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Release Date: April 06, 2001

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G.19                                                        CONSUMER CREDIT                        For release at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time)
1                                                            February 2001                                                April 6, 2001

Consumer credit grew at a 10-1/2 percent annual rate in February, down from a 12-1/2 percent increase in January.
Revolving credit growth picked up in February while nonrevolving credit growth slowed.

 

CONSUMER CREDIT OUTSTANDING 1
Seasonally adjusted
            1999 2000 2001
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 r Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 r Dec r Jan r Feb p
Percent change at annual rate 2,3 
  Total                            7.9      4.4      5.4      7.1      9.5      8.0     10.2      9.4      8.2      8.9      5.7     12.5     10.5 
   Revolving                      12.7      6.4      5.5      6.3     10.9      7.7     13.3     12.5      9.2      6.9      5.0     11.6     19.9 
   Nonrevolving 4                  4.7      3.0      5.3      7.8      8.5      8.3      7.9      7.1      7.5     10.4      6.3     13.2      3.3 
                           
Amount: billions of dollars       
  Total                         1182.6   1234.5   1301.0   1393.7   1534.0   1393.7   1429.2   1462.8   1492.9   1534.0   1534.0   1550.0   1563.5 
   Revolving                     499.4    531.2    560.5    595.6    663.4    595.6    615.5    634.7    649.3    663.4    663.4    669.8    680.9 
   Nonrevolving 4                683.1    703.3    740.5    798.0    870.6    798.0    813.7    828.2    843.6    870.6    870.6    880.2    882.6 
              
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                 9.05     9.02     8.72     8.44     9.34     8.66     8.88     9.21     9.62     9.63      n.a.     n.a.    9.17 
   24-mo. personal             
        Credit card plan       
 13.54    13.90    13.74    13.39    13.90    13.52    13.76    13.88    13.85    14.12      n.a.     n.a.   13.71 
    All accounts                 15.63    15.77    15.71    15.21    15.71    15.13    15.47    15.39    15.98    15.99      n.a.     n.a.   15.66 
    Accounts assessed interest   15.50    15.57    15.59    14.81    14.91    14.77    14.32    14.74    15.35    15.23      n.a.     n.a.   14.61 
                
New car loans at auto finance companies                                                                                 
  Interest Rates                  9.84     7.12     6.30     6.66     6.61     7.27     7.09     6.43     7.06     5.87     7.45     7.29     7.28 
  Maturity (months)               51.6     54.1     52.1     52.7     54.9     53.5     52.9     54.3     55.7     56.7     55.2     54.3     55.2 
  Loan-to-Value Ratio               91       92       92       92       92       91       92       93       91       92       91       90       90 
  Amount financed (dollars)     16,987   18,077   19,083   19,880   20,923   20,517   20,368   20,504   20,694   22,126   21,867   21,315   21,173 
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
 

            1999 2000 2001
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 r Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 r Dec r Jan r Feb p
Total                              1211.6   1264.1   1331.7   1426.2   1569.0   1426.2   1416.0   1454.0   1495.6   1569.0   1569.0   1561.9   1558.7 
                                                           
Major holders                                              
Total                              1211.6   1264.1   1331.7   1426.2   1569.0   1426.2   1416.0   1454.0   1495.6   1569.0   1569.0   1561.9   1558.7 
Commercial banks                    526.8    512.6    508.9    499.8    543.7    499.8    497.1    506.2    521.8    543.7    543.7    540.0    533.3 
Finance companies                   152.4    160.0    168.5    181.6    193.2    181.6    183.7    190.3    197.3    193.2    193.2    188.0    189.6 
Credit unions                       144.1    152.4    155.4    167.9    185.3    167.9    169.2    176.0    181.6    185.3    185.3    185.0    184.4 
Savings institutions                 44.7     47.2     51.6     61.5     64.0     61.5     59.0     61.0     62.5     64.0     64.0     64.0     64.1 
Nonfinancial business                77.7     78.9     74.9     80.3     82.7     80.3     72.9     73.5     72.1     82.7     82.7     77.7     73.0 
Pools of securitized assets 6       265.8    313.1    372.4    435.1    500.1    435.1    434.0    447.0    460.3    500.1    500.1    507.2    514.4 
              
Major types of credit 7                        
Revolving                           522.9    555.9    586.5    623.2    693.2    623.2    609.0    627.9    645.8    693.2    693.2    681.8    681.7 
   Commercial banks                 228.6    219.8    210.3    189.4    218.1    189.4    184.9    194.8    202.4    218.1    218.1    210.4    205.9 
   Finance companies                 32.5     38.6     32.3     33.8     38.3     33.8     31.5     33.1     35.4     38.3     38.3     38.1     39.0 
   Credit unions                     17.8     19.6     19.9     20.6     21.8     20.6     19.7     20.2     20.8     21.8     21.8     21.3     21.0 
   Savings institutions              10.3     11.4     12.5     15.8     16.6     15.8     15.0     15.5     16.3     16.6     16.6     16.8     17.0 
   Nonfinancial business             44.9     45.0     39.2     42.8     42.4     42.8     37.4     37.1     35.8     42.4     42.4     38.9     35.3 
   Pools of securitized assets 6    188.7    221.5    272.3    320.8    356.1    320.8    320.6    327.3    335.1    356.1    356.1    356.4    363.5 
              
Nonrevolving                        688.7    708.2    745.2    802.9    875.8    802.9    806.9    826.1    849.8    875.8    875.8    880.0    877.0 
   Commercial banks                 298.2    292.7    298.6    310.4    325.6    310.4    312.2    311.5    319.4    325.6    325.6    329.5    327.3 
   Finance companies                119.9    121.4    136.2    147.8    154.9    147.8    152.2    157.2    161.9    154.9    154.9    149.9    150.6 
   Credit unions                    126.3    132.8    135.5    147.3    163.5    147.3    149.5    155.9    160.8    163.5    163.5    163.7    163.4 
   Savings institutions              34.4     35.7     39.2     45.7     47.5     45.7     44.0     45.5     46.2     47.5     47.5     47.3     47.1 
   Nonfinancial business             32.8     34.0     35.7     37.5     40.2     37.5     35.5     36.4     36.3     40.2     40.2     38.8     37.7 
   Pools of securitized assets 6     77.1     91.6    100.1    114.2    144.0    114.2    113.5    119.7    125.2    144.0    144.0    150.8    150.9 
1. Covers most short- and intermediate-term credit extended to individuals, excluding loans secured by real estate.
2. The series for consumer credit outstanding and its components may contain breaks that result from discontinuities in source data.
Growth rates are adjusted to exclude the effect of such breaks.
3. Percent changes calculated from unrounded data.
4. Comprises automobile loans and all other loans not included in revolving credit, such as loans for mobile homes, trailers, or
vacations. These loans may be secured or unsecured.
5. 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.
6. Outstanding balances of pools upon which securities have been issued; these balances are no longer carried on the balance sheets of
the loan originators.
7. Includes estimates for holders that do not separately report consumer credit holding by type.
r=revised. p=preliminary.


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