Commercial and industrial loans on thebooks of the 10 major New York banks, excluding acceptances,
fell 1.31 billion dlrs to 62.70 billion in the week ended April
1, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said.
    Including acceptances, loans dropped 1.34 billion dlrs to
63.23 billion.
    Commercial paper outstanding nationally fell 4.80 billion
dlrs to 334.28 billion.
    National business loan data are scheduled to be released on
Friday.
 Reuter
