G19: Upcoming changes to the Consumer Credit (G.19) release

Published on September 16, 2013

Starting with October 7, 2013, the G.19 statistical release will incorporate student loan debt held by an additional category of holders--Nonprofit and Educational Institutions. In addition, consumer credit held by the federal government will be revised back to January 2006 as a result of changes in source data. Total consumer credit outstanding, flows, and growth rates will be revised accordingly. Moreover, two memo items will be added to the release, providing quarterly outstanding and flows data for student and auto loans. Details about the revisions will be included in technical documentation to be released with the G.19 on October 7.

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