Rule 424(b)(3)
                                             Registration Statement No.333-27465
                                             Cusip # 12560M BF4
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 19,

Dated February 5, 1998 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 FLOATING 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:  100.0% or $100,000,000.

Underwriting Discount:  0.0%.

Issue Price:  100.0% or $100,000,000.

Specified Currency:  U.S. Dollars.

Original Issue Date:  February 10, 1998.

Maturity Date:  February 10, 1999.

Interest Rate Basis:  Prime Rate.

Spread:  -293 basis points.

Initial Interest Rate:  The Prime Rate determined one Business Day prior to the
         Original Issue Date minus 293 basis points.

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 February 10, 1998.

                              CHASE SECURITIES INC.




Form:  Global Note.

Interest Reset Date:  Each Business Day to but excluding the Maturity Date,
         except as provided under "Rate Cut-Off Date".

Rate     Cut-Off Date:  Two Business  Days prior to each Interest  Payment Date.
         The interest  rate for each day  following the Rate Cut-Off Date to but
         excluding the Interest  Payment Date will be the rate prevailing on the
         Rate Cut-Off Date.

Accrual  of Interest:  Accrued  interest will be computed by adding the Interest
         Factors  calculated  for each day from the Original  Issue Date or from
         the last date to which  interest has been paid or duly  provided for up
         to but not  including  the  day  for  which  accruedinterest  is  being
         calculated.  The "Interest  Factor" for any Note for each such day will
         be computed by multiplying  the face amount of the Note by the interest
         rate applicable to such day and dividing the product thereof by 360.

Interest Payment Dates: Quarterly on May 10, 1998, August 10, 1998, November 10,
         1998 and February 10, 1999,  commencing May 10, 1998,  provided that if
         any  Interest  Payment  Date  (other  than  the  Maturity  Date)  would
         otherwise  fall on a day that is not a Business  Day, then the Interest
         Payment Date will be the first following day that is a Business Day. If
         the Maturity Date would  otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business
         Day,  then  principal and interest on the Note will be paid on the next
         succeeding  Business  Day,  and no interest on such payment will accrue
         for the period from and after the Maturity Date.

         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.

Calculation Date:  The earlier of(i) the fifth  Business Day after each Interest
         Determination Date, or (ii) the Business Day immediately  preceding the
         applicable Interest Payment Date.

Interest Determination Date:  One Business Day prior to each Interest Reset
         Date.

Minimum Interest Rate:  0.0.0%.

Calculation Agent:  The CIT Group, Inc. (formerly The CIT Group Holdings, Inc.)

Trustee, Registrar, Authenticating and Paying Agent:
         Harris Trust & Savings Bank,  under  Indenture  dated as of May 1, 1994
         between the Trustee and the Corporation.






                                  UNDERWRITING

Chase Securities 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 February 5, 1998 (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 principal amount of the Notes.

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.

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.