revolving credit

Consumer Credit Increases By $19.3 Billion

The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report for September 2016 shows a 6.3% annualized monthly increase in consumer credit, and 7.0% for the entire third quarter.  Revolving credit increased 5.2% for the month as well as Q3,.  Non-revolving credit increased 7.4% for September and 7.6% for Q3.  Consumer credit matters due to personal consumption being the driving force in economic growth.

 

Consumer Credit Rises 5.4% on Student Loans Again for August 2013

The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report for August 2013 shows a 5.4% annualized monthly increase in consumer credit, driven by student loans.  Once again student loans increased, while credit card debt declined.   Revolving credit declined by -1.2%, and non-revolving credit jumped another 8.0%.  This is the third month in a row revolving credit has declined.

Consumer Credit Report Shows Credit Card Use Down for July 2013

The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report for July 2013 shows a 4.4% annualized monthly increase in consumer credit, driven by auto loans.  Once again student loans increased, while credit card debt declined.   Revolving credit declined by -2.6%, and non-revolving credit jumped another 7.4%.  June showed consumer credit increasing by a 5.1% annualized rate.

Consumer Credit 7.0% Increase Driven By Student Loans for November 2012

The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report for November 2012 shows a 7.0% annualized monthly increase in consumer credit, once again driven by student loans. Revolving credit increased by 1.1%, and non-revolving credit jumped another 9.6%. October showed consumer credit increasing by a 6.2% annualized rate.

 

Consumer Credit Increases 5.0% on Student Debt for September 2012

The Federal Reserve's consumer credit report for September 2012 shows a 5.0% annualized monthly increase in consumer credit, once again driven by student loans. Revolving credit declined, -4.1%, and non-revolving credit increased 9.2 %. For Q3, consumer credit increased 4.0% annualized, with revolving credit declining -1.5% and non-revolving increasing 6.5% for the third quarter.

 

The Great Consumer Credit Squeeze

Banks are busy putting the screws to the middle class once again, this time in the form of reduced credit. The Wall Street Journal reports Residential Loans, refinance of mortgages and home equity loans are being subject to absurd credit requirements.

Are the banks going to investigate if you chewed gum and if so, deny you a loan for it next?

Recently, Mr. Berg arranged a refinancing for a borrower with a very high credit score and lots of home equity and debt payments totaling just 19% of pretax income. But Mr. Berg said the lender was worried about a credit report showing a $14 missed payment to a credit-card company in 2001. The lender insisted on proof the money had been paid, which Mr. Berg said was impossible to get.

"Who cares?" he said. "It's nine years ago, and it's $14." He appeased the lender by having the borrower write a $14 check, though no one knew where to send it.

Pete Ogilvie, a mortgage broker in Santa Cruz, Calif., hasn't found a bank that will refinance a $250,000 loan on a $1 million property for a borrower with more than $200,000 a year in income and a high credit score. Banks balked because the borrower, a technology executive, was out of work for nearly a year starting in 2008.

Report Says Banks to Slash Credit Card Limits by $2 Trillion

No more charge it now when you don't got it?

Credit card companies may slash credit limits on credit cards by $2 trillion dollars.

Whitney, an analyst and managing director at Oppenheimer & Co. who predicted the current financial-services industry meltdown, now says credit-card issuers will eliminate more than $2 trillion in available credit over the next 18 months.

I'm not sure if they can lower credit limits when one has already used it, but for all of those who are losing their jobs and probably credit cards will be the last option, this is not good news.