NEW YORK BUSINESS LOANS FALL 1.31 BILLION DLRS
  Commercial and industrial loans on the
  books 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.
  

