Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

On March 26, 2023, the Federal Reserve will make minor changes to the format of all XML files released through the Data Download Program (DDP).

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Starting with the 2013: Q3 Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) and Debt Service Ratio (DSR) publication, to be released December 2013, we will publish two subcomponents of the DSR and cease publication of the four existing subcomponents of the FOR. The first new statistic is the Mortgage DSR, defined as the total quarterly required mortgage payments divided by total quarterly disposable personal income. The second new statistic is the Consumer DSR, defined as the total quarterly required consumer debt payments divided by total quarterly disposable personal income. The DSR is the sum of the Mortgage DSR and the Consumer DSR. Most users should find the new DSR components more useful analytically than the former FOR components. The FOR components are being eliminated because of challenges inherent in measuring them accurately. Publication of the total FOR will continue.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The data for the household debt service and financial obligations ratios (FOR) in the data download program (DDP), released December 13, 2011, did not include data through the third quarter. Updated data for are now available: http://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=FOR. This correction notice pertains only to the data provided by the DDP.

Users can now view plotted data as column charts, and add U.S. recession shading, while using the "View chart" function of the Data Download Program (DDP).

Users will now be able to create and view interactive graphics of data packages from the program before downloading the underlying data and charts. The charting feature allows users to view multiple data series on a single chart as well as to display individual data points. The charts can be saved as PDFs or in a standard image file format (PNG) for publication and redistribution.

"Graphics play an important role in identifying data trends and relationships," said Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen. "With the help of this intuitive new user interface, it's now possible to create customized charts directly from Federal Reserve statistical data."

Data on household debt service and financial obligations ratios (FOR) are now available for customizable download through the Federal Reserve Board's Data Download Program (DDP). These data will be updated quarterly.