Beginning with the release in early July, the G.19 will no longer provide separate estimates for the automobile and "other" categories. Instead, these two categories will be combined into a single category called nonrevolving credit. This change is being made because we believe that the split between the two categories has become unreliable, owing to shifts in the composition of our monthly commercial bank panel and the lack of suitable benchmarks for the commercial bank automobile and "other" credit series. G.19 CONSUMER CREDIT For release at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) 1 April 1999 June 7, 1999 Consumer credit growth slowed further in April, to a 3-1/2 percent annual rate. In April, automobile and "other" credit growth continued to slow, while revolving credit picked up. CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1 Seasonally adjusted --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 1999 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. r Feb. r Mar. r Apr. p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent change at annual rate 2 Total 4.3 2.3 9.0 5.4 6.6 6.9 10.6 1.6 2.4 15.3 9.1 4.6 3.4 Automobile 4.1 4.0 8.2 8.0 12.1 8.1 6.1 12.6 12.4 20.7 14.8 13.9 5.8 Revolving 5.4 -1.4 9.2 -4.2 10.7 7.5 13.0 -2.4 8.6 11.6 3.4 -1.0 6.8 Other 3 2.3 6.9 9.6 19.6 -8.9 4.2 12.7 -7.2 -24.1 14.1 11.2 0.8 -7.0 Amount: billions of dollars Total 1,251.8 1,254.2 1,263.5 1,269.2 1,276.2 1,283.6 1,294.9 1,296.6 1,299.2 1,315.8 1,325.7 1,330.8 1,334.5 Automobile 421.2 422.6 425.5 428.3 432.7 435.6 437.8 442.4 447.0 454.7 460.3 465.7 467.9 Revolving 541.8 541.2 545.3 543.4 548.3 551.7 557.6 556.5 560.5 565.9 567.5 567.1 570.3 Other 3 288.7 290.4 292.7 297.5 295.3 296.3 299.5 297.7 291.7 295.1 297.9 298.0 296.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 8.69 n.a. n.a. 8.71 n.a. n.a. 8.62 n.a. n.a. 8.34 n.a. n.a. 24-mo. personal n.a. 13.76 n.a. n.a. 13.45 n.a. n.a. 13.75 n.a. n.a. 13.41 n.a. n.a. Credit card plan All accounts n.a. 15.67 n.a. n.a. 15.83 n.a. n.a. 15.69 n.a. n.a. 15.41 n.a. n.a. Accounts assessed interest n.a. 15.62 n.a. n.a. 15.85 n.a. n.a. 15.54 n.a. n.a. 14.73 n.a. n.a. New car loans at auto finance companies Interest rates 6.20 6.07 6.02 6.23 6.00 5.92 6.33 6.79 6.43 6.22 6.43 6.31 6.52 Maturity (months) 50.7 50.8 50.9 51.7 53.0 53.1 53.1 52.8 52.2 52.1 53.4 53.0 52.8 Loan-to-value ratio 91 93 91 92 93 93 92 91 91 92 92 91 92 Amount financed (dollars) 18,922 18,793 18,878 19,084 19,068 19,028 19,199 19,590 19,734 19,628 19,304 19,339 19,435 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 1999 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. r Feb. r Mar. r Apr. p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,241.1 1,243.1 1,256.8 1,262.4 1,276.4 1,286.6 1,297.6 1,304.5 1,331.7 1,324.5 1,318.9 1,318.6 1,323.1 Major holders Commercial banks 500.1 497.3 491.4 491.4 498.2 497.9 502.1 498.8 508.9 508.6 500.4 494.0 495.6 Finance companies 154.3 153.6 154.3 156.1 159.6 159.1 165.6 166.6 168.5 167.0 169.0 167.8 170.3 Credit unions 151.1 152.2 152.4 153.5 153.6 154.3 155.0 155.2 155.4 155.7 155.2 155.1 157.5 Savings institutions 47.5 47.9 48.3 49.0 49.6 50.3 51.0 51.6 51.6 52.3 53.0 53.6 54.3 Nonfinancial business 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.5 66.0 65.5 66.0 66.6 74.9 70.9 67.9 67.1 67.1 Pools of securitized assets 5 323.1 326.9 345.1 346.9 349.4 359.4 358.0 365.6 372.4 370.0 373.3 380.9 378.3 Major types of credit 6 Automobile 416.0 418.2 425.2 429.9 435.4 439.6 443.1 446.6 451.0 452.8 455.2 460.9 462.1 Commercial banks 151.3 151.7 150.9 153.2 155.5 156.3 156.8 157.1 158.1 160.3 159.9 160.2 160.8 Finance companies 90.6 89.6 89.9 91.7 95.3 96.2 97.6 99.0 103.1 102.8 105.0 104.7 106.8 Pools of securitized assets 5 63.7 66.0 71.6 72.5 70.8 72.1 71.8 72.6 73.0 73.2 73.2 77.8 75.0 Revolving 535.6 535.6 539.6 537.2 545.1 549.0 556.0 559.2 586.5 574.9 567.5 561.5 563.8 Commercial banks 209.2 207.3 200.9 197.6 200.4 197.6 200.9 196.9 210.3 204.8 197.6 190.0 191.2 Finance companies 30.4 30.5 29.9 29.4 29.6 28.4 33.3 33.1 32.3 32.1 31.5 31.2 31.5 Nonfinancial business 33.5 33.4 33.5 33.8 34.0 33.7 33.8 33.8 39.2 36.4 34.3 33.8 33.7 Pools of securitized assets 5 233.7 235.3 245.6 246.6 251.2 259.3 258.1 265.3 272.3 269.9 272.4 275.3 276.0 Other 289.6 289.2 292.0 295.2 296.0 298.0 298.5 298.7 294.2 296.8 296.1 296.2 297.2 Commercial banks 139.7 138.3 139.6 140.6 142.2 144.0 144.4 144.8 140.5 143.6 142.9 143.8 143.6 Finance companies 33.4 33.5 34.4 35.0 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.6 33.1 32.1 32.5 32.0 32.0 Nonfinancial business 31.6 31.8 31.7 31.7 32.0 31.8 32.2 32.9 35.7 34.5 33.6 33.4 33.4 Pools of securitized assets 5 25.6 25.5 27.9 27.8 27.5 27.9 28.1 27.7 27.1 26.8 27.7 27.8 27.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.