H8: Notice to Users of the H.8 Release -- Forthcoming H.8 Benchmark and H.8 Series Additions

Effective with the forthcoming release dated September 27, 2024, with data as of September 18, 2024, data on the H.8 release will be benchmarked through the June 2024 Call Report. Data on the current release are benchmarked through the March 2024 Call Report. The release will also incorporate revisions to underlying data. Also effective with the forthcoming release, historical data between July 1, 2009, and March 30, 2022 will be adjusted to align with a previous reporting change. As of April 6, 2022, U.S. agencies and branches of foreign banks no longer reported consumer loans separately on the H.8 release, but included them in all other loans and leases, all loans not elsewhere classified, consistent with FFIEC 002 Call Report treatment of these loans. The forthcoming historical data adjustments will be accompanied by minor series name changes for two items: consumer loans, other consumer loans, all other consumer loans; and all other loans and leases, all loans not elsewhere classified. In addition, the Data Download Program will contain previously-unpublished monthly, quarterly, and annual growth rates for the following line items: real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, construction and land development loans; real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, secured by farmland; real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, secured by multifamily properties; real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, secured by nonfarm nonresidential properties; consumer loans, other consumer loans, automobile loans; consumer loans, other consumer loans, all other consumer loans; all other loans and leases, loans to nondepository financial institutions; all other loans and leases, all loans not elsewhere classified.