Form FR 2060 FR 2060 Survey to Obtain Information on the Relevant Market in I

Survey to Obtain Information on the Relevant Market in Individual Merger Cases

FR_206020010620_f

Small Businesses

OMB: 7100-0232

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FR 2060
OMB No. 7100–0232
Approval expires April 30, 2007
REPORTING BURDEN: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection
of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th & C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551; and to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (7100–0232), Washington, D. C. 20503.
The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and an organization is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Data on Sources of Financing for Small Businesses to Determine
the Extent to which Small Businesses Use Nonbank and Nonlocal Sources
of Financial Services1
(The most knowledgeable respondent is likely to be
the president or treasurer)

0-$50,000
1.

$50,000$150,000

2.

From what source or type of
institution did your firm obtain
its most recent loan? Do not
include trade credit here. [It
may be most useful for Reserve
Bank staff to request the name
of the institution since the
respondent may not know the
type of institution.]

3.

How many loans does your firm
have outstanding from each type
of institution?
(a) What is the approximate
average size of loans from
each source?
Yes

An individual
person
Savings
(including
Credit
Bank
self)
card

Other
Specify)

If yes-Name of institution

Location

No

Does your firm have loans
outstanding from an institution
located outside the city/town in
which you are located?3 [If the
institution has an office in the
local area, do not record it as an
out-of-market institution.]
Commercial
bank

5.

$500,000$1 million

What is the annual revenue
(dollar volume) of your firm?2
Commercial Savings &
bank
loan

4.

$150,000$500,000

Savings &
loan

Savings
bank

Other
(Specify)

If yes to number 4, from what type
of institution?
(a) What is the approximate average
size of loans from each out-ofmarket source?

____________
1.
Emphasize to the respondent at the beginning of the interview that the interview will be in the interest of public policy and will take only
about five to ten minutes. Information will be obtained by telephone from a sample of 25 firms selected randomly from the business white pages
of the phone directory or yellow pages if the white pages are not available. The respondents selected from the phone book should reside in the
market area defined by the Reserve Bank so that the area included in the phone book does not serve as the market definition from which the sample is drawn.
2.

This should include the entire firm rather than an office, branch, or franchise of a larger firm.

3.

The Reserve Bank would be required to describe the market area in question.

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Yes
6.

No

During the past two years, has your
firm been directly solicited for its
loan business by an institution
located outside the city/town in
which you are located?
Describe

7.

If yes to number 6, how were you
solicited (e.g., phone, personal visit)
and how often?
Commercial
bank

8.

Savings
Bank

Other
(specify)

In what type of institution does your
firm maintain:
(a) primary checking account
(b) secondary checking account
(c) savings account
Yes

9.

Savings &
loan

Does your firm maintain a checking
account with a financial institution
that has no offices in your city/town?

10. Does your firm maintain a savings
account with a financial institution
that has no offices in your city/town?
11. Did you receive any trade credit
without which you would have
required a loan? [It is very
important to determine whether
trade credit was a substitute for
a loan rather than simply a means
of postponing payment.]
12. If yes to number 11, roughly what
percentage of your credit (loan)
requirements were satisfied by
trade credit?

No

If yes-Name of institution

Location

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Yes

No

13. Does your firm lease any equipment
such as an automobile, copying
machine, or computer?
14. If yes to number 13, what items are
leased?
(a) What is the approximate size of
the firm’s monthly payments for
leased equipment?
Yes

No

15. Does your firm have a formal line
of credit outstanding?
Commercial Savings Savings Credit Employer Investment Mutual
& loan bank union thrift plan broker
fund
bank
16. If yes to number 15, from what type
of institution was the line of credit
obtained?
(a) Approximately how large is
the line of credit?

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Data on Sources of Financing for Consumers to Determine
the Extent to which Consumers Use Nonbank and Nonlocal Sources of Financing4
REPORTING BURDEN: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6 minutes per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection
of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th & C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551; and to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (7100–0232), Washington, D. C. 20503.
The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.

Yes
1.

No

Do you have a checking account or
NOW account?
Commercial Savings & Savings Credit Employer Investment Mutual
bank
loan
bank union thrift plan broker
fund

2.

If yes to number 1, at what type of
institution do you maintain your
primary checking (NOW) account?
[Obtain name of institution since
respondent may not know the type.]
Yes

3.

No

Do you have savings that you
deposit or invest?
Commercial Savings & Savings Credit Employer Investment Mutual
bank
loan
bank union thrift plan broker
fund

4.

If yes to number 3, at what type(s)
of institution do you maintain your
savings account(s)?
(a) Which is your main savings
institution type (i.e., where your
largest savings are located)?
Yes

5.

No

If yes to number 3, does the main
savings institution have a local
office that you contact?

4.
Emphasize to respondent at the beginning of the interview that the interview will be in the interest of public policy and will take only about
four to six minutes.

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6.

Do you have any loans outstanding
(exclusive of credit cards)?
(a) For what purpose (e.g., car,
house, education, home
improvement, vacation)?
Automobile
Savings Credit or consumer
bank union finance company

Commercial Savings
bank
& loan
7.

If yes to number 6, from what type(s)
of institution did you obtain your loan(s)?
[Obtain name of institution since
respondent may not know the type.]
Yes

8.

Other
(specify)

No

If yes to number 6, did the
institution have a local office
that you visited in order to fill
out the loan papers?
Describe

9.

If yes to number 6 but no to number
8, how did you
(a) make arrangements for your loan
(e.g., telephone, mail)?
(b) learn of this distant
(out-of-market) loan source?
0$12,000

10. What is your family income level?

$12,00025,000

$25,00050,000

$50,000l00,000

Over
$100,000


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