G.19 CONSUMER CREDIT For release at 3 p.m.(Eastern Time) 1 February 1997 April 7, 1997 Consumer credit outstanding grew at a 6.7 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate in February, following an upward revised 10.3 percent rate of gain in January. Growth in revolving credit slowed, but remained brisk, while growth of "other" credit picked up. The level of auto credit outstanding was little changed in February. CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1 Seasonally adjusted -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. r Nov. r Dec. r Jan. r Feb. p ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent change at annual rate 2 Total 11.9 12.0 9.0 6.8 7.1 14.6 8.6 1.1 8.3 5.3 3.1 10.3 6.7 Automobile 9.6 9.5 8.6 3.8 17.9 19.1 -0.1 3.1 7.2 -0.6 2.0 3.1 0.3 Revolving 19.2 15.8 18.1 15.3 5.4 15.0 8.6 -1.4 11.6 15.0 9.0 21.6 12.7 Other 3 5.3 9.7 -2.1 -0.9 -2.1 9.2 18.0 2.4 5.1 -1.1 -3.5 2.9 5.5 Amount: billions of dollars Total 1,122.1 1,133.3 1,141.8 1,148.3 1,155.1 1,169.1 1,177.5 1,178.6 1,186.7 1,192.0 1,195.1 1,205.3 1,212.0 Automobile 355.8 358.6 361.2 362.3 367.7 373.6 373.5 374.5 376.7 376.5 377.2 378.2 378.2 Revolving 425.7 431.3 437.9 443.5 445.4 451.0 454.3 453.7 458.1 463.8 467.3 475.7 480.8 Other 3 340.6 343.4 342.8 342.5 341.9 344.5 349.7 350.4 351.9 351.6 350.6 351.4 353.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9.12 n.a. n.a. 8.93 n.a. n.a. 9.11 n.a. n.a. 9.03 n.a. n.a. 8.92 24-mo. personal 13.63 n.a. n.a. 13.52 n.a. n.a. 13.37 n.a. n.a. 13.62 n.a. n.a. 13.46 Credit card plan All accounts 15.82 n.a. n.a. 15.44 n.a. n.a. 15.65 n.a. n.a. 15.62 n.a. n.a. 15.88 Accounts assessed interest 15.41 n.a. n.a. 15.41 n.a. n.a. 15.64 n.a. n.a. 15.52 n.a. n.a. 15.13 New car loans at auto finance companies Interest rates 9.86 9.77 9.64 9.37 9.53 9.81 10.49 10.52 10.40 10.31 8.60 7.17 7.44 Maturity (months) 52.3 51.8 51.5 50.8 50.4 50.5 51.4 51.9 52.5 52.3 52.3 55.1 54.6 Loan-to-value ratio 91 91 91 91 91 91 92 91 89 90 90 92 92 Amount financed (dollars) 16,627 16,520 16,605 16,686 16,854 16,926 16,927 17,182 17,435 17,719 17,670 17,090 16,837 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. r Nov. r Dec. r Jan. r Feb. p ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,119.2 1,123.0 1,131.1 1,138.5 1,147.9 1,159.4 1,174.3 1,182.6 1,188.5 1,199.9 1,227.0 1,216.5 1,208.7 Major holders Commercial banks 497.2 497.7 503.9 502.3 505.7 510.2 516.7 517.1 521.3 523.0 530.1 527.2 521.2 Finance companies 154.4 151.7 153.3 155.9 153.8 154.8 153.4 154.8 153.4 153.2 154.2 154.5 153.8 Credit unions 131.2 131.5 132.8 134.6 136.1 138.2 140.6 142.0 144.4 145.1 146.3 146.6 146.0 Savings institutions 40.4 40.7 41.1 41.6 41.1 43.0 44.0 44.9 44.9 44.8 44.7 44.6 44.6 Nonfinancial business 78.1 76.7 73.7 74.6 72.0 69.9 71.0 68.5 67.9 69.8 79.7 75.6 72.6 Pools of securitized assets 5 217.9 224.6 226.2 229.5 239.3 243.1 248.6 255.3 256.5 264.1 271.9 267.9 270.5 Major types of credit 6 Automobile 353.5 354.9 356.7 359.6 366.2 372.4 375.0 377.9 381.0 380.7 380.8 377.7 375.9 Commercial banks 147.7 148.5 150.1 150.5 152.9 153.9 154.5 153.1 154.8 154.8 154.0 153.3 152.2 Finance companies 73.3 72.1 73.8 74.3 74.3 75.7 74.4 76.3 75.9 75.3 73.2 73.6 74.0 Pools of securitized assets 5 41.8 43.0 40.7 41.2 45.3 46.4 47.5 48.1 48.0 48.2 51.2 48.5 47.1 Revolving 424.6 426.0 431.1 437.6 440.6 444.7 451.3 453.7 457.6 467.5 491.8 483.4 479.4 Commercial banks 198.9 196.8 201.1 203.4 204.0 207.3 209.8 211.2 215.0 217.9 228.6 224.2 217.7 Nonfinancial business 48.6 47.4 44.5 45.2 42.6 40.5 41.3 38.8 38.1 39.3 46.9 43.9 41.8 Pools of securitized assets 5 153.4 157.9 161.4 164.5 169.2 171.6 174.6 178.0 178.6 184.0 188.7 187.9 192.3 Other 341.1 342.1 343.2 341.3 341.1 342.4 348.0 351.1 349.9 351.6 354.3 355.3 353.4 Commercial banks 150.6 152.4 152.7 148.4 148.7 149.1 152.5 152.8 151.4 150.2 147.5 149.8 151.3 Finance companies 81.1 79.6 79.5 81.6 79.5 79.1 78.9 78.5 77.5 77.9 81.0 80.9 79.8 Nonfinancial business 29.5 29.3 29.2 29.5 29.4 29.4 29.7 29.7 29.8 30.5 32.8 31.7 30.8 Pools of securitized assets 5 22.7 23.7 24.1 23.8 24.8 25.1 26.5 29.2 29.9 31.8 32.1 31.6 31.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.