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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
•f^TREV?
For immediate r e l e a s e
July 15, 1985

G.19
CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT

Consumer installment credit outstanding rose by $9.0 b i l l i o n in May,
seasonally adjusted, a b i t more than the $8.3 b i l l i o n April gain. The annual rate of
growth in May was 22.4 percent, up from the 20.8 percent rate in April and the
21.8 percent f i r s t quarter pace.
Automobile credit increased $3.8 b i l l i o n , on a s e a s o n a l l y adjusted b a s i s , i n
May, up s l i g h t l y from the $3.5 b i l l i o n advance in April. Growth in revolving credit was
$2.4 b i l l i o n in May, following a $2.1 b i l l i o n gain in April. The increase in the other
two c r e d i t c a t e g o r i e s , combined, was s l i g h t l y larger in May than during the preceding
month.
Net Change i n
Amount Outstanding

Annual Rate of Growth
(percent)

1985

1985

FLOWS OF CREDIT
M i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s
( s e a s o n a l l y adjusted)

May

Apr.

Mar.

Total
Automobile
Revolving
Mobile home
Other 1/

9,042
3,792
2,429
186
2,635

8,269
3,488
2,126
218
2,437

8,342
3,391
2,631
-11
2,331

May

Apr.

Mar.

22.4
24.5
28.0
9.0
18.5

20.8
23.0
25.0
10.6
17.4

21.4
22.8
31.8
-0.5
16.9

1984

1985
TERMS OF CREDIT
(not seasonally adj usted)

Interest rates 2 /
Commercial banks 3 /
48-mo. new-car loan
24-mo. personal loan
120-mo. mobile home loan
Credit card plan
Auto finance companies 4/
New-car loan
Used-car loan
Other terms at
auto finance companies
Maturity (months)
New-car loan

Used-car loan
Loan-to-value r a t i o (%)
New-car loan
Used-car loan
Amount financed
New-car loan
Used-car loan




May

Apr.

Mar.

Feb.

May

13.16
16.09
15.03
18.64

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

13.37
16.21
15.42
18.85

13.53
16.35
15.54
18.71

11.87
17.84

11.92
17.78

12.65
17.78

13.78
17.91

14.17
17.60

50.9
41.4

51.5
41.3

52.2
41.3

51.4
41.1

47.7
39.7

91
94

91
93

91
93

90
93

88
92

9,775
6,117

9,305
6,043

9,232
5,976

9,196
5,968

9,262
5,675

4/

($)

FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release
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AUG
For immediate release
August 15, 1985

G.19

1 CONSUMER INSTALLMENT CREDIT
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Consumer installment credit outstanding expanded by $6.8 billion in June,
The annual rate of growth
seasonally adjusted, down from the $9.0 billion May increase.
in June was 16.5 percent, off from the 22.4 percent May pace. During the second quarter,
outstanding installment credit expanded at a 20.2 percent annual rate, as compared with
21.8 percent in the first quarter and 20.0 percent for 1984 as a whole.

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Automobile credit increased $3.8 billion, seasonally adjusted, in June, about
the same as in May. The $2.7 billion June rise in "other" credit was slightly above the
May gain.
Revolving credit was virtually unchanged on a seasonally adjusted basis in
June, and there was a small gain in mobile home loans outstanding.

Net Change in
Amount Outstanding
FLOWS OF CREDIT
Millions of dollars
(seasonallly adjusted)

Total
Automobile
Revolving
Mobile home
Other 1/

Annual Rate of Growth
(percent)

1985

1985

June

6,786
3,832

69
199
2,686

May

April

June

May

9,042
3,792
2,429

8,270
3,488
2,126

16, 5
24 .
3
0.8
9,5
18, 6

22, 4
24 .5
28 0
9,
.0
18,,5

186

218

2,635

2,438

1985
TERMS OF CREDIT
(not seasonally adjusted)
Interest rates 2/
Commercial banks 3/
48-mo. new-car loan
24-mo. personal loan
120-mo. mobile home loan
Credit card plan
Auto finance companies 4/
New-car loan
Used-car loan
Other terms at
auto finance companies 4/
Maturity (months)
New-car loan
Used-car loan
Loan-to-value ratio (%)
New-car loan
Used-car loan
Amount financed ($)
New-car loan
Used-car loan




June

May

April

20.8
23.0
25.0
10.6
17.4

1984
April

March

June

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

13.16
16.09
15.03
18.74

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

n • a.
n .a.
n • a.
n • a.

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

12.06
17.77

11.87
17.84

11.92
17.78

12 .65
17 .78

14.33
17.64

51.3
41.3

50.9
41.4

51.5
41.3

52.2
41.3

48.2
39.8

91
94

91
94

91
93

91
93

88
92

9,965
6,116

9,775
6,117

9,305
6,043

9,232
5,976

9,311
5,774