Starting with March 2009 numbers, data are revised to incorporate loans purchased by the Department of Education under the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Loan Purchase Programs. More information on these programs is available at http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/ffelp/. In addition, with this release the "Federal government and Sallie Mae" sector is relabeled the "Federal government" sector to reflect that Sallie Mae completed its transition to a finance company in 2004. Sallie Mae's data before the completion of the privatization remains in the Federal government sector. This change affects the labeling solely and not the underlying data.

The interest rate on 48-month car loans for November was incorrectly reported as 8.41% in the release and data published on January 8. The release and data in the Data Download Program (DDP) have been corrected to show an interest rate of 7.59%.

Data from the Consumer Credit release (G.19) are now available for customizable download through the Federal Reserve Board's Data Download Program (DDP). These data will updated monthly with the G.19 release around the fifth business day of the month.