent, down from around 45
percent a year earlier. 1
Although their holdings were down noticeably
from last year, branches and agencies of foreign banks continued to be the
largest purchasers of these loans.
Smaller domestic banks significantly
increased their holdings in the year ending June 30.
The share of outstanding loans sold that were nonperforming rose to 31/2 percent as of June 30, 1990, up from 1 percent a year earlier.
This
mainly reflected a deterioration in loans sold by LPS respondents other than
the nine money center banks.
A smaller percentage of the loans sold by
1. Merger-related loans represented approximately 16-3/4 percent of the
C&I loans on domestic LPS respondents' books as of June 30, 1990.
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these banks represents the obligations of investment-grade borrowers than is
the case for the money center banks.
U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks are active as both buyers
and sellers of C&I loans.
As of June 30, the 18 branch and agency
respondents reported just over $7 billion of loans sold outstanding and an
almost equal amount of loans purchased on their books.
Of their loans sold,
only about 23 percent represented obligations of investment-grade borrowers,
well below the share at domestically chartered banks.
The share accounted
for by merger-related loans was similar, however, at 36 percent.
Of the C&I
loans purchased by branch and agency respondents, about one-third were
obligations of investment-grade borrowers and 30 percent were mergerrelated.1
Lending to Households
As in recent surveys, several more banks reported that they had become
more willing to extend consumer installment credit than had become less
willing, although most respondent banks indicated no change in their
willingness to extend consumer credit in the three months ending with the
survey date. 2 Respondents also continued to indicate that they had become
more willing on balance to extend consumer credit defined more broadly to
include home equity loans.
In this case, however, the margin by which banks
indicating greater willingness to lend exceeded the number indicating a
1. Merger-related loans represented approximately 22 percent of C&I loans
on the books of branches and agency respondents as of June 30, 1990.
2. For some banks, willingness to extend consumer credit has probably been
increased by their ability to securitize consumer receivables. The 16 LPS
respondents that have used their credit card receivables as collateral for
securities indicated, however, that they had not changed their approval
standards for credit cards in order to make the associated receivables more
suitable as collateral.
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reduced willingness was smaller than for consumer credit more narrowly
defined.
The three preceding surveys also had suggested that banks'
preference for lending to consumers has shifted away from home equity loans.
A different picture had been found in the results from most of the surveys
taken in the 1987 to mid-1989 period, when enthusiasm for making consumer
loans defined to include home equity lines exceeded that for the narrower
class of loans.
This apparent relative de-emphasis of home equity lending,
which is consistent with the cessation of promotional programs associated
with this market, may be attributable to a number of factors, including some
recent slowing in the appreciation of home prices and increases in
delinquency rates on home equity lines of credit.
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Percent of Domestic Respondent Banks Reporting
Tightening Lending Standards/Terms on Nonmerger-Related Business Lending
in the May-August Period
1
Size of customer
Large
firms
Middle market
firms
Standards for
approving loan
applications
36
43 (58)
Maximum size of
credit lines
25
27 (29)
Cost of credit
lines
22
30
Spreads of loan
over base rates
25
35
Covenants
Collateral
requirements
Criterion
Small
businesses
Memo:
Branches & agencies
of foreign banks
3
34 (54)
9
(5)
61
28
18
39
(31)
21 (19)
39
37
53 (57)
43 (43)
39
25
45 (53)
40 (52)
50
1. The middle market is often categorized as consisting of firms with annual
sales between $50 and $250 million. "Large" firms are those larger than middle
market firms and "small" businesses are those that are smaller. Not all
respondents used the same criteria to distinguish among size of customers.
2. For U. S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, responses refer to
tightening over the six-month period February to August.
3. Numbers in parentheses refer to the percent of respondents that tightened
in the period from late 1989 to early May, as reported in the May 1990 Senior
Loan Officer Opinion Survey.
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Table 2
Outstanding Loans Sold or Participated
to Others by Domestic LPS Respondents as of June 30,
1990
(Billions of dollars)
By Purchaser
All LPS
respondents
1.
80.1 (72.2)
All purchasers
2.
Large domestic banks
3.
Other domestic banks
4.
Branches and agencies of
foreign banks
By Seller
Nine money I
center banks
Other banks
55.4 (51.5)
24.7
(20.7)
20.3 (22.2)
6.4
(13.0)
13.9
(9.2)
(2.4)
7.8
(1.4)
1.7
(1.0)
19.4 (23.8)
6.5
(6.3)
3
5.
6.
9.5
25.9 (30.1)
Foreign offices of foreign
banks
4.8
(2.5)
4.2
(1.5)
.6
(1.0)
Nonfinancial corporations
6.6
(4.8)
5.9
(3.8)
.7
(1.0)
13.0
(9.9)
11.6
(8.0)
1.4
(1.9)
44.1
(34.8)
52.9 (36.8)
24.5
(29.7)
36.5 (44.5)
33.4 (47.4)
40.7 (37.2)
All other
Memoranda
Percent of outstanding loans
sold that:
a) were obligations of investmentgrade borrowers
b) represented financings for
mergers and acquisitions
c) were nonperforming
3.5
(1.0)
2.4
(1.1)
5.5
(
.7)
Data in parentheses refer to outstandings on June 30, 1989, and are taken from the
Note:
August 1989 LPS. A few banks reporting outstanding loans sold were unable to provide
information on the purchasers of these loans. For purposes of this table, loans sold by
these banks were assigned to purchasers according to the average sales distribution
reported by all other respondents.
1. Citibank, Bank of America, Chase Manhattan, Morgan Guaranty, Manufacturers Hanover,
Chemical Bank, Bankers Trust, Security Pacific, and First National Bank of Chicago. This
somewhat arbitrary grouping of banks has been used in other LPS and other Federal Reserve
publications. Not all of these banks were among the most active participants in the loan
sales market. The Federal Reserve System regards individual bank reports as confidential.
2. Because of some minor panel changes, outstandings at other banks as of June 30, 1990,
are not strictly comparable to outstandings at this group of banks as of June 30, 1989.
3. For purposes of this survey, large banks were defined as those with $2 billion or
more in total assets.
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Table 3
SENIOR LOAN OFFICER OPINION SURVEY ON BANK LENDING PRACTICES
AT SELECTED LARGE BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Status of policy as of August 1990)
(Number of banks and percent of banks answering question)
(By volume of total domestic assets, in $ billions, as of June 27, 1990)1
(By type of bank)2
1.
Approximately what was the dollar volume of commercial and industrial loans outstanding on June 30, 1990 that your bank had
originated and then sold to others through participations or assignments?
(Exclude sales and participations of any C&I
loans that for purposes of the Call Report were retained on your books because, for example, they were sold with recourse.)
Over $1
$101-250
$251-500
$501 mil.$0-100 mil.
bil.
mil.
mil
$1 bil.
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pct Banks Pct
Banks Pct
25.0
All Respondents
Nine money center
Ibanks
14
0
0
Other
14
29.8
10
0
12
17.9
0
0
0
10
21.3
12
21.4
4
7.1
4
8.5
0
16
80.1
28.6
9 100.0
00
25.5
Total
Amount
($ bil.)
7
14.9
9
55.4
47
24.7
Of the outstanding C&I loans that were sold or participated to others as reported in question 1.
2.
(Percentages should add to 100.)
a. please indicate the approximate percentage distribution of these loans by purchasers.
Domestic Commercial
Banks with Assets
greater than $2 billion
Domestic Commercial
Banks with Assets
less than $2 billion
3
Banks
All Respondents
Smoney center
s
-r
Mean
pet
4
Amount
($ bil.)
Banks
Mean
pet
Foreign Banks
Agencies and Branches
Amount
($ bil.)
Banks
Mean
pet
4
Amount
($ bil.)
11.8
8.6
48
25.4
18.6
36
32.4
23.7
17
6.0
4.4
6
38
14.1
7.3
6.9
1.8
7
41
11.6
52.6
5.6
12.9
8
28
35.1
27.2
17.1
6.7
7
10
7.6
2.8
3.7
0.7
Banks
2
Amount
($ bil.)
44
Nonfinancial Corp.
1
Mean
pct
Banks
Foreign Offices
Mean
pet
Other
4
Amount
($ bil.)
Mean
Banks
3
Amount
4
pct
($ bil.)
All Respondents
2
8.2
6.0
24
16.2
11.8
Nine money center
banks
Other
1
1
10.7
3.1
5.2
0.8
7
17
20.9
7.0
10.2
1.7
Amount
($ bil.)
73.1
8
45
48.6
24.5
As of June 27, 1990, 30 respondents had domestic assets of $10 billion or more; combined assets of these banks
for all
totaled $765 billion, compared to $964 billion for the entire panel of 60 banks, and $2.94 trillion
domestically chartered federally insured commercial banks.
Money center banks are Citibank, Bank of America, Chase Manhattan, Morgan Guaranty, Manufactures Hanover,
Chemical Bank, Bankers Trust, Security Pacific, and First National Bank of Chicago. This is a somewhat arbitrary
Not all of these banks were among the most
grouping which has been used in other Federal Reserve publications.
active sellers. The Federal Reserve System regards individual bank responses to this survey as confidential.
'ghted by amount reported in question 1.
als reported percentage times the amount reported in question 1. Components may not add due to rounding.
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About what percent of these loans were nonperforming?
0%
.01-2.5%
----------Banks Pet
----------Banks Pet
----------Banks Pet
All Respondents
Nine money center
banks
Other
2.5-5%
6-10%
Over 10%
---------------------Banks Pet Banks
Mean
pet
Pet
Total
Banks
24
45.3
6
11.3
8
15.1
10
18.9
5
9.4
3.5
53
2
22
25.0
48.9
3
3
37.5
6.7
2
6
25.0
13.3
1
9
12.5
20.0
0
5
0
11.1
2.4
5.5
8
45
c. About what percent of these loans represented lending to publicly rated, investment-grade borrowers?
41-60%
61-80%
Pet
---------Banks Pet
---------Banks Pet
----------Banks Pet
21-40%
0-20%
--------Banks Pet
-------Banks
Total
80-100%
Mean
pet
5
Amount
(S bil.)
------------------
All Respondents
Nine money center
banks
Other
d.
30
61.2
10
20.4
5
10.2
3
6.1
1
2.0
44.1
1
29
14.3
69.0
2
8
28.6
19.0
1
4
14.3
9.5
2
1
28.6
2.4
1
0
14.3
0
52.9
24.5
26.6
22.0
4.6
7
42
Around what percent of these loans represented financings for mergers and acquisitions? (Note: Merger-related loans include
those made to finance leveraged buyouts, other mergers and acquisitions, and defensive restructurings--such as equity or
debt buybacks--related to mergers and acquisitions.)
0-20%
-----Banks Pet
21-40%
41-60%
------- -----Banks Pet Banks
61-80%
Pet
Total
80-100%
----Banks Pet
-------Banks Pet
Mean
pet
Total Amount
Banks ($ bil.)
--- --- -- -- --- ---
All Respondents
Nine money center
banks
Other
23
45.1
12
23.5
12
2
21
28.6
47.7
2
10
28.6
22.7
3
9
the total C&I loans on your books as of June 30,
re defined in question 2.d.)
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
4.
12
3
9
18
10
8
21.4
10.7
32.1
0
0
0
0
2
4.5
2
4.5
42.9
20.5
51
20.8
33.4
7
11.0
40.7
44
9.7
36.5
roughly what percent was merger related? (Merger-related loans
1990,
Banks
Pet
2
2
11-15%
------
6-10%
------
0-5%
-------
3.9
3.9
23.5
Pet
Banks
32.1
35.7
28.6
9
3
6
Pet
16.1
10.7
21.4
16-20%
------Banks
9
6
3
Over 20%
------Banks
Pet
8
6
2
16.1
21.4
10.7
Mean 6
Pet
pet
14.3
21.4
7.1
16.8
18.8
10.1
In the last three months, how have your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit
lines--other than those to be used to finance mergers and acquisitions--from large corporate, middle market and
small business customers changed: (Please report changes in enforcement of existing standards as
changes in standards. The middle market been categorized as consisting of firms with annual sales of
between $50 and $250 million; in answering this question, refer either to this definition or to any
other that may be employed at your bank; please indicate the definition used if it is other than the
"Large" borrowers would then be those larger than middle market customers and "small"
one suggested.
borrowers those that are smaller.)
a. for large firms
Tightened
Eased
Basically
considerab- Tightened
somewhat
somewhat
unchanged
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
4
3
2
1
Pet
5.1
6.9
3.3
Banks
18
8
10
Pet
30.5
27.6
33.3
Banks
Pet
Eased
considerably
----------- Total
Banks Pet Banks
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0.0
59
29
0
0.0
0
0.0
30
ghted by amount reported in question 1.
ghted by volume of comercial and industrial loans to domestic addressees as of June 27,
1990.
b. for middle market firms
Tightened
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
5
3
2
Pct
8.3
10.0
6.7
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
21
10
11
Pet
35.0
33.3
36.7
Basically
unchanged
Banks
34
17
17
Pet
56.7
56.7
56.7
Eased
considerably
Eased
somewhat
Banks
0
0
0
Pct
0.0
0.0
0.0
c. for small businesses
Tightened
considerably
Banks
Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
5.a.
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
15
7
8
Pct
25.4
24.1
26.7
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pet
Eased
considerably
Eased
somewhat
Banks
Pet
39
20
19
If your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit lines from large
corporate firms--other than those to be used to finance mergers and acquisitions--have been tightened in
(Please rank.)
to question 4.a) what were the main reasons?
the last three months (answers i. or ii.
Pressures
Deterioration in
quality of
loan
portfolio
Less
favorable
economic
outlook
on bank's
capital
position
------- ---- ----------Banks Mean Banks Mean Banks Mean
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
5
3
2
1.5
1.8
1.0
4
1
3
1.8
1.0
2.0
19
9
10
Industry
specific
problems
Banks Mean
Regulatory
pressures
Increased
attractiveness of
other
assets
-----------
----------
Banks Mean
Banks
2.6
2.5
2.8
1.7
1.8
1.5
Other
---------Banks Mean
2
2
0
5
3
2
1.4
1.7
1.0
Total
Banks
22
10
12
5.b. If your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit lines from middle market firms--other
than those to be used to finance mergers and acquisitions-have been tightened in the last three months (answers i. or ii.
to question 4.b) what were the main reasons?
(Please rank.)
Deterioration in
on bank's quality of
loan
capital
position
portfolio
----------- -- -------Pressures
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
6
3
3
6
2
4
1.4
1.8
1.0
2.2
2.0
2.3
Increased
Less
attractivefavorable
Industry
ness of
economic
specific
Regulatory
other
problems
Other
pressures
outlook
assets
------ _ ----------- -------------------Banks Mean Banks Mean Banks Mean Banks Mean Banks Mean
25
13
12
1.5
1.6
1.5
14
8
6
2.4
2.7
2.0
11
6
5
2.3
1.9
2.8
3
1
2
2.0
3.0
1.5
Total
Banks
27
13
14
5.c. If your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans and credit lines from small businesses have been
tightened in the last three months (answers i. or ii. to question 4.c) what were the main reasons? (Please rank.)
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Pressures
on bank's
capital
position
Deterioration in
quality of
loan
portfolio
Less
favorable
economic
outlook
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
4
2
2
5
1
4
1.3
1.5
1.0
2.2
1.0
2.5
20
10
10
1.6
1.7
1.5
Industry
specific
problems
Regulatory
pressures
Increased
attractiveness of
other
assets
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
9
5
4
9
5
4
1
1
0
1
0
1
2.4
2.8
2.0
2.0
1.8
2.3
6.0
6.0
0
Other
1.0
0
1.0
-16-
6.
With respect to applications for C&I loans or credit lines--other than those to be used to finance mergers and
acquisitions--from large corporate firms that your bank currently is willing to approve, please indicate how terms
ive changed in the last three months with respect to:
a. maximum size of credit lines
Decreased
considerably
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
b.
Decreased
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Increased
somewhat
Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks
- ----- -.-. --- .--. -. --- . - .--- -. -- --- .4
5
8.3
10 16.7
3
5 16.7
3.3
1
1
5 16.7
4 13.3
Increased
considerably
Pet
6.7
10.0
3.3
costs of credit lines
Increased
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Pet
Increased
somewhat
Banks
Pet
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pct
Decreased
somewhat
Banks
3
44 73.3
12 20.0
1
1.7
2
21 70.0
7 23.3
0.0
0
1
23 76.7
5 16.7
3.3
1
- --. -- - - . .---- .
-- -- -.-. ---. --. -. - - - . .-
Pet
Decreased
considerably
Pet
Banks
5.0
6.7
3.3
-.
.- -- .-
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
- .-- .-
c. spreads of loan rates over base rates
Increased
considerably
Increased
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Decreased
somewhat
Decreased
considerably
Tightened
considerably
Tightened
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Eased
somewhat
Eased
considerably
Basically
unchanged
Eased
somewhat
Eased
considerably
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
d. loan covenants
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
1
0
1
Pet
1.7
0.0
3.3
Banks
21
12
9
e. collateralization requirements
Tightened
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
1
0
1
Pot
1.7
0.0
3.3
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
14
8
6
Pet
23.3
26.7
20.0
Banks
45
22
23
Pet
75.0
73.3
76.7
Banks
0
0
0
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
Banks
0
0
0
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
-177.
With respect to applications for C&I loans or credit lines--other than those to be used to finance
-ergers and acquisitions--from middle market firms that your bank currently is willing to approve, please
dicate how terms have changed in the last three months with respect to:
a.
maximum size of credit lines
Decreased
considerably
Banks
3
0
3
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Pct
5.0
0.0
10.0
Decreased
somewhat
Banks
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pot
Increased
somewhat
Increased
considerably
Banks
13
4
9
b. costs of credit lines
Increased
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
2
1
1
Increased
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Decreased
somewhat
Decreased
considerably
Increased
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Decreased
somewhat
Decreased
considerably
Basically
unchanged
Decreased
somewhat
Decreased
considerably
Pet
3.3
3.3
3.3
c. spreads of loan rates over base rates
Increased
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
d.
2
1
1
Pet
3.3
3.3
3.3
Banks
19
10
9
Pet
31.7
33.3
30.0
loan covenants
Increased
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
e. collateralization
2
1
1
Pet
3.3
3.3
3.3
Increased
somewhat
Banks
Pet
30
15
15
50.0
50.0
50.0
Banks
Pet
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
Banks
0
0
0
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
requirements
Tightened
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
2
1
1
Pet
3.3
3.3
3.3
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
25
13
12
Pet
41.7
43.3
40.0
Basically
unchanged
Banks
33
16
17
Pet
Eased
somewhat
Banks
Pet
Eased
considerably
Banks
0
0
0
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
-188
with respect to applications for C&I loans or credit lines from small businesses that your bank currently is
rove, please indicate how terms have changed in the last three months with respect to:
a.
maximum size of credit lines
Decreased
considerably
Banks
1
0
1
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
b.
Increased
somewhat
Increased
considerably
Banks
0
0
0
1.7
0.0
3.3
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
costs of credit lines
Banks
2
1
1
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Pet
3.4
3.6
3.3
Increased
Basically
somewhat
unchanged
--------------------Banks Pet Banks Pet
8
3
5
13.8
10.7
16.7
47
24
23
81.0
85.7
76.7
Decreased
somewhat
------Banks Pet
1
0
1
1.7
0.0
3.3
Decreased
considerably
-----Banks Pet
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total
Banks
58
28
30
spreads of loan rates over base rates
Increased
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
d.
Basically
unchanged
Pet
Increased
considerably
c.
Decreased
somewhat
2
1
1
Pet
3.4
3.6
3.3
Decreased
considerably
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------Total
Banks Pet Banks Pet
Banks Pet Banks
Increased
somewhat
10
6
4
17.2
21.4
13.3
Basically
unchanged
44
20
24
Decreased
somewhat
0
0
0
75.9
71.4
80.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
58
28
30
loan covenants
Tightened
considerably
Banks
Pet
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
Pct
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pet
Eased
somewhat
Banks
Eased
considerably
Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
e.
collateralization requirements
Tightened
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
2
1
1
Pet
3.4
3.6
3.3
Eased
considerabTightened
Basically
Eased
somewhat
unchanged
somewhat
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- Total
Banks Pet Banks
Banks Pet
21
10
11
36.2
35.7
36.7
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
58
28
30
willing to
-19-
9
In the last three months, how have your bank's credit standards changed for approving applications for construction
velopment loans?
(Please report changes in enforcement of existing standards as changes in standards.)
Tightened
considerably
--------------Banks Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
10.
20
6
14
33.9
20.7
46.7
Tightened Essentially
Eased
somewhat
unchanged
somewhat
----------- --------------------Banks Pet Banks Pct Banks Pet
24
17
7
40.7
58.6
23.3
15
6
9
25.4
20.7
30.0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Eased
considerably
----------Banks Pet
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
and land
Total
Banks
59
29
30
Apart from construction and land development loans, in the last three months, how have your bank's credit standards changed
for approving applications for nonfarm nonresidential real estate loans used to finance:
(Please report changes in
enforcement of existing standards as changes in standards.)
a.
commercial office buildings
Tightened
considerably
--------Banks Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
b.
18
8
10
31.0
27.6
34.5
Tightened
Basically
somewhat
unchanged
------- ----------------Banks Pet Banks Pet
25
15
10
43.1
51.7
34.5
15
6
9
25.9
20.7
31.0
Eased
somewhat
--------Banks Pet
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Eased
considerably
----------- Total
Banks Pet Banks
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
58
29
29
industrial structures
Tightened
considerably
-----------
Banks
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
11
5
6
Tightened
somewhat
----------
Pet
18.6
17.2
20.0
Banks
26
16
10
Basically
unchanged
-----------
Pet
44.1
55.2
33.3
Banks
22
8
14
Eased
somewhat
-----------
Pet
37.3
27.6
46.7
Banks
0
0
0
Eased
considerably
-----------
Pet
0.0
0.0
0.0
Banks
0
0
0
Total
Pet
Banks
0.0
0.0
0.0
59
29
30
Eased
considerably
--------Banks Pot
Total
Banks
c. other nonfarm nonresidential purposes
Tightened
considerabTightened
Basically
ly
somewhat
unchanged
-------------------Banks Pet Banks Pot Banks Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
11.
12
6
6
20.3
20.7
20.0
27
15
12
45.8
51.7
40.0
20
8
12
33.9
27.6
40.0
Eased
somewhat
----------Banks Pet
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
59
29
30
In the last three months, how have your bank's credit standards changed for approving mortgage applications from
(Please report changes in enforcement of existing standards as changes in standards.)
individuals to purchase homes?
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
Tightened
considerabTightened
Basically
ly
somewhat
unchanged
-------------------------------Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet
Eased
somewhat
----------Banks Pet
6
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.5
14.3
6.9
50
23
27
87.7
82.1
93.1
1.8
3.6
0.0
Eased
considerably
----------- Total
Banks Pet Banks
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
57
28
29
-2012.a.
Please indicate your bank's willingness to make general purpose loans to individuals now as opposed to three months ago.
"Loans to individuals" here include standard consumer installment loans plus loans taken down under home equity lines
of credit.
Much More
--------Banks Pct
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
12.b.
0
0
0
---- -.-.
About
Unchanged
----------Banks Pct
Please indicate your bank's willingness to make consumer installment
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
1
1
0
Somewhat
Less
----------Banks Pet
0.0
6 10.2
50 84.7
0.0
2
6.9
24 82.8
0.0
4 13.3
26 86.7
--- . --. -.- --. - .- ---. --- -- .-
Much More
----Banks Pct
13.
Somewhat
More
---------Banks Pet
1.7
3.4
0.0
Somewhat
More
--------Banks Pet
7
2
11.9
6.9
Total
Banks
3
5.1
0
0.0
59
3 10.3
0
0.0
29
0
0.0
0
0.0
30
--. -. - -- .- .- -.-- -. - .--- .
loans now as opposed to three months ago?
About
Unchanged
----------Banks Pet
49
24
Much Less
--------Banks Pet
83.1
82.8
83.3
Somewhat
Less
----------Banks Pct
Much Less
----------Banks Pet
2
2
0
0
0
0
3.4
6.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Total
Banks
59
29
30
If your bank has used its credit card receivables as collateral for credit card backed securities, has this caused you to
change your approval standards for credit cards in order to make them more suitable as collateral?
If so, please
indicate what these changes have been.
No
---------Banks Pet
All Respondents
$10.0 and Over
Under $10.0
18 100.0
10 100.0
8 100.0
Total
Banks
18
10
8
-21Table 4
SENIOR LOAN OFFICER OPINION SURVEY ON BANK LENDING PRACTICES
AT SELECTED BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF FOREIGN BANKS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Status of policy as of August 1990)
(Number of banks and percent of banks answering question)
(By volume of total assets, in $ billions, as of June 27, 1990)1
Approximately what was the dollar volume of commercial and industrial loans outstanding on June 30, 1990 that your bank had
(Exclude sales and participations of any C&I
originated and then sold to others through participations or assignments?
loans that for purposes of the Call Report were retained on your books because, for example, they were sold with recourse.)
1.
$101-250
mil.
$0-100 mil.
----------- ----------Banks Pet Banks Pct
6
All Respondents
33.3
5
$251-500
mil
---------Banks Pet
1
27.8
$501 mil.Over $1
bil.
$1 bil.
--------------Banks Pet Banks Pct
5.6
4
Of the outstanding C&I loans that were sold or participated to others as reported in
2.
11.1
2
22.2
Total
Total Amount
Banks ($ bil.)
18
7.3
question 1:
a. About what percent of these loans represented lending to publicly rated, investment-grade borrowers?
0-20%
12
All Respondents
--------Banks
1
75.0
----------Banks Pet
Pet
2
6.3
Total
80-100%
61-80%
41-60%
---------Banks Pot
--------Banks
1
12.5
Mean
pot
Pet
6.3
22
3
Total Amount
Banks ($ bil.)
23.1
1.7
16
b. Around what percent of these loans represented financings for mergers and acquisitions? (Note: Merger-related loans include
those made to finance leveraged buyouts, other mergers and acquisitions, and defensive restructurings--such as equity or
debt buybacks-- related to mergers and acquisitions.)
0-20%
All Respondents
7
------------------Banks Pet Banks
43.8
3
18.8
2
80-100%
61-80%
41-60%
21-40%
----------Banks Pot
Pet
------------Banks Pet
12.5
1
Total
2
----------- Mean2
pet
Banks Pet
Amount
($ bil.)
18.8
2.6
6.3
3
36.0
Approximately what was the dollar volume of commercial and industrial loans on the books of your bank as of June 30,
3.
1990
that your bank had not originated but had purchased from other banks through participations or assignments?
$0-100 mil.
------
Banks
2
All Respondents
---
Banks
4
11.1
---
Pet
---
Banks
6
22.2
Total
$1 bil.
mil
mil.
Pet
------
Total
Banks
Pet
6
33.3
Amount
Banks ($ bil.)
7.1
18
33.3
had purchased from other banks through participations or assignments as of
Of your bank's outstanding C&I loans that it
June 30, as reported in question 3:
4.
Pet
---
a. About what percent of these loans represented lending to publicly rated, investment-grade borrowers?
0-20%
Banks
All Respondents
8
21-40%
--
-----------
Pet
44.4
Banks
5
41-60%
-----------
-------
Pet
27.8
Banks
2
Pet
11.1
Total
61-80%
----------Banks Pet
3
16.7
Mean
pct
32.0
4
Total Amount
Banks ($ bil.)
18
2.3
As of June 27, 1990, respondents had combined assets of $86 billion, compared to $358 billion
for all foreign related banking institutions in the United States.
ghted by amount reported in question 1.
Components may not add due to rounding.
als reported percentage times the amount reported in question 1.
4
.eighted by amount reported in question 3.
Components may not add due to rounding.
5 Equals reported percentage times the amount reported in question 3.
l
-22b. Around what percent of these loans represented financings for mergers and acquisitions?
in question 2.b.)
0-20%
Banks
4
Of the total of C&I loans on your books as of June 30,
are defined in question 2.b.)
1990,
0-5%
All Respondents
4
6-10%
2
1
Pet
3
16.7
Mean
pet
16.7
4
Total
Banks
Amount
(S bil.)
18
29.8
2.1
roughly what percent was merger related? (Merger-related loans
16-20%
----------Banks Pet
11.1
--------Banks
5.6
2
Over 20%
Pet
-------Banks Pet
11.1
9
Mean
pot
50.0
Total
Banks
21.7
18
In the last six months, how have your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit
(Merger-related loans are defined in
lines--other than those to be used to finance mergers and aquisitions--changed?
question 2.b; please report changes in enforcement of existing standards as changes in standards.)
Tightened
considerably
Banks
Pet
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
Pet
All Respondents
1
5.6
10 55.6
------------------ ----- ----- ----- ----7.
3
5.6
Total
80-100%
--------------Pet Banks
Banks
11-15%
----------Banks Pet
22.2
61-80%
----------Banks Pet
1
38.9
---------Banks Pet
6.
41-60%
----------Banks Pet
22.2
7
All Respondents
5.
21-40%
--Pot
(Merger-related loans are defined
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pet
7 38.9
----- -----
Eased
somewhat
Banks
0
Pot
Eased
considerably
Banks
0.0
0
Pet
0.0
18
If your bank's credit standards for approving applications for C&I loans or credit lines--other than those to be used to
to question 6) what were
finance mergers and acquisitions--have been tightened in the last six months (answers i. or ii.
the main reasons? (Please rank.)
Pressures
on bank's
capital
position
----------Banks Mean
All Respondents
5
2.4
Deterioration in
quality of
loan
portfol
----------Banks Mean
2
3.5
Less
favorable
economic
outlook
Increased
attractiveness of
oti
ass ets
Industry
specific
problems
Regulatory
pressures
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
Banks Mean
8
6
1
1
Other
----------- ----------- ----------- ----- ------ ---------1.3
1.5
3.0
5.0
Banks Mean
2
2.5
Total
Banks
11
With respect to applications for C&I loans or credit lines--other than those to be used to finance mergers and
acquisitions--that your bank currently is willing to approve, please indicate how terms have changed in the last six months
with respect to:
8.
a. maximum size of credit lines
Decreased
Increased
Increased considerabBasically
considerab- Decreased
somewhat
unchanged
somewhat
ly
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------Total
Banks Pet
Banks Pet
Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks
All Respondents
1
13
5.6
72.2
0
0
0.0
0.0
18
b. costs of credit lines
Decreased
Increased
considerably
Increased
Basically
Decreased considerabsomewhat
unchanged
somewhat
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------Total
Banks Pet
Banks Pet
Banks Pet
Banks Pet Banks
All Respondents
6
1
5.6
6
33.3
11
61.1
Weighted by volume of commercial and industrial loans to domestic addressees as of June 27,
0
0.0
1990.
18
-23c. spreads of loan rates over base rates
Decreased
Increased
Decreased considerabBasically
considerab- Increased
ly
somewhat
unchanged
somewhat
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total
Banks
Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet
All Respondents
1
5.6
6
33.3
11
61.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
18
d. loan covenants
Tightened
considerably
---------Banks Pet
All Respondents
0
Tightened
somewhat
---------Banks Pet
7
0.0
38.9
Basically
unchanged
---------Banks Pet
11
61.1
Eased
somewhat
----------Banks Pet
0
0.0
Eased
considerably
---------Total
Banks
Banks Pet
0
0.0
18
e. collateralization requirements
Tightened
considerably
All Respondents
9.
Tightened
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Eased
somewhat
Eased
considerably
-----------
-----------
----------- ----------- ----------- Total
Banks
Banks
Banks
Pet
0
0.0
9
Pet
50.0
Pet
9 50.0
Banks
0
Pet
0.0
Banks
0
Pet
0.0
Banks
18
In the last six months, how have your bank's credit standards changed for approving applications for
construction and land development loans? (Please report changes in enforcement of existing standards
as changes in standards.)
Eased
Eased
considerabTightened Essentially
somewhat
unchanged
somewhat
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Total
Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks
Tightened
considerably
All Respondents
10.
5
9
27.8
50.0
4
22.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
18
Apart from construction and land development loans, in the last six months, how have your bank's credit standards changed
for approving applications for nonfarm nonresidential real estate loans used to finance: (Please report changes in
enforcement of existing standards as changes in standards.)
a. commercial office buildings
Tightened
considerably
S------
Banks
All Respondents
3
Pet
16.7
Tightened
somewhat
Banks
8
Pet
44.4
Basically
unchanged
-
Banks
7
Eased
somewhat
----- ----------
Pet
38.9
Banks
0
Pet
0.0
Eased
considerably
----------
Banks
0
Total
Pet
0.0
Banks
18
b. industrial structures
Tightened
considerab- Tightened
ly
somewhat
----------- ----------Banks Pet Banks Pet
All Respondents
1
6.7
4
26.7
Eased
Basically
Eased
considerabunchanged
somewhat
ly
----------- ----------- ----------- Total
Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks Pet Banks
10
66.7
0
0.0
0
0.0
15
c.
other nonfarm nonresidential purposes
Tightened
considerably
Banks
All Respondents
3
Pct
16.7
Tightened
somewhat
Basically
unchanged
Banks
Pct
Banks
8
44.4
7
Pct
38.9
Eased
somewhat
Banks
0
Pet
0.0
Eased
considerably
Banks
0
Pct
0.0
-25MONETARY AGGREGATES
(based on seasonally adjusted data unless otherwise noted)
1990
19891
91
1990
Q2
1990
May
1990
Jun
1990
Jul p
Growth
04 89Jul 90p
------------ Percent change at annual rates---------------------
----------- Percent change at annual
Levels
bil. $
Jul 90p
rates----------
Selected components
4.
5.
6.
Ml-A
Currency
Demand deposits
0.4
4.2
4.8
-2.8
10.3
-0.9
1.6
5.6
518.0
9.3
0.0
10.3
1.3
235.4
274.8
-3.7
291.2
7.
Other checkable deposits
1.0
5.9
7.1
-1.2
9.5
-10.6
8.
M2 minus M1 2
5.9
6.8
2.6
-2.1
1.5
1.7
-8.6
33.1
-2.9
58.6
-24.4
0.0
82.0
17. M3 minus M2 4
-1.2
-10.6
-7.6
-2.9
-6.7
-2.1
787.6
18.
19.
20.
21.
4.2
9.9
-7.8
-8.3
-1.6
-24.7
5.6
10.1
31.0
0.0
35.1
-56.8
17.9
-18.3
-26.1
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
5.
1.
22.
23.
Overnight RPs and Eurodollars, NSA
General purpose and broker/dealer money
market mutual fund shares
Commercial banks
3
Savings deposits plus MMDAs
Small time deposits
Thrift institutions
3
Savings deposits plus MMDAs
Small time deposits
Large time deposits
5
At commercial banks, net
At thrift institutions
Institution-only money market
mutual fund shares
Term RPs, NSA
Term Eurodollars, NSA
2471.6
----- Average monthly change in billions of dollars---MEMORANDA:
6
24. Managed liabilities at commercial
banks (25+26)
25. Large time deposits, gross
26. Nondeposit funds
Net due to related foreign
27.
institutions
7
Other
28.
29. U.S. government deposits at commercial
banks 8
6.1
2.6
3.5
2.5
-2.3
4.8
-0.1
-1.5
1.4
2.6
-0.4
3.0
1.6
-2.0
3.6
13.8
1.3
12.5
742.6
454.0
288.6
0.2
3.3
3.3
1.5
-0.9
2.3
7.8
-4.9
-9.8
13.3
2.0
10.5
16.7
271.8
-5.5
14.9
-0.3
-0.6
0.4
-2.6
1.8
1. Amounts shown are from fourth quarter to fourth quarter.
2. Nontransactions M2 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
3. Commercial bank savings deposits excluding MMDAs grew during June and July at rates of 9.3
percent and 3.7 percent, respectively. At thrift institutions, savings deposits excluding MMDAs grew
during June and July at rates of -3.8 percent and -1.1 percent, respectively.
4. The non-M2 component of M3 is seasonally adjusted as a whole.
5. Net of large denomination time deposits held by money market mutual funds and thrift institutions.
6. Dollar amounts shown under memoranda are calculated on an end-month-of-quarter basis.
7. Consists of borrowing from other than commercial banks in the form of federal funds purchased, securities
sold under agreements to repurchase, and other liabilities for borrowed money (including borrowing from the
Federal Reserve and unaffiliated foreign banks, loan RPs and other minor items). Data are partially estimated.
8. Consists of Treasury demand deposits and note balances at commercial banks.
p - preliminary
-26COMMERCIAL BANK CREDIT AND SHORT- AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT
(Percentage changes at annual rates, based on seasonally adjusted data)
1988:Q4
to
1989:Q4
Levels
1990
Q1
Q2
May
June
r
July p
bil.$
July p
---- ------------------- Commercial Bank Credit - -------------------Total loans and securities
1.
2.
at banks
7.2
6.8
5.2
3.3
Securities
3.9
16.8
9.3
3.4
7.1
5.9
2670.9
15.7
4.7
615.5
24.5
7.5
437.4
3.
U.S. government securities
9.7
24.6
15.1
9.4
4.
Other securities
6.9
-.2
-3.8
-10.6
-4.7
-2.0
178.2
8.1
3.9
4.0
3.2
4.5
6.3
2055.4
5.2
-.6
6.1
-2.4
649.9
9.4
11.3
801.2
-4.1
-5.1
376.3
40.0
5.
Total loans
6.
Business loans
7.
Real estate loans
8.
6.8
.6
1.
2.9
10.1
10.0
12.5
Consumer loans
6.3
3.7
-1.4
4.4
9.
Security loans
3.8
-18.2
-23.0
-42.2
13.4
129.6
.0.
Other loans
-5.0
-9.0
-5.1
-15.8
14.2
.6
------
11.
188.0
hort- and Intermediate-Term Business Credit----------
Business loans net of bankers
acceptances
S
Loans at foreign branches
Sum of lines 11 & 12
14.
Conmmercial paper issued by
nonfinancial firms
24.5
9.3
4.4
5.9
-19.8
-9.8
-15.1
Line 15 plus bankers acceptances:
U.S. trade related
5.2
-6.3
18.
Finance company loans to business'
15.4
11.9
19.
Total short- and intermediateterm business credit (sum of
lines 17 & 18)
15.
Sum of lines 13 & 14
16.
Bankers acceptances:
related '
17.
1.
2.
3.
4.
U.S. trade
6.1
9.9
3.7
7.6
-1.8
n.a.
1112.65
Average of Wednesdays.
Loans at foreign branches are loans made to U.S. firms by foreign branches of domestically chartered banks.
Based on average of data for current and preceding ends of month.
Consists of acceptances that finance U.S. imports, U.S. exports, and domestic shipment and storage of goods.
5. June data.
p--preliminary.
n.a.--not available
-27SELECTED FINANCIAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
(percent)
1987
1989
2
March
highs
Oct 16
Short-term rates
3
Federal funds
1990
Dec
lows
9.85
8.45
9.09
9.11
9.05
7.53
7.29
7.11
10.05
10.15
8.51
8.22
FOMC
Jul 3
Change from:
Aug 16
Mar 89
highs
8.05
-1.80
-.40
-.23
7.48
7.43
7.29
-1.61
-1.68
-1.76
-.05
.14
.18
-.22
-.16
-.16
8.03
7.86
-2.02
-2.29
-.48
-.36
-.19
-.26
8.01
7.98
7.97
-2.06
-2.34
-2.11
8.28
Dec 89 FOMC
Jul 3
lows
4
Treasury bills
3-month
6-month
1-year
Commercial paper
1-month
3-month
7.94
8.65
8.22
8.12
Large negotiable CDs
1-month
3-month
6-month
5
Eurodollar deposits
1-month
3-month
8.00
9.06
10.19
10.50
8.38
8.25
8.19
8.19
7.94
7.88
-2.25
-2.62
-.44
-.37
-.25
-.31
Bank prime rate
9.25
11.50
10.50
10.00
10.00
-1.50
-.50
.00
U.S. Treasury (constant maturity)
9.88
3-year
9.52
9.53
10-year
10.23
30-year
10.24
9.31
7.69
7.77
7.83
8.28
8.40
8.40
8.23
8.76
8.91
-1.65
-.77
-.40
Municipal revenue
(Bond Buyer)
Intermediate- and long-term rates
Corporate--A utility
recently offered
9.59
7.95
7.28
7.48
7.53
-.42
.25
.05
11.50
10.47
9.29
9.92
10.16
-.31
.87
.24
11.58
8.45
11.22
9.31
9.69
8.34
10.15
8.45
10.08
8.39
-1.14
-.92
.39
.05
-.07
-.06
7
Home mortgage rates
S&L fixed-rate
S&L ARM, 1-yr.
1989
Record
highs
Date
Lows
Jan 3
1990
FOMC
Jul 3 Aug 16
Percent change from:
Record
highs
1989
lows
FOMC
Jul 3
25.03
17.91
10.35
6.26
16.43
-7.91
-7.06
-6.61
-12.88
-8.02
Stock prices
Dow-Jones Industrial 2999.75
201.13
NYSE Composite
397.03
AMEX Composite
485.73
NASDAQ (OTC)
Wilshire
3523.47
7/16/90 2144.64 2911.63 2681.44
154.98 196.61 182.73
7/16/90
10/10/89 305.24 360.67 336.83
378.56 461.76 402.27
10/9/89
10/9/89 2718.59 3441.27 3165.32
1/ One-day quotes except as noted.
2/ Last business day prior to stock market decline on Monday
Oct. 19, 1987.
3/ Average for two-week reserve maintenance period closest to
date shown. Last observation is average for the
maintenance period ending August 8, 1990.
-10.61
-9.15
-15.16
-17.18
-10.16
4/ Secondary market.
5/ Bid rates for Eurodollar
deposits at 11 a.m. London time.
6/ Based on one-day Thursday quotes
and futures market index changes.
7/ Quotes for week ending
Friday closest to date shown.
-28-
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
U.S. Merchandise Trade
Preliminary data for June indicate that the deficit for U.S.
merchandise trade narrowed to $5.1 billion (seasonally adjusted, Census
basis) from a deficit in May of $7.8 billion (revised).
For the second
quarter, the deficit was substantially less than in the first quarter, and
was the lowest quarterly average recorded since 1983.
The value of exports rose nearly 5 percent in June from the May level,
with most of the increase in civilian aircraft and parts, consumer goods,
and agricultural products.
For the second quarter as a whole, exports
increased 3 percent (not at an annual rate)--the third consecutive strong
quarterly gain.
Nearly all of the increase in the second quarter was in
consumer goods, capital goods, and automotive products; the value of
agricultural exports declined.
strong in the first half.
Exports to Western Europe were particularly
Exports to Mexico also expanded at a strong rate.
The value of imports declined in June, with about half of the decrease
in oil (about equally split between price and quantity) and the remainder
spread among a broad range of categories.
declined 2 percent.
For the second quarter, imports
Most of the drop was in oil imports, as prices fell by
more than $3.75 per barrel reflecting strong OPEC production in the face of
a marginal increase in world demand, and the quantity imported decreased by
5 percent.
Non-oil imports rose 1 percent in the second quarter; declines
in food, consumer goods, computers and semiconductors, were more than offset
by increases in automotive products (primarily from Canada), and industrial
supplies.
-29August 17,
1990
Merchandise Trade: Census-Based Data
(in billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted)
----------Total
1988
1989
Exports----------------------Imports-------Agri.XX
Nonagri.
Total
322.4
363.8
37.7
42.2
284.7
321.6
Oil
441.0
473.2
38.5
48.9
Non-Oil
402.5
424.3
Balance
-118.5
-109.4
Quarters at annual rates:
1989 Qtr 1
2
3
4
350.4
370.7
360.9
373.3
1990 Qtr 1
2
384.9
396.5
-111.5
-106.0
-112.7
-107.4
307.1
327.3
320.4
331.6
43.0
40.8
341.8
355.7
487.5
477.1
61.3
47.0
426.2
430.0
-102.7
-80.6
Monthly Rates:
1988 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
-10.5
-12.6
-9.3
-9.0
-8.4
-11.0
-8.9
-10.4
-9.0
-8.7
-10.2
-10.7
1989 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
-9.1
-9.8
-9.0
-8.3
-10.3
-8.0
-9.1
-10.3
-8.8
-10.2
-9.9
-6.8
1990 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May-R
Jun-P
R/ revised
preliminary
P/
** Seasonally adjusted using BOP-basis seasonal factors.
Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Customs Valuation.
-30-
ERRATA
1.
The first paragraph on page I-12 of the Greenbook should have read:
"The current account deficit in the alternative scenario is about
$10 billion greater in the second quarter of 1991 than shown in the current
Greenbook forecast.
However, this difference diminishes after mid-1991 as
the level of GNP in the alternative scenario continues to fall below the
Greenbook path and reduces demand for imports."
2.
The first sentence of the Domestic Financial Developments section
of Part 1 should have read:
"Short-term interest rates fell during July in response to the
announcement of a possible System easing and the subsequent 1/4 percentage
point drop in the federal funds rate on July 13."
Cite this document
APA
Federal Reserve (1990, August 20). Greenbook/Tealbook. Greenbooks, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19900821_part1
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_greenbook_19900821_part1,
author = {Federal Reserve},
title = {Greenbook/Tealbook},
year = {1990},
month = {Aug},
howpublished = {Greenbooks, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/greenbook_19900821_part1},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}