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Release Date: January 8, 2004
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G.19 CONSUMER CREDIT For release at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time)
1 November 2003 January 8, 2004
 

In November, consumer credit grew at an annual rate of 2-1/2 percent, down from a 5 percent pace in October. Revolving credit posted a
slight decline while nonrevolving credit increased moderately.
 

 

CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1
Seasonally adjusted
            2002 2003
  1998 r 1999 r 2000 r 2001 r 2002 r Q3 r Q4 r Q1 r Q2 r Q3 r Sep r Oct r Nov p
Percent change at annual rate 2,3,4
  Total                            7.3      8.0     10.7      8.1      4.4      4.2      1.3      4.4      5.9      6.2      6.9      5.0      2.4 
   Revolving                       7.9      4.9     11.6      6.8      1.8      2.9     -2.6      4.5      2.7      4.2      6.8      4.3     -0.9 
   Nonrevolving 5                  6.9     10.1     10.2      8.9      6.1      5.0      3.8      4.3      7.8      7.4      7.0      5.5      4.4 
                           
Amount: billions of dollars       
  Total                         1400.3   1512.8   1686.2   1822.2   1902.7   1896.4   1902.7   1923.5   1951.8   1982.2   1982.2   1990.5   1994.6 
   Revolving                     562.8    590.5    658.9    703.9    716.7    721.4    716.7    724.8    729.7    737.3    737.3    740.0    739.4 
   Nonrevolving 5                837.5    922.3   1027.4   1118.3   1186.0   1175.0   1186.0   1198.7   1222.1   1244.8   1244.8   1250.6   1255.2 
              
TERMS OF CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS AND FINANCE COMPANIES 6                                                             
Percent except as noted: not seasonally adjusted                                                                        
Institution, terms, and type of loan                                                                                    
Commercial banks                                                                                                        
     Interest rates                                                                                                     
   48-mo. new car                 8.73     8.44     9.34     8.50     7.62     7.58     7.34     7.11     7.05     6.75      n.a.     n.a.    6.82 
   24-mo. personal             
        Credit card plan       
 13.76    13.39    13.90    13.22    12.54    12.49    12.24    11.70    12.19    11.95      n.a.     n.a.   11.97 
    All accounts                 15.71    15.21    15.71    14.89    13.43    13.37    13.13    13.20    12.90    12.49      n.a.     n.a.   12.36 
    Accounts assessed interest   15.59    14.81    14.91    14.44    13.09    13.26    12.78    12.85    12.82    13.11      n.a.     n.a.   12.91 
                
New car loans at auto finance companies                                                                                 
  Interest rates                  6.30     6.66     6.61     5.65     4.29     2.68     3.18     3.65     2.61     3.55     3.81     3.92     3.93 
  Maturity (months)               52.1     52.7     54.9     55.1     56.8     58.9     57.4     59.1     61.1     63.0     63.2     63.5     62.9 
  Loan-to-value ratio               92       92       92       91       94       96       96       96       97       94       94       94       94 
  Amount financed (dollars)     19,083   19,880   20,923   22,822   24,747   25,959   26,283   25,486   27,468   25,733   25,663   26,067   26,306 
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1
CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING
(Billions of dollars)
Not seasonally adjusted
            2002 2003
  1998 r 1999 r 2000 r 2001 r 2002 r Q3 r Q4 r Q1 r Q2 r Q3 r Sep r Oct r Nov p
Total                              1430.6   1542.7   1719.0   1856.7   1938.1   1897.2   1938.1   1911.8   1940.3   1983.1   1983.1   1992.5   2004.1 
                                                           
Major holders                                              
Total                              1430.6   1542.7   1719.0   1856.7   1938.1   1897.2   1938.1   1911.8   1940.3   1983.1   1983.1   1992.5   2004.1 
Commercial banks                    508.9    499.8    541.5    558.4    587.2    575.7    587.2    575.3    584.2    593.7    593.7    591.2    623.8 
Finance companies                   183.3    201.6    220.5    238.1    237.8    249.7    237.8    233.5    244.3    284.0    284.0    283.0    285.2 
Credit unions                       155.4    167.9    184.4    189.6    195.7    195.9    195.7    193.9    198.6    204.9    204.9    206.2    207.4 
Federal government and Sallie Mae    65.7     84.7    104.0    119.5    129.6    134.3    129.6    125.9    120.4    123.5    123.5    127.5    127.7 
Savings institutions                 51.6     61.5     64.6     69.1     68.5     65.2     68.5     68.4     73.6     72.5     72.5     73.5     74.5 
Nonfinancial business                76.2     78.7     82.7     82.3     82.2     72.6     82.2     71.7     77.1     77.2     77.2     77.7     65.9 
Pools of securitized assets 7       389.4    448.4    521.3    599.7    637.1    603.8    637.1    643.1    642.2    627.3    627.3    633.5    619.6 
              
Major types of credit 8                        
Revolving                           586.5    614.2    684.3    730.3    743.2    716.4    743.2    717.0    727.3    732.1    732.1    733.3    740.2 
   Commercial banks                 210.3    189.4    218.1    224.9    231.0    226.2    231.0    212.5    217.5    215.5    215.5    212.6    246.7 
   Finance companies                 31.9     32.5     37.6     31.5     38.9     37.3     38.9     36.3     34.6     37.3     37.3     37.2     36.8 
   Credit unions                     19.9     20.6     22.2     22.3     22.2     21.3     22.2     20.7     21.1     21.1     21.1     21.1     21.3 
   Federal government and Sallie      n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.     n.a.
   Savings institutions              12.5     15.8     16.6     17.8     16.2     14.7     16.2     16.0     19.1     19.5     19.5     19.9     20.3 
   Nonfinancial business             40.5     41.1     42.4     44.1     44.5     37.6     44.5     36.9     38.2     38.3     38.3     38.7     24.9 
   Pools of securitized assets 7    271.4    314.8    347.4    389.7    390.3    379.3    390.3    394.6    396.8    400.3    400.3    403.8    390.2 
              
Nonrevolving                        844.1    928.4   1034.6   1126.4   1194.9   1180.9   1194.9   1194.8   1213.0   1251.0   1251.0   1259.2   1263.9 
   Commercial banks                 298.6    310.4    323.4    333.5    356.2    349.5    356.2    362.8    366.7    378.2    378.2    378.6    377.2 
   Finance companies                151.4    169.2    182.9    206.6    198.8    212.4    198.8    197.2    209.6    246.7    246.7    245.8    248.3 
   Credit unions                    135.5    147.3    162.2    167.3    173.5    174.6    173.5    173.2    177.5    183.8    183.8    185.1    186.1 
   Federal government and Sallie     65.7     84.7    104.0    119.5    129.6    134.3    129.6    125.9    120.4    123.5    123.5    127.5    127.7 
   Savings institutions              39.2     45.7     48.0     51.3     52.3     50.5     52.3     52.4     54.4     53.0     53.0     53.6     54.2 
   Nonfinancial business             35.7     37.5     40.2     38.2     37.7     35.0     37.7     34.8     38.9     38.9     38.9     39.0     41.0 
   Pools of securitized assets 7    118.0    133.6    173.9    209.9    246.8    224.5    246.8    248.6    245.4    226.9    226.9    229.6    229.5 
1. Covers most short- and intermediate-term credit extended to individuals, excluding loans secured by real estate.
2. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised from January 1998 forward as a result of new seasonal factors. Nonfinancial business data
have been benchmarked to source data and revised back to 1998.
3. The series for consumer credit outstanding and its components may contain breaks that result from discontinuities in source data.
Growth rates are adjusted to exclude the effect of such breaks.
4. Percent changes are at a simple annual rate and are calculated from unrounded data.
5. Comprises automobile loans and all other loans not included in revolving credit, such as loans for mobile homes, trailers, or
vacations. These loans may be secured or unsecured.
6. Interest rates are annual percentage rates (APR) as specified by the Federal Reserve's Regulation Z. Interest rates for new-car loans
and personal loans at commercial banks are simple unweighted averages of each bank's most common rate charged during the first calendar
week of the middle month of each quarter. For credit card accounts, the rate for all accounts is the stated APR averaged across all
credit card accounts at all reporting banks. The rate for accounts assessed interest is the annualized ratio of total finance charges at
all reporting banks to the total average daily balances against which the finance charges were assessed (excludes accounts for which no
finance charges were assessed). Finance company data are from the subsidiaries of the three major U.S. automobile manufacturers and are
volume-weighted averages covering all loans of each type purchased during the month.
7. Outstanding balances of pools upon which securities have been issued; these balances are no longer carried on the balance sheets of
the loan originators.
8. Includes estimates for holders that do not separately report consumer credit holding by type.
r=revised. p=preliminary.


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