G.19 CONSUMER CREDIT For release at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) 1 December 1998 February 5, 1999 Consumer credit grew at about a 6-3/4 percent annual rate in December, up from 3-3/4 percent in November. In December, growth in automobile credit increased and revolving credit turned up while the level of "other" credit declined. CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1 Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 1998 _______ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. r Dec. p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent change at annual rate 2 Total 5.9 2.3 4.9 6.7 4.3 2.3 9.0 5.9 7.2 7.5 11.0 3.7 6.7 Automobile 17.9 5.5 4.2 8.8 4.1 4.0 8.2 7.4 11.5 7.6 5.5 12.0 15.9 Revolving 2.0 4.3 5.1 9.1 5.4 -1.4 9.2 -3.8 11.3 8.1 10.1 -1.5 4.7 Other 3 -3.9 -6.1 5.5 -0.9 2.4 7.0 9.7 21.6 -6.8 6.1 20.9 1.0 -3.1 Amount: billions of dollars Total 1,233.1 1,235.5 1,240.5 1,247.4 1,251.9 1,254.3 1,263.7 1,269.8 1,277.4 1,285.3 1,297.2 1,301.1 1,308.4 Automobile 413.4 415.3 416.7 419.8 421.2 422.6 425.5 428.1 432.2 435.0 437.0 441.3 447.2 Revolving 531.1 533.0 535.3 539.4 541.8 541.2 545.3 543.6 548.7 552.5 557.1 556.4 558.6 Other 3 288.6 287.1 288.4 288.2 288.8 290.5 292.8 298.1 296.4 297.9 303.1 303.4 302.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. n.a. 8.87 n.a. n.a. 8.69 n.a. n.a. 8.71 n.a. n.a. 8.62 n.a. 24-mo. personal n.a. n.a. 14.01 n.a. n.a. 13.76 n.a. n.a. 13.45 n.a. n.a. 13.75 n.a. Credit card plan All accounts n.a. n.a. 15.65 n.a. n.a. 15.67 n.a. n.a. 15.83 n.a. n.a. 15.69 n.a. Accounts assessed interest n.a. n.a. 15.33 n.a. n.a. 15.62 n.a. n.a. 15.85 n.a. n.a. 15.72 n.a. New car loans at auto finance companies Interest rates 5.93 6.12 6.98 6.47 6.20 6.07 6.02 6.23 6.00 5.92 6.33 6.79 6.43 Maturity (months) 53.5 52.8 52.6 51.5 50.7 50.8 50.9 51.7 53.0 53.1 53.1 52.8 52.2 Loan-to-value ratio 92 92 92 92 91 93 91 92 93 93 92 91 91 Amount financed (dollars) 19,121 18,944 18,825 18,932 18,922 18,793 18,878 19,084 19,068 19,028 19,199 19,590 19,734 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 1998 _______ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. r Dec. p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,264.1 1,244.0 1,234.2 1,236.1 1,241.2 1,243.2 1,256.9 1,263.0 1,277.6 1,288.4 1,299.8 1,309.0 1,340.9 Major holders Commercial banks 512.6 499.3 492.5 492.2 500.2 497.4 491.5 491.5 498.2 497.9 502.0 500.4 513.6 Finance companies 160.0 159.5 155.7 156.5 154.3 153.6 154.3 156.4 160.2 160.1 166.9 168.3 172.4 Credit unions 152.4 151.5 150.8 150.7 151.1 152.2 152.4 153.7 154.1 155.2 156.0 156.5 157.1 Savings institutions 47.2 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.5 47.9 48.3 49.0 49.6 50.3 51.0 51.6 52.3 Nonfinancial business 78.9 75.4 72.8 72.7 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.5 66.0 65.6 65.9 66.6 74.9 Pools of securitized assets 5 313.1 311.1 315.3 316.8 323.1 326.9 345.1 346.9 349.4 359.4 358.0 365.6 370.7 Major types of credit 6 Automobile 417.0 413.5 412.1 415.5 416.0 418.2 425.2 429.7 434.9 439.0 442.3 445.5 451.1 Commercial banks 155.3 154.4 152.7 153.9 151.3 151.7 150.9 153.2 155.5 156.3 156.8 157.1 157.9 Finance companies 87.0 87.4 84.7 86.8 90.6 89.6 89.9 91.7 95.3 96.2 97.6 99.0 103.1 Pools of securitized assets 5 65.0 63.1 66.0 65.1 63.7 66.0 71.6 72.5 70.8 72.1 71.8 72.6 73.0 Revolving 555.9 541.5 535.3 534.1 535.6 535.6 539.6 537.3 545.6 549.8 555.5 559.1 584.5 Commercial banks 219.8 208.8 204.6 201.3 209.2 207.3 200.9 197.6 200.4 197.6 199.2 195.4 207.8 Finance companies 38.6 37.6 36.9 36.6 30.4 30.5 29.9 29.6 30.2 29.3 34.6 34.7 36.0 Nonfinancial business 45.0 42.7 41.0 41.2 33.5 33.4 33.5 33.8 34.0 33.7 33.8 33.8 39.2 Pools of securitized assets 5 221.5 221.8 223.4 226.2 233.7 235.3 245.6 246.6 251.2 259.3 258.1 265.3 270.6 Other 291.3 288.9 286.8 286.5 289.7 289.4 292.1 295.9 297.1 299.6 302.1 304.5 305.3 Commercial banks 137.5 136.2 135.2 137.0 139.8 138.4 139.7 140.7 142.3 144.0 146.0 147.9 147.8 Finance companies 34.4 34.5 34.1 33.0 33.4 33.5 34.4 35.0 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.6 33.2 Nonfinancial business 34.0 32.7 31.8 31.5 31.6 31.8 31.7 31.7 32.0 31.8 32.2 32.8 35.7 Pools of securitized assets 5 26.6 26.3 26.0 25.6 25.6 25.5 27.9 27.8 27.5 27.9 28.1 27.7 27.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.