[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15326]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB Under
Delegated Authority
Background
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed
information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR
1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the
Public). The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief, Financial Reports Section--Mary M. McLaughlin--Division of
Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)
OMB Desk Officer--Alexander T. Hunt--Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7860)
Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for
three years, without revision, of the following reports:
1. Report title: Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending
Practices
Agency form number: FR 2018
OMB Control number: 7100-0058
Frequency: Up to six times per year
Reporters: Large U.S. commercial banks and large U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks
Annual reporting hours: 1,008
Estimated average hours per response: 2.0
Number of respondents: 84
Small businesses are not affected.
General description of report: This information collection is
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 248 (a), 324, 335, 3101, 3102, and 3105) and is
given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Abstract: The FR 2018 is conducted generally by means of telephone
interview by a Federal Reserve Bank officer having in-depth knowledge
of the area of bank lending practices, with a senior loan officer at
each respondent bank. The reporting panel consists of sixty large
domestically chartered commercial banks, distributed fairly evenly
across Federal Reserve Districts, and twenty-four large U.S. branches
and agencies of foreign banks. The survey seeks primarily qualitative
information pertaining not only to current price and flow developments
but also to evolving techniques and practices in banking. A significant
fraction of the questions in each survey consists of unique questions
on topics of timely interest. There is the option to survey other types
of respondents (such as other depository institutions, bank holding
companies, or corporations) should the need arise. The FR 2018 is a
very important tool for monitoring and understanding the evolution of
lending practices at banks and developments in credit markets
generally.
2. Report title: Senior Financial Officer Survey
Agency form number: FR 2023
OMB control number: 7100-0223
Frequency: Up to four times per year
Reporters: Commercial banks, other depository institutions,
corporations or large money-stock holders
Annual reporting hours: 240
Estimated average hours per response: 1.0
Number of respondents: 60
Small businesses are not affected.
General description of report: This information collection is
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 225a, 248(a), and 263); confidentiality will be
determined on a case-by-case basis.
Abstract: The FR 2023 requests qualitative and limited quantitative
information about liability management and the provision of financial
services from a selection of sixty large commercial banks or, if
appropriate, from other depository institutions or corporations.
Responses are obtained from a senior officer at each participating
institution through a telephone interview conducted by Federal Reserve
Bank or Board staff. The survey is conducted when major informational
needs arise that cannot be met from existing data sources. The survey
does not have a fixed set of questions; each survey consists of a
limited number of questions directed at topics of timely interest.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 6, 1997.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-15326 Filed 6-11-97; 8:45 am]
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