Federal Reserve Bulletin, Volume 95, 2009   Current Bulletin

Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2008

Figure 6. Commercial and industrial loans at domestically chartered commercial banks 2007-08.

Data are plotted as a curve. The amount of commercial and industrial loans at domestically chartered commercial banks begins in 2007 at just under $1 trillion, rises steadily throughout 2007 and most of 2008 to reach a peak of nearly $1.3 trillion in October 2008, then declines to end 2008 at about $1.2 trillion.

NOTE: The data are weekly and seasonally adjusted.

SOURCE: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release H.8, "Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States."

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