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 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 Credit card plan 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This release is issued around the fifth business day of each month. 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Footnotes appear on reverse. 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 Mae 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 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 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.