Household Balance Sheets: 1Q20
The first quarter of 2020’s Financial Accounts of the United States, the Federal Reserve’s flow of funds data, show the aggregate values of households’ assets and liabilities in the nation. Households’...
View ArticleTotal Consumer Credit in May Decreases
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through May 2020. In May, consumer credit decreased at a seasonally...
View ArticleNonrevolving Debt Fuels June Consumer Credit
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through June 2020. In June, consumer credit increased at a seasonally...
View ArticleQ2 2020 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
The Federal Reserve’s latest release of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks’ lending practices and households and businesses’ demand for various classes of loans as of the second quarter...
View ArticleOpen-Ended Credit Slowly Recovers in July
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through July 2020. Consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted...
View ArticleConsumer Credit Decreases in August
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through August 2020. In August, consumer credit decreased at a...
View ArticleOpen-Ended Credit Rebounds in Third Quarter
The Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit Report shows trends in consumer credit, excluding loans secured by real estate, through September 2020. In the third quarter of 2020, consumer credit...
View ArticleSenior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Q3 2020
The Federal Reserve’s latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addresses changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households. The...
View ArticleHousehold Balance Sheets: Q3 2020
The Federal Reserve’s latest release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States shows the flows into and out of households and non-profit organizations as of the third quarter of 2020. As of...
View ArticleSenior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Q4 2020
The most recent edition of the Federal Reserve Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Practices addresses changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and...
View ArticleLittle Change for Total Consumer Credit in 2020
As with most things in 2020, consumer credit’s trajectory of growth was upended by the COVID-19-induced economic recession. Revolving credit, of which credit card debt is a major component, shrank by...
View ArticleRevolving Credit Decreased in January
In January 2020, consumer credit decreased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate by 0.4% from the previous month, with revolving debt1 decreasing by 12.2% and nonrevolving debt2 increasing by 3.2%....
View ArticleRevolving Credit Rises in the First Quarter
In the first quarter of 2021, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate by 5.1%, with revolving debt1 increasing by 2.4% and nonrevolving debt2 increasing by 5.9%. Consumer credit...
View ArticleReal Estate Market Values Spike in the Second Quarter
The latest Federal Reserve Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States, i.e., the “Flow of Funds”, show that in the second quarter of 2021 the aggregate market value of all owner-occupied real estate...
View ArticleResidential Real Estate Credit Standards Ease Slightly in Third Quarter
The latest results of the Federal Reserve’s Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (SLOOS), lending standards and demand for residential real estate (RRE) loans both eased...
View ArticleConsumer Credit Increases in First Quarter
In the first quarter of 2022, non-real estate secured consumer credit, per the Federal Reserve’s latest G.19 Consumer Credit report, grew at a seasonal adjusted annual rate of 9.7%, with revolving debt...
View ArticleHousehold Balance Sheets in the First Quarter
The latest results from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States, i.e., the Flow of Funds, show that in the first quarter of 2022, the aggregate market value of all...
View ArticleBanks Report Unchanged Home Lending Standards
In the second quarter iteration of the Federal Reserve Board’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) on Bank Lending Practices, banks reported largely unchanged lending standards across all...
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