"Table B-68.--Commercial bank loans and securities, 1972-92"																																																															
"(Monthly average; billions of dollars, seasonally adjusted(1))"																																																															
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-																																																
Year or	Total	U.S.	Other	---------------------- Loans and leases --------------------------						-	-	-	-	-	-																																																
month	loans and	Government	securities	Total(2)	Commercial	Real	Individual	Security	Nonbank	Agriculture	State and	Foreign	Foreign	Lease	Other																																																
	securities	securities			and	estate			financial		political	banks	official	financing																																																	
	(2)				industrial				institutions		subdivisions		institutions	receivables																																																	
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-																																																
   December:																																																															
1972 	572.5 	89.0 	93.4 	390.1 	137.1 	98.1 	86.3 	15.6 	21.7 	14.3 		3.9 	1.6 	1.4 	10.1 																																																
1973 	647.8 	88.2 	99.4 	460.2 	165.0 	117.3 	98.6 	12.9 	28.5 	17.2 		6.2 	2.1 	2.1 	10.2 																																																
1974 	713.7 	86.3 	107.5 	519.9 	196.6 	130.1 	102.4 	12.7 	34.5 	18.3 		8.3 	2.2 	3.2 	11.5 																																																

1975 	745.1 	116.7 	111.2 	517.2 	189.3 	134.4 	104.9 	13.5 	28.9 	20.1 		9.0 	2.4 	4.0 	10.7 																																																
1976 	804.6 	136.3 	113.5 	554.8 	190.9 	148.8 	116.3 	17.7 	26.4 	23.2 		11.7 	2.8 	5.1 	11.9 																																																
1977 	891.5 	136.6 	122.7 	632.3 	211.0 	175.2 	138.3 	21.0 	25.8 	25.8 		13.7 	2.7 	5.7 	12.9 																																																
1978 	"1,013.9 "	137.6 	129.2 	747.1 	246.2 	210.5 	164.7 	19.7 	26.2 	28.2 		21.5 	4.9 	7.4 	17.8 																																																			
1979 	"1,135.6 "	144.3 	141.9 	849.4 	291.4 	241.9 	184.5 	18.7 	29.3 	31.1 		18.6 	6.9 	9.3 	17.8 																																																			

1980 	"1,238.6 "	170.6 	154.4 	913.5 	325.7 	262.6 	179.2 	18.0 	29.3 	31.6 	 	23.8 	11.5 	10.9 	21.1 																																																			
1981 	"1,307.0 "	179.3 	160.5 	967.3 	355.4 	284.1 	182.5 	21.4 	29.9 	33.1 	 	18.1 	7.2 	12.7 	22.9 																				line for copying into zero lines																															
1982 	"1,400.4 "	201.7 	164.8 	"1,033.9 "	392.5 	299.9 	188.2 	25.3 	31.2 	36.2 	 	14.7 	5.9 	13.3 	26.8 																				 	|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|		|
1983 	"1,552.2 "	259.2 	169.1 	"1,123.9 "	414.2 	331.0 	212.9 	28.0 	30.4 	39.2 	0.0 	13.4 	9.4 	13.7 	31.8 																			alt c	/cline~~																				10 										15 	
1984 	"1,722.2 "	260.2 	140.9 	"1,321.1 "	473.1 	376.2 	253.8 	34.4 	31.3 	40.1 	46.0 	11.6 	8.4 	16.0 	30.2 																																																			

1985 	"1,909.5 "	270.8 	179.0 	"1,459.8 "	500.2 	425.8 	294.7 	43.0 	32.4 	36.1 	56.7 	9.9 	6.3 	19.0 	35.6 																			loop	/xnEnter number...~~						Alt - p		/pprtable~agq																							
1986 	"2,093.2 "	310.0 	193.9 	"1,589.4 "	537.0 	494.0 	315.3 	40.3 	35.0 	31.5 	58.5 	10.3 	6.3 	22.4 	38.8 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"																															
1987 	"2,238.5 "	335.8 	193.6 	"1,709.1 "	567.1 	586.9 	328.3 	34.8 	32.0 	29.4 	52.4 	7.8 	5.7 	24.6 	40.1 																				/xnEnter number...~~																															
1988 	"2,422.8 "	363.5 	192.4 	"1,866.9 "	606.8 	670.1 	354.5 	41.2 	32.3 	28.7 	45.1 	7.7 	5.0 	29.3 	46.2 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"						Alt - f	/fsa{bs}{bs}{bs}{bs}c:\table\tableb																								
1989 	"2,590.8 "	398.2 	181.7 	"2,010.9 "	640.2 	759.5 	374.8 	41.5 	34.3 	29.8 	40.0 	8.2 	3.5 	31.8 	47.1 																				/xnEnter number...~~																															
				 			 																												"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"																															
1990 	"2,730.8 "	454.1 	177.9 	"2,098.8 "	643.2 	843.3 	379.6 	44.7 	35.7 	32.0 	33.9 	7.5 	2.8 	32.8 	43.3 																				/xnEnter number...~~																															
1991 	"2,838.7 "	562.6 	179.4 	"2,096.6 "	618.0 	873.1 	363.5 	54.5 	40.6 	34.0 	29.1 	7.4 	2.4 	31.7 	42.4 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
																																			/xnEnter number...~~
 1991:																																			"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Jan	"2,735.8 "	456.8 	178.3 	"2,100.7 "	638.6 	847.7 	374.9 	49.8 	35.5 	31.9 	32.8 	6.7 	2.6 	32.7 	47.4 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   Feb	"2,747.3 "	460.7 	178.3 	"2,108.3 "	638.2 	852.8 	376.3 	51.8 	36.1 	31.9 	32.9 	6.6 	2.7 	33.0 	45.9 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Mar	"2,759.9 "	470.8 	178.5 	"2,110.5 "	638.7 	857.7 	375.2 	48.2 	36.9 	33.0 	32.8 	7.5 	2.8 	33.1 	44.7 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   Apr	"2,763.5 "	478.1 	177.5 	"2,108.0 "	635.1 	861.5 	374.4 	48.5 	35.8 	33.6 	32.3 	7.1 	2.5 	33.1 	44.1 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   May	"2,764.8 "	483.9 	176.8 	"2,104.0 "	630.5 	863.8 	373.8 	49.1 	36.1 	33.7 	31.7 	6.4 	2.4 	33.0 	43.4 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   June	"2,773.3 "	493.5 	176.3 	"2,103.6 "	625.8 	868.5 	373.1 	49.0 	38.6 	33.9 	31.4 	6.3 	2.5 	33.3 	41.1 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
																																			/xnEnter number...~~
   July	"2,773.8 "	502.4 	175.8 	"2,095.5 "	623.8 	867.3 	370.9 	47.4 	37.7 	34.0 	31.0 	6.4 	2.3 	32.5 	42.3 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Aug	"2,776.9 "	512.6 	174.4 	"2,089.9 "	619.5 	866.7 	370.3 	48.4 	36.9 	34.3 	30.6 	6.5 	2.2 	31.9 	42.7 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   Sept	"2,789.1 "	523.0 	176.3 	"2,089.8 "	622.0 	868.1 	367.3 	50.0 	37.1 	34.5 	30.3 	6.8 	2.3 	31.8 	39.8 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Oct	"2,805.5 "	538.7 	177.9 	"2,099.9 "	622.6 	869.8 	364.2 	51.1 	37.2 	34.1 	29.7 	6.6 	2.4 	31.6 	39.5 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   Nov	"2,822.7 "	550.8 	178.8 	"2,093.2 "	621.7 	871.9 	363.1 	53.5 	37.8 	33.8 	29.4 	6.9 	2.5 	31.5 	41.1 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Dec	"2,838.7 "	562.6 	179.4 	"2,096.6 "	618.0 	873.1 	363.5 	54.5 	40.6 	34.0 	29.1 	7.4 	2.4 	31.7 	42.4 																				/xnEnter number...~~
																																			"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
 1992:																																			/xnEnter number...~~
   Jan	"2,852.0 "	566.2 	179.7 	"2,106.1 "	617.3 	873.5 	363.1 	59.4 	40.8 	33.7 	28.0 	7.2 	2.3 	31.5 	49.2 	 																			"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Feb	"2,854.8 "	571.2 	180.5 	"2,103.1 "	613.2 	877.5 	363.6 	57.1 	42.6 	33.5 	28.1 	6.7 	2.1 	31.6 	47.1 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   Mar	"2,863.1 "	579.5 	178.1 	"2,105.5 "	610.9 	879.4 	362.2 	60.4 	43.7 	34.3 	28.0 	6.5 	2.1 	31.5 	46.5 																				"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
   Apr	"2,877.5 "	592.3 	178.5 	"2,106.7 "	609.2 	881.4 	360.7 	64.9 	42.7 	34.4 	27.7 	6.5 	2.0 	31.6 	45.6 																				/xnEnter number...~~
   May	"2,877.6 "	601.7 	177.1 	"2,098.8 "	607.3 	882.6 	358.9 	61.6 	43.0 	34.3 	27.2 	6.9 	2.0 	31.7 	43.3 																				"/rf,1~~{end}{l}{d}{r}{r}"
   June	"2,883.7 "	611.7 	175.5 	"2,096.5 "	604.7 	881.2 	359.0 	63.9 	42.0 	34.8 	26.8 	7.5 	2.0 	32.0 	42.4 																				{branch loop}

   July	"2,884.4 "	619.5 	177.8 	"2,087.1 "	603.1 	878.9 	358.6 	60.7 	40.7 	34.8 	26.4 	7.8 	2.1 	31.0 	43.1 																				
   Aug	"2,897.2 "	634.1 	178.1 	"2,085.1 "	600.7 	878.4 	357.2 	62.5 	41.8 	35.3 	26.0 	7.1 	2.1 	30.7 	43.3 																				
   Sept	"2,913.3 "	639.1 	178.0 	"2,096.2 "	602.9 	882.6 	365.6 	66.2 	44.3 	35.3 	26.0 	7.9 	2.1 	30.8 	41.6 																				
   Oct	"2,924.9 "	646.2 	178.9 	"2,099.8 "	603.3 	887.1 	355.2 	65.7 	44.3 	35.0 	25.5 	7.2 	2.1 	30.6 	43.8 																				
   Nov	"2,936.6 "	653.6 	177.9 	"2,105.0 "	606.0 	889.5 	354.6 	64.4 	45.1 	34.7 	25.2 	6.8 	2.5 	30.5 	45.8 																				

1/   Data are prorated averages of Wednesday figures for																																			
     domestically chartered banks and averages of weekly
     data for foreign-related institutions beginning
"     July 1981. Prior to July 1981, data for"
     foreign-related institutions are averages of
     current and previous month-end data.

2/   Excludes loans to commercial banks in the United
     States.

Note.     Date are not strictly comparable because of
          breaks in the series.

Source:   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
          System.