G.19 CONSUMER CREDIT For release at 3 p.m.(Eastern Time) 1 October 1996 December 6, 1996 Consumer credit outstanding grew at a 2.3 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate in October, following a small decline in September. Revolving credit growth remained subdued, while the level of auto credit was about unchanged. CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1 Seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. r Feb. r Mar. r Apr. r May r June r July r Aug. r Sept. r Oct. p ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent change at annual rate 2 Total 8.9 12.9 9.8 11.1 12.3 11.9 8.5 6.9 7.6 12.9 6.0 -0.8 2.3 Automobile 10.8 10.8 12.5 7.2 9.6 9.5 8.6 3.8 15.7 19.6 0.2 1.8 -0.2 Revolving 15.2 8.4 19.2 14.8 19.2 15.8 18.1 15.3 4.5 18.9 6.7 2.0 4.0 Other 3 -0.6 20.5 -4.2 10.8 6.7 9.5 -3.7 -0.4 3.2 -1.7 11.2 -7.1 2.8 Amount: billions of dollars Total 1,082.7 1,094.4 1,103.3 1,113.5 1,125.0 1,136.2 1,144.2 1,150.8 1,158.1 1,170.6 1,176.4 1,175.7 1,177.9 Automobile 344.1 347.2 350.8 352.9 355.8 358.6 361.2 362.3 367.0 373.0 373.1 373.6 373.6 Revolving 404.6 407.4 413.9 419.0 425.7 431.3 437.9 443.5 445.1 452.1 454.6 455.4 456.9 Other 3 334.0 339.7 338.6 341.6 343.5 346.2 345.2 345.1 346.0 345.5 348.7 346.7 347.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERMS OF CREDIT AT COMMERCIAL BANKS AND FINANCE COMPANIES 4 Percent except as noted: not seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Institution, terms, and type of loan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial banks Interest rates 48-mo. new car n.a. 9.36 n.a. n.a. 9.12 n.a. n.a. 8.93 n.a. n.a. 9.11 n.a. n.a. 24-mo. personal n.a. 13.80 n.a. n.a. 13.63 n.a. n.a. 13.52 n.a. n.a. 13.37 n.a. n.a. Credit card plan All accounts n.a. 15.81 n.a. n.a. 15.82 n.a. n.a. 15.44 n.a. n.a. 15.65 n.a. n.a. Accounts assessed interest n.a. 15.71 n.a. n.a. 15.41 n.a. n.a. 15.41 n.a. n.a. 15.64 n.a. n.a. New car loans at auto finance companies Interest rates 10.89 10.84 10.52 9.74 9.86 9.77 9.64 9.37 9.53 9.81 10.49 10.52 10.40 Maturity (months) 54.6 54.5 53.6 51.8 52.3 51.8 51.5 50.8 50.4 50.5 51.4 51.9 52.5 Loan-to-value ratio 92 92 92 92 91 91 91 91 91 91 92 91 89 Amount financed (dollars) 16,430 16,583 17,034 16,698 16,627 16,520 16,605 16,686 16,854 16,926 16,927 17,182 17,435 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This release is issued around the fifth business day of each month. The exact date and time may be obtained by calling (202) 452 - 3206. Footnotes appear on reverse. 1 CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING (Billions of dollars) Not seasonally adjusted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 _______________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. r Feb. r Mar. r Apr. r May r June r July r Aug. r Sept. r Oct. p ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,084.1 1,101.4 1,131.9 1,123.8 1,122.1 1,125.8 1,133.4 1,141.0 1,151.0 1,160.8 1,173.3 1,179.7 1,179.7 Major holders Commercial banks 491.8 496.0 507.8 502.0 500.1 500.6 506.3 504.9 507.6 511.1 517.7 517.8 518.2 Finance companies 148.7 147.1 152.6 152.6 154.4 151.7 153.3 155.9 155.9 157.1 155.6 157.0 153.4 Credit unions 130.3 130.9 131.9 131.5 131.2 131.5 132.8 134.6 136.1 138.2 140.6 142.0 143.7 Savings institutions 40.1 40.5 40.1 40.2 40.4 40.7 41.1 41.6 41.1 42.1 42.2 43.0 43.8 Nonfinancial business 78.8 77.9 85.1 80.7 78.1 76.7 73.7 74.6 72.0 71.1 71.0 68.6 67.9 Pools of securitized assets 5 194.5 208.9 214.4 216.8 217.9 224.6 226.2 229.5 238.3 241.2 246.1 251.4 252.6 Major types of credit 6 Automobile 348.1 351.0 354.1 352.5 353.5 354.9 356.7 359.6 365.6 371.8 374.5 377.0 377.8 Commercial banks 150.1 148.0 149.1 148.2 147.7 148.5 150.1 150.5 152.9 154.6 156.0 155.4 155.6 Finance companies 70.8 68.2 70.6 71.4 73.3 72.1 73.8 74.3 74.3 75.7 74.4 76.3 75.9 Pools of securitized assets 5 37.2 44.7 44.4 42.6 41.8 43.0 40.7 41.2 44.7 45.1 45.6 45.2 44.6 Revolving 404.0 410.5 435.7 426.0 424.6 426.0 431.1 437.6 440.2 445.7 451.7 455.3 456.4 Commercial banks 195.9 197.1 210.3 200.1 198.9 196.8 201.1 203.4 204.0 207.9 211.0 213.8 214.6 Nonfinancial business 50.0 48.5 53.5 50.5 48.6 47.4 44.5 45.2 42.6 41.7 41.3 38.8 38.1 Pools of securitized assets 5 135.7 141.9 147.9 151.6 153.4 157.9 161.4 164.5 168.8 171.0 174.0 177.4 178.1 Other 332.1 339.8 342.2 345.4 343.9 345.0 345.6 343.8 345.2 343.3 347.1 347.3 345.5 Commercial banks 145.7 150.9 148.4 153.7 153.5 155.3 155.1 150.9 150.6 148.5 150.7 148.5 147.9 Finance companies 77.9 78.9 82.0 81.2 81.1 79.6 79.5 81.6 81.6 81.4 81.1 80.6 77.5 Nonfinancial business 28.8 29.4 31.5 30.2 29.5 29.3 29.2 29.5 29.4 29.4 29.8 29.8 29.8 Pools of securitized assets 5 21.5 22.3 22.1 22.6 22.7 23.7 24.1 23.8 24.8 25.1 26.5 28.9 29.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Covers most short- and intermediate- term credit extended to individuals, excluding loans secured by real estate. 2. Percent changes calculated from unrounded data. 3. Comprises mobile home loans and all other loans not included in automobile or revolving credit, such as loans for education, boats, trailers, or vacations. These loans may be secured or unsecured. 4. 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. 5. Outstanding balances of pools upon which securities have been issued; these balances are no longer carried on the balance sheets of the loan originators. 6. Includes estimates for holders that do not separately report consumer credit holding by type. r=revised. p=preliminary.