Rule 424(b)(3)
                                            Registration Statement No. 333-27465
                                            Cusip # 12560Q BD 0
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 9,

Dated  November  7,  1997,  to  
Prospectus,  dated  June 6, 1997 and  
Prospectus Supplement, dated June 12, 1997.

                               THE CIT GROUP, INC.
                     (formerly The CIT Group Holdings, Inc.)
                          MEDIUM-TERM FIXED RATE NOTES
                   DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE


(X) Senior Note                     ( ) Senior Subordinated Note

Principal Amount:  U.S. $100,000,000.

Proceeds to Corporation:  99.892% or 99,892,000.

Underwriting Discount:  0.037%

Issue Price:  99.929%.
Original Issue Date:  November 13, 1997.

Maturity Date:  November 15, 1999.

Interest Rate Per Annum:  6.125%.

InterestPayment  Dates:  Each May 15 and November 15,  commencing  May 15, 1998,
        provided that if any such day is not a Business Day, the payment will be
        made on the next succeeding  Business Day as if it were made on the date
        such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount  payable
        for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
        Date, as the case may be.

        Interest  payments will include the amount of interest  accrued from and
        including the most recent  Interest  Payment Date to which  interest has
        been  paid  (or from  and  including  the  Original  Issue  Date) to but
        excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date.

The Notes are  offered  by the  Underwriter,  as  specified  herein,  subject to
receipt  and  acceptance  by it and  subject to its right to reject any order in
whole or in part.  It is expected  that the Notes will be ready for  delivery in
book-entry form on or about November 13, 1997.

                              SALOMON BROTHERS INC
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Form:  Global Note.

Specified Currency:  U.S. Dollars.

Trustee, Registrar, Authenticating and Paying Agent:
      The Bank of New York, under Indenture dated as of May 1, 1994 between
      the Trustee and The CIT Group, Inc. (formerly The CIT Group Holdings, 
      Inc.)("the Corporation").

                                  UNDERWRITING


        Salomon Brothers Inc ( the "Underwriter") is acting as principal in this
        transaction.

        Subject  to the  terms  and  conditions  set  forth in a Term  Sheet and
        Agreement  dated November 7, 1997 (the "Terms  Agreement"),  between the
        Corporation and the  Underwriter,  incorporating  the terms of a Selling
        Agency Agreement dated May 15, 1996,  between the Corporation and Lehman
        Brothers,  Lehman Brothers Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston  Corporation
        (formerly known as CS First Boston Corporation),  Goldman,  Sachs & Co.,
        Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
        Morgan  Stanley  & Co.  Incorporated,  Salomon  Brothers  Inc,  and  UBS
        Securities LLC, the  Corporation has agreed to sell to the  Underwriter,
        and the  Underwriter  has  agreed to  purchase,  $100,000,000  aggregate
        principal amount of the Note.

        Under the terms and conditions of the Terms  Agreement,  the Underwriter
        is committed to take and pay for all of the Notes, if any are taken.

        The  Underwriter  has  advised  the  Corporation  that  it  proposes  to
        initially  offer  the Notes to the  public at the Issue  Price set forth
        above. After the initial public offering,  the public offering price and
        other terms may be changed  from time to time.  In  connection  with the
        sale of the  Notes,  the  Underwriter  may be  deemed  to have  received
        compensation from the Corporation in the form of underwriting discounts,
        and the Underwriter may also receive  commissions from the purchasers of
        the Notes for whom it may act as agent.  The Underwriter and any dealers
        that  participate  with the Underwriter in the distribution of the Notes
        may be deemed  to be  underwriters,  and any  discounts  or  commissions
        received  by them and any  profit on the resale of the Notes by them may
        be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions.

        The Notes  are a new issue of  securities  with no  established  trading
        market. The Corporation  currently has no intention to list the Notes on
        any  securities  exchange.  The  Corporation  has  been  advised  by the
        Underwriter  that it  intends  to make a market  in the Notes but is not
        obligated  to do so and may  discontinue  any market  making at any time
        without  notice.  No assurance  can be given as to the  liquidity of the
        trading market for the Notes.

        The Corporation has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter  against certain
        liabilities,  including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
        amended.