Through 1992:Q4, level from FR Board, Financial Institutions Section, monthly G.19 statistical release, Consumer Credit, table Consumer Credit Outstanding, Not seasonally adjusted, Major holders, Retailers, multiplied by the ratio of consumer credit held by captive retail finance companies (from FR Board quinquennial survey of finance companies) to consumer credit held by all retailers for same time period as survey. Ratio is smoothed between quinquennial surveys. Transactions are calculated as the change in level. Quarterly values for the series are zero beginning 1993:Q1 for levels and transactions; for earlier quarters, seasonally adjusted transactions are obtained using X-13-ARIMA procedure
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