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Since April 1963 the Bank of England, in conjunction with Hire Purchase Information Limited, have analysed the length of hire purchase contracts for cars. The results of the analysis, up to June 1965, were given in the September 1965 Bulletin. This article carries the study forward to March 1967, and thus covers a period in which official controls over hire purchase transactions were of increasing stringency.
Hire purchase contracts for cars