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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for FEDS 2012-24

Changes in Bank Lending Standards and the Macroeconomy

William F. Bassett, Mary Beth Chosak, John C. Driscoll, and Egon Zakrajsek

Figure 1: Diffusion Indexes of Changes in Bank Lending Standards and Loan Demand

Date DI of change in lending standards DI of change in loan demand
1992:Q1 5.94022569791812 12.52973904689180
1992:Q2 5.03382580854586 -1.03627683527608
1992:Q3 2.79640577611965 18.46652284653900
1992:Q4 2.58402470547778 8.26469796943395
1993:Q1 -0.35892364540535 13.60608304905010
1993:Q2 -13.00505049319330 29.95909135763020
1993:Q3 -13.79374039336050 20.83699093155640
1993:Q4 -9.29441976790333 31.73981872653820
1994:Q1 -7.34879471677986 26.36802863508010
1994:Q2 -8.59802881652070 -3.63882156278608
1994:Q3 -11.38425502903450 -2.68342628706466
1994:Q4 -7.01605891791256 -11.22153338927520
1995:Q1 -8.48695177160110 0.67875371127511
1995:Q2 -0.40129951019165 26.38474033101410
1995:Q3 0.76198560127363 7.21908560952344
1995:Q4 5.12870933199796 8.80399647782151
1996:Q1 3.55477944794879 12.97550644415930
1996:Q2 15.39913593410150 0.16213598122836
1996:Q3 17.59168166588950 -3.57357327162847
1996:Q4 5.15686454586110 1.78832586127157
1997:Q1 4.24196628553976 -1.31569243714539
1997:Q2 1.41739241607972 21.78478929696310
1997:Q3 0.37422130105454 19.60725455093900
1997:Q4 2.79594978852206 36.56306889119810
1998:Q1 -4.32582008351874 38.88758191262990
1998:Q2 5.85646751039846 18.07289487978050
1998:Q3 29.19372599748590 22.98517087159560
1998:Q4 7.04396003067053 4.37517363043327
1999:Q1 4.94292136415483 0.30724011181157
1999:Q2 3.13883417747945 -10.44538223523540
1999:Q3 3.51437455347492 -21.64940421878270
1999:Q4 5.29724136423511 -14.15532065152920
2000:Q1 7.49759303607040 -13.57478298967020
2000:Q2 17.91669457500350 -8.10935045635536
2000:Q3 30.14587295515710 -24.22862161097240
2000:Q4 43.60235388148220 -44.62082935760060
2001:Q1* 32.92018290542090 -3.55489381024409
2001:Q2* 26.54749549081860 -21.42664290381640
2001:Q3* 40.43040665787160 -31.89308037734180
2001:Q4* 31.47789409107890 -15.33733371321500
2002:Q1 17.70880093598850 -9.49572534466299
2002:Q2 18.62396695649830 -18.75592353946100
2002:Q3 17.06196010974270 -11.53720939317470
2002:Q4 19.75604030574380 -3.70519717608007
2003:Q1 8.96739827812259 -8.85761619911875
2003:Q2 0.83810982571769 10.69905833851800
2003:Q3 -3.31983446597165 -7.57013679800856
2003:Q4 -9.82770468902396 -11.43643731651510
2004:Q1 -13.52409115025380 2.23349527557381
2004:Q2 -15.30065369132640 12.17439664680190
2004:Q3 -15.07709366479030 11.86260504683170
2004:Q4 -19.29433335361070 -4.29931303228306
2005:Q1 -16.72919830789870 8.11951931768732
2005:Q2 -11.48119189429260 29.39341035238200
2005:Q3 -8.49610267826892 5.86471375092851
2005:Q4 -2.60539987592361 -9.99479052592512
2006:Q1 -14.36891404745480 -16.75533668377550
2006:Q2 -16.26294869283770 -33.70738885052740
2006:Q3 0.45296512374833 -32.33287280837300
2006:Q4 7.80844096636549 -8.27978902980702
2007:Q1 5.07293937470790 -16.48037772859860
2007:Q2 20.27972023218490 -5.93052447447612
2007:Q3 53.38442212387630 -48.32371290412800
2007:Q4* 62.89663423123590 -41.11789572268260
2008:Q1* 77.02550810589710 -29.10253909951910
2008:Q2* 83.29136247709880 -22.38575843770410
2008:Q3* 87.28086773130011 -55.46961431269650
2008:Q4* 72.77320533595680 -54.22776654099680
2009:Q1* 53.60898684800680 -25.75008777953230
2009:Q2* 40.38862375290800 -32.46090592704730
2009:Q3 31.46395351379090 -18.77137397541520
2009:Q4 3.09929379296441 -20.38457579025890
2010:Q1 -10.68432974087810 -12.82689435160580
2010:Q2 -11.29331279503970 -13.27216610223460
2010:Q3 -4.42084849933012 3.76363477545468
2010:Q4 -11.31570666269190 1.55581275490654
2011:Q1 -24.25258214578000 3.25386394368462
2011:Q2 -22.74449707279680 8.75300007744206
2011:Q3 -6.49142703532666 6.29615142421161

* NBER defined recession period.

Figure 2a: Reasons for Tightening or Easing Standards on C&I Loans. Upper Left Panel: Economic Outlook

Date Not important reason for tightening Somewhat important reason for tightening Very important reason for tightening Not important reason for easing Somewhat important reason for easing Very important reason for easing
2000:Q1 6 26 5 6 0 0
2000:Q2 4 27 7 3 1 0
2000:Q3 3 31 9 5 1 0
2000:Q4 2 22 19 1 1 0
2001:Q1 0 20 22 3 0 0
2001:Q2 2 25 16 1 1 1
2001:Q3 0 16 27 0 1 0
2001:Q4 1 21 16 2 0 0
2002:Q1 8 18 3 2 0 0
2002:Q2 5 22 7 3 2 0
2002:Q3 6 20 7 4 0 0
2002:Q4 4 24 4 2 2 0
2003:Q1 1 25 4 9 1 0
2003:Q2 9 15 2 8 5 1
2003:Q3 3 13 0 5 13 1
2003:Q4 8 4 1 6 15 4
2004:Q1 5 4 0 10 19 0
2004:Q2 5 4 0 7 16 2
2004:Q3 6 1 1 9 17 5
2004:Q4 3 5 0 9 15 2
2005:Q1 2 3 0 17 15 4
2005:Q2 4 2 0 16 16 1
2005:Q3 8 2 3 25 7 1
2005:Q4 7 3 2 22 7 1
2006:Q1 2 6 0 31 5 1
2006:Q2 5 4 2 19 6 1
2006:Q3 4 7 2 19 6 0
2006:Q4 5 6 2 22 7 0
2007:Q1 9 4 1 26 2 0
2007:Q2 6 10 0 23 2 1
2007:Q3 4 17 6 2 1 1
2007:Q4 3 23 13 4 5 0
2008:Q1 3 20 23 1 0 1
2008:Q2 1 19 22 0 0 0
2008:Q3 1 18 34 0 0 0
2008:Q4 0 14 35 0 0 0
2009:Q1 1 22 21 1 0 0
2009:Q2 1 18 19 2 2 0
2009:Q3 8 13 10 1 3 2
2009:Q4 3 14 2 6 7 2
2010:Q1 3 10 3 6 10 2
2010:Q2 2 7 4 15 14 3
2010:Q3 1 3 5 11 16 0
2010:Q4 3 8 1 6 22 2
2011:Q1 1 4 0 19 15 2
2011:Q2 1 5 0 23 14 1
2011:Q3 0 4 5 20 6 0

Figure 2b: Reasons for Tightening or Easing Standards on C&I Loans. Upper Left Panel: Risk Tolerance

Date Not important reason for tightening Somewhat important reason for tightening Very important reason for tightening Not important reason for easing Somewhat important reason for easing Very important reason for easing
2000:Q1 11 21 5 5 1 0
2000:Q2 8 27 3 4 0 0
2000:Q3 14 20 9 4 2 0
2000:Q4 11 19 13 2 0 0
2001:Q1 9 23 10 3 0 0
2001:Q2 12 26 5 2 1 0
2001:Q3 14 26 3 1 0 0
2001:Q4 9 25 4 2 0 0
2002:Q1 7 20 2 2 0 0
2002:Q2 8 26 0 3 2 0
2002:Q3 9 22 2 4 0 0
2002:Q4 12 14 6 3 1 0
2003:Q1 8 17 5 8 2 0
2003:Q2 6 17 3 11 2 1
2003:Q3 5 7 4 13 5 1
2003:Q4 5 6 2 14 11 0
2004:Q1 5 3 1 16 12 1
2004:Q2 4 2 3 15 10 0
2004:Q3 4 2 2 17 13 0
2004:Q4 3 4 1 11 15 1
2005:Q1 3 3 0 19 16 1
2005:Q2 5 1 0 16 15 2
2005:Q3 9 3 1 16 17 0
2005:Q4 6 4 2 18 12 1
2006:Q1 3 5 0 23 13 1
2006:Q2 5 5 1 19 6 1
2006:Q3 6 6 1 20 5 0
2006:Q4 6 5 2 24 5 0
2007:Q1 7 7 0 22 5 1
2007:Q2 8 7 1 20 4 2
2007:Q3 9 15 3 2 1 1
2007:Q4 7 25 6 4 4 1
2008:Q1 10 30 6 2 0 0
2008:Q2 7 23 10 0 0 0
2008:Q3 7 26 20 0 0 0
2008:Q4 7 29 13 0 0 0
2009:Q1 8 28 7 1 0 0
2009:Q2 8 22 7 3 1 0
2009:Q3 7 14 10 5 1 0
2009:Q4 4 10 5 11 4 0
2010:Q1 2 8 6 13 5 0
2010:Q2 5 4 4 26 6 0
2010:Q3 0 3 6 22 5 0
2010:Q4 4 5 3 22 8 0
2011:Q1 0 4 1 29 5 1
2011:Q2 2 3 1 31 7 0
2011:Q3 4 5 0 22 4 0

Figure 2c: Reasons for Tightening or Easing Standards on C&I Loans. Upper Left Panel: Competition from other lenders

Date Not important reason for tightening Somewhat important reason for tightening Very important reason for tightening Not important reason for easing Somewhat important reason for easing Very important reason for easing
2000:Q1 34 3 0 2 3 1
2000:Q2 33 5 0 1 2 1
2000:Q3 31 12 0 1 3 2
2000:Q4 31 9 3 0 1 1
2001:Q1 34 7 1 0 1 2
2001:Q2 26 15 2 3 0 0
2001:Q3 33 9 1 0 0 1
2001:Q4 28 8 2 1 0 1
2002:Q1 22 7 0 1 1 0
2002:Q2 25 9 0 2 1 2
2002:Q3 26 7 0 3 0 1
2002:Q4 26 6 0 1 1 2
2003:Q1 24 5 1 0 5 5
2003:Q2 22 4 0 1 6 7
2003:Q3 12 4 0 4 7 8
2003:Q4 12 1 0 5 11 9
2004:Q1 9 0 0 6 13 10
2004:Q2 9 0 0 2 8 15
2004:Q3 7 0 0 3 11 18
2004:Q4 7 1 0 3 8 16
2005:Q1 4 1 0 0 7 30
2005:Q2 5 1 0 2 8 23
2005:Q3 12 0 0 1 7 27
2005:Q4 9 2 1 1 12 18
2006:Q1 8 0 0 1 11 27
2006:Q2 9 2 0 2 7 21
2006:Q3 10 2 1 0 6 19
2006:Q4 8 4 1 2 6 21
2007:Q1 12 0 2 4 6 18
2007:Q2 14 1 1 2 4 20
2007:Q3 15 8 4 0 2 2
2007:Q4 24 13 1 4 1 4
2008:Q1 25 19 2 2 0 0
2008:Q2 22 13 5 0 0 0
2008:Q3 27 21 5 0 0 0
2008:Q4 22 22 5 0 0 0
2009:Q1 24 13 6 1 0 0
2009:Q2 23 13 1 0 4 0
2009:Q3 18 11 2 0 4 2
2009:Q4 15 4 0 3 8 4
2010:Q1 13 3 0 2 8 8
2010:Q2 12 1 0 2 10 20
2010:Q3 7 2 0 2 11 14
2010:Q4 9 3 0 2 14 14
2011:Q1 4 1 0 2 16 19
2011:Q2 4 2 0 3 13 24
2011:Q3 6 3 0 1 11 14

Figure 2d: Reasons for Tightening or Easing Standards on C&I Loans. Upper Left Panel: Capital Position

Date Not important reason for tightening Somewhat important reason for tightening Very important reason for tightening Not important reason for easing Somewhat important reason for easing Very important reason for easing
2000:Q1 32 4 0 4 0 1
2000:Q2 35 3 0 4 0 0
2000:Q3 35 7 0 6 0 0
2000:Q4 39 2 2 2 0 0
2001:Q1 33 7 2 3 0 0
2001:Q2 38 4 1 3 0 0
2001:Q3 39 4 0 0 1 0
2001:Q4 37 1 0 2 0 0
2002:Q1 29 0 0 2 0 0
2002:Q2 30 4 0 5 0 0
2002:Q3 31 2 0 4 0 0
2002:Q4 29 3 0 4 0 0
2003:Q1 27 2 1 10 0 0
2003:Q2 25 1 0 11 2 1
2003:Q3 16 0 0 17 2 0
2003:Q4 13 0 0 23 2 0
2004:Q1 7 1 1 25 4 0
2004:Q2 8 1 0 20 5 0
2004:Q3 7 1 0 25 3 2
2004:Q4 7 1 0 20 7 0
2005:Q1 5 0 0 30 5 1
2005:Q2 5 1 0 28 4 1
2005:Q3 12 0 0 29 3 0
2005:Q4 11 0 1 28 1 1
2006:Q1 8 0 0 37 0 0
2006:Q2 11 0 0 23 3 0
2006:Q3 12 0 1 24 1 0
2006:Q4 9 3 1 27 1 1
2007:Q1 14 0 0 27 1 0
2007:Q2 15 1 0 25 1 0
2007:Q3 22 4 1 2 1 1
2007:Q4 29 7 2 5 2 1
2008:Q1 31 10 5 1 1 0
2008:Q2 31 9 2 0 0 0
2008:Q3 32 14 6 0 0 0
2008:Q4 36 11 2 0 0 0
2009:Q1 29 10 4 1 1 0
2009:Q2 24 14 0 2 2 0
2009:Q3 25 5 1 4 2 0
2009:Q4 14 3 2 12 3 0
2010:Q1 12 2 2 16 2 0
2010:Q2 11 2 0 28 3 1
2010:Q3 5 2 2 24 3 0
2010:Q4 9 3 0 26 3 1
2011:Q1 3 2 0 31 5 0
2011:Q2 4 2 0 34 4 0
2011:Q3 8 1 0 22 3 1

Figure 3: Sample vs. Industry Growth of Core Loans

Date Banks in Sample Banking Industry
1992:Q1 -2.671647759675850 -0.331783237325788
1992:Q2 -1.461598969736460 -2.376455294650340
1992:Q3 -1.507714223896170 -0.276365257369121
1992:Q4 -0.820972937272486 -0.184750265005767
1993:Q1 0.724991683175795 1.456990882629760
1993:Q2 3.969654510366140 5.457030623989160
1993:Q3 3.073258550387160 4.433643672648460
1993:Q4 8.476447068845610 9.088529111291750
1994:Q1 4.055080431141460 5.898206510236480
1994:Q2 9.094940896812790 9.047922786170350
1994:Q3 12.275673253812000 11.354521240387299
1994:Q4 9.871687379112700 11.631163267386700
1995:Q1 14.920855536181699 13.985243106873700
1995:Q2 9.050022559051790 10.035448761860099
1995:Q3 6.950954394064420 7.413725961358640
1995:Q4 4.561584480832340 5.768509340489540
1996:Q1 3.369842065093210 4.750164982038620
1996:Q2 1.350371518163460 5.421244914526680
1996:Q3 3.576492232818540 6.602310309756910
1996:Q4 0.983982831847210 5.739589553729670
1997:Q1 1.777461412391970 5.289303677467840
1997:Q2 7.395506479883300 10.992282026193100
1997:Q3 0.494611538842479 6.167388418367670
1997:Q4 3.707688007871460 4.831609318920950
1998:Q1 4.980788838592460 8.001217968118780
1998:Q2 3.672136553014440 5.755351418415460
1998:Q3 6.266338121254950 7.364548060633980
1998:Q4 4.628518706463040 9.136560884812241
1999:Q1 -2.023266954679570 4.271821456132290
1999:Q2 -2.372092434034770 3.459320373409320
1999:Q3 4.955630296690350 9.007970971795441
1999:Q4 17.978265735392402 15.590165247384901
2000:Q1 6.892002914895850 13.526509390534899
2000:Q2 15.368115983008600 13.366187581352200
2000:Q3 5.544298667538150 7.780955524052100
2000:Q4 0.336261594659092 1.437143884234370
2001:Q1* 1.098331041532910 5.204988932095850
2001:Q2* 0.232482754882668 2.148657076127280
2001:Q3* -5.600372036279740 -1.214406105640760
2001:Q4* -0.994924863957807 4.260967042832040
2002:Q1 3.022423890108140 4.012474077625030
2002:Q2 2.350922474712340 5.511520643039810
2002:Q3 11.206875657379101 10.723816941841500
2002:Q4 13.178553853986401 9.995238684233421
2003:Q1 2.736345434827680 5.613983498596670
2003:Q2 7.171087866419690 8.637858192403730
2003:Q3 5.958320628238580 6.410090124981500
2003:Q4 -0.281085277699239 3.167029882301500
2004:Q1 2.832861965034380 8.741037189782849
2004:Q2 10.165831794288000 11.059101095471400
2004:Q3 10.625883010408099 12.819098112386399
2004:Q4 9.244343276452600 11.679392063414200
2005:Q1 10.711653347514000 12.326447477601700
2005:Q2 7.224981795644440 10.813161660718400
2005:Q3 7.880920586143640 10.541137448129801
2005:Q4 7.251730753187290 9.061727586867740
2006:Q1 9.986733474937900 11.382657871006700
2006:Q2 8.236693668619020 9.790532641815640
2006:Q3 6.212404200582460 6.173690077891850
2006:Q4 9.559537397340620 8.954160165808370
2007:Q1 7.768206020601790 7.866032736779710
2007:Q2 14.066865057927000 11.504575673374299
2007:Q3 13.298529760871800 12.648603801194700
2007:Q4* 9.727469907688871 10.212936662966300
2008:Q1* 4.270185516813270 4.661766894588680
2008:Q2* -3.168604818912520 -0.142592363330219
2008:Q3* -2.938381869323640 0.475779291449075
2008:Q4* -4.801650854860530 -4.162228492790700
2009:Q1* -6.375030944226940 -2.739664836965050
2009:Q2* -9.688535464016990 -7.484709402138610
2009:Q3 -16.038442056860099 -12.660639574323200
2009:Q4 -8.036965496911741 -7.174166017994370
2010:Q1 -9.025480229787521 -7.766901268380350
2010:Q2 -7.565392811508610 -5.881860233663840
2010:Q3 -6.172440628480690 -3.011617847123020
2010:Q4 -4.746492306739430 -3.624741319136920
2011:Q1 -6.356495099096990 -4.801398488667750
2011:Q2 -0.288697128263754 0.437437475000038
2011:Q3 1.931952691349440 1.765040470558120

* NBER defined recession period.

Figure 4: Changes in the supply of Bank Loans to Business and Households

Date Credit Shock
1992:Q1 -0.116000860622935
1992:Q2 0.833084378537386
1992:Q3 -0.136180579300339
1992:Q4 0.103856381158506
1993:Q1 0.759797497878902
1993:Q2 -0.941211367944532
1993:Q3 0.199533391225196
1993:Q4 -0.376228403778574
1994:Q1 0.259907038498231
1994:Q2 0.399666914231049
1994:Q3 -0.350694279004915
1994:Q4 -0.118739757889382
1995:Q1 -0.352779339224299
1995:Q2 0.304764815513105
1995:Q3 -0.195165713630797
1995:Q4 0.121641005180874
1996:Q1 -0.854022106617822
1996:Q2 0.814342565706357
1996:Q3 0.489825739965207
1996:Q4 -0.784647665378397
1997:Q1 -0.198143013418626
1997:Q2 -0.370318672283674
1997:Q3 -0.628286743898017
1997:Q4 0.362877808111811
1998:Q1 -0.441211910049641
1998:Q2 0.914103968473556
1998:Q3 0.979000539370514
1998:Q4 -1.61218809730712
1999:Q1 0.046402221121216
1999:Q2 -1.0174217734866
1999:Q3 -0.605657432905305
1999:Q4 -0.554220030486787
2000:Q1 -0.405557100105893
2000:Q2 0.550298455464139
2000:Q3 0.959191350236678
2000:Q4 1.42706863712311
2001:Q1* -0.018705567961072
2001:Q2* -1.38093489946139
2001:Q3* 1.02359064302681
2001:Q4* -1.01014387528805
2002:Q1 0.0785138129936639
2002:Q2 0.557082148088485
2002:Q3 -0.22930671118941
2002:Q4 1.21159397689721
2003:Q1 0.451414839923551
2003:Q2 0.580222377500137
2003:Q3 -0.0476345284963278
2003:Q4 -0.574375194332885
2004:Q1 -0.803984848062588
2004:Q2 -0.728454671973355
2004:Q3 0.190691585702982
2004:Q4 -0.299953597059815
2005:Q1 0.186014901946279
2005:Q2 -0.717881314328383
2005:Q3 0.144859953527501
2005:Q4 -0.170490315442185
2006:Q1 -1.32205102305607
2006:Q2 -1.72789824183049
2006:Q3 -0.234277511199552
2006:Q4 0.267150585088031
2007:Q1 -1.16552112133953
2007:Q2 0.624804131443319
2007:Q3 2.26387804435372
2007:Q4* 2.27105845314844
2008:Q1* 2.03353673630974
2008:Q2* 3.12841545371442
2008:Q3* 2.23796005816114
2008:Q4* -0.545951173394581
2009:Q1* -0.345760924704596
2009:Q2* -0.530846568455565
2009:Q3 2.03218730461262
2009:Q4 -1.95422916068098
2010:Q1 -2.09655027890545
2010:Q2 -0.365773177559794
2010:Q3 0.816288530334113
2010:Q4 -0.615263490525477
2011:Q1 -1.50158848290557
2011:Q2 -1.19254565104797
2011:Q3 0.0141709319667187

* NBER defined recession period.

Figure 5a: Core Loans and Unused Commitments at U.S. Commercial Banks. Panel 1: Core loans outstanding and Unused Commitments

Date Core unused commitments Core loans outstanding
1992:Q1 1.59135221415251 2.28936520775185
1992:Q2 1.6012568137742 2.26434892379667
1992:Q3 1.63652403127935 2.2568610939302
1992:Q4 1.65562733157577 2.24548637723851
1993:Q1 1.67678873781549 2.23726396916609
1993:Q2 1.71552461689957 2.25506337735667
1993:Q3 1.76679101417426 2.27010535451174
1993:Q4 1.83607653814103 2.30881790737369
1994:Q1 1.93251120774105 2.3281035028299
1994:Q2 2.00047265332129 2.37425044395811
1994:Q3 2.11093009039862 2.42966968938078
1994:Q4 2.22612995021311 2.48792119058483
1995:Q1 2.35924482057267 2.56117975943267
1995:Q2 2.47439519690967 2.616794793819
1995:Q3 2.55726644618953 2.65606251420597
1995:Q4 2.6659596756747 2.68102252323861
1996:Q1 2.76547064234455 2.69752869615606
1996:Q2 2.87992917463137 2.7250612658603
1996:Q3 2.95982934140936 2.76122519994638
1996:Q4 3.0918746681713 2.787185700236
1997:Q1 3.18759560611247 2.80611549789594
1997:Q2 3.33587049746062 2.88021139761549
1997:Q3 3.48152502609697 2.9134496235804
1997:Q4 3.59861439910441 2.94657298464026
1998:Q1 3.77731853632696 2.99929143137874
1998:Q2 3.92035471363766 3.0403757278705
1998:Q3 4.05049724018266 3.08348505143053
1998:Q4 4.0941626108258 3.14174593545642
1999:Q1 4.15460911880388 3.16251853429568
1999:Q2 4.11494735109167 3.17801198318256
1999:Q3 4.22502983779895 3.23974022727593
1999:Q4 4.36383789042871 3.34380514939106
2000:Q1 4.46157806588413 3.43545962651347
2000:Q2 4.56749992724328 3.53498360811882
2000:Q3 4.7162286927488 3.58090821035458
2000:Q4 4.8323399618045 3.58036582164381
2001:Q1* 4.92235519015181 3.60858147055769
2001:Q2* 4.99166421252173 3.60071963715056
2001:Q3* 5.03760374344334 3.57596253409402
2001:Q4* 5.11211919133251 3.60319456811403
2002:Q1 5.16050016640304 3.60242885150837
2002:Q2 5.24771217106032 3.63457695634916
2002:Q3 5.28020994971744 3.71396941427941
2002:Q4 5.29429532885513 3.78488956736151
2003:Q1 5.34901669316258 3.81536853630877
2003:Q2 5.37071914564395 3.88501192550095
2003:Q3 5.40562691059844 3.92622627974642
2003:Q4 5.26426571287786 3.93206732224629
2004:Q1 5.44457768337102 3.9859294503985
2004:Q2 5.39094559906088 4.07040131142134
2004:Q3 5.43261993648537 4.17287601980497
2004:Q4 5.53687477387129 4.25594802908161
2005:Q1 5.47759872472642 4.37009178906069
2005:Q2 5.5497966626703 4.47032580201154
2005:Q3 5.63102080650187 4.54324450865654
2005:Q4 5.73618716551821 4.58482316467643
2006:Q1 5.88232406521451 4.68466899465791
2006:Q2 6.02764490910488 4.77204737766131
2006:Q3 6.07486044742527 4.80537886067335
2006:Q4 6.26348641450377 5.03265942314716
2007:Q1 6.41544497754247 5.07382467172576
2007:Q2 6.46257818870015 5.12246110875054
2007:Q3 6.60542913709529 5.27001832729486
2007:Q4* 6.66459627153083 5.41504553970506
2008:Q1* 6.58970135964572 5.43773470957035
2008:Q2* 6.44071585243225 5.40496392712357
2008:Q3* 6.23253194435927 5.59459660761766
2008:Q4* 5.77587644093692 5.52877898246457
2009:Q1* 5.29995554536021 5.45905864536069
2009:Q2* 5.09674679589902 5.43583511333493
2009:Q3 4.90399441032967 5.2737902188525
2009:Q4 4.84197914310614 5.22723671345669
2010:Q1 4.91086834523354 5.42294012863398
2010:Q2 4.80265152548785 5.31587543372437
2010:Q3 4.78363796027235 5.26963079077097
2010:Q4 4.49706242375157 5.21307517153671
2011:Q1 4.53461020105002 5.08708892849198
2011:Q2 4.42111858637369 5.05365100642413
2011:Q3 4.37093552243198 5.06754428946504

* NBER defined recession period.

Figure 5b: Core Loans and Unused Commitments at U.S. Commercial Banks. Panel 2: Composition of Unused Commitments

Date Business Credit Cards HELOC
1992:Q1 0.857653202739134 0.659705686173766 0.0750728814025456
1992:Q2 0.843670409149521 0.680412678614599 0.0766022842702531
1992:Q3 0.844565172966984 0.713266895971473 0.0784306251914752
1992:Q4 0.834721120359596 0.739828646694995 0.0808278880680812
1993:Q1 0.849946187589284 0.746763646243419 0.0812269126951646
1993:Q2 0.865747068586727 0.767335753015034 0.0819888803525409
1993:Q3 0.885114849069135 0.797088179543241 0.0840371405355356
1993:Q4 0.919873896193816 0.830185880306554 0.0858851445848138
1994:Q1 0.944014220624501 0.90057428154835 0.0889097780715309
1994:Q2 0.963560021790782 0.946227459868749 0.0903858077708435
1994:Q3 1.01088763955418 1.00838265051664 0.0910989878518643
1994:Q4 1.04565751940857 1.0863632871827 0.0938349960984294
1995:Q1 1.07185247305098 1.19245352562755 0.0961566564568268
1995:Q2 1.10455543483834 1.27061931764123 0.0980557730232551
1995:Q3 1.13739517490865 1.32044649962907 0.100160668047844
1995:Q4 1.15840132451368 1.40554645904286 0.101003671399214
1996:Q1 1.19947239786194 1.46351916258932 0.10361593262593
1996:Q2 1.23684500222653 1.53728648294067 0.104997048684185
1996:Q3 1.25819356750623 1.59625532844122 0.106791496593495
1996:Q4 1.29720635170642 1.68398152154639 0.108602306307781
1997:Q1 1.3398253461222 1.73929886058107 0.109514313790235
1997:Q2 1.41103047576068 1.81031575260595 0.11447157990271
1997:Q3 1.48880457429843 1.87751846703091 0.117225293259885
1997:Q4 1.54058926715743 1.93016932758376 0.124055523853467
1998:Q1 1.6397638914856 2.01047904177254 0.128181263519466
1998:Q2 1.68575965796822 2.10338068941873 0.132818308248431
1998:Q3 1.7235641447101 2.19108841905511 0.137584325580715
1998:Q4 1.78220381166139 2.16782329286758 0.139377748047199
1999:Q1 1.81736004851607 2.19426009242754 0.14388690998496
1999:Q2 1.85268012296105 2.11916119488776 0.145428635739208
1999:Q3 1.89636180916136 2.16944480124487 0.160728435683035
1999:Q4 1.93871348814245 2.25315493112671 0.167638475171298
2000:Q1 1.94234286409804 2.34538141267222 0.173490721512131
2000:Q2 1.95191430566043 2.43876433194414 0.180633142113346
2000:Q3 1.95751567046441 2.57352141866017 0.184397514745556
2000:Q4 1.95707391159787 2.68075305937168 0.194371374220391
2001:Q1* 1.96213748823685 2.74788993148304 0.20847822197369
2001:Q2* 1.93541249097775 2.84526949260293 0.21573602438606
2001:Q3* 1.92092346226849 2.89469561708252 0.218940297604097
2001:Q4* 1.893246319665 2.99463147630378 0.230360215208289
2002:Q1 1.85633471824949 3.0730164948843 0.222150941963274
2002:Q2 1.87878130590663 3.12788548966892 0.246086766985767
2002:Q3 1.83503812966576 3.18608565059125 0.255153049492396
2002:Q4 1.82241101468715 3.21426779329116 0.268945635464362
2003:Q1 1.81609561663803 3.23653941992791 0.283449798568218
2003:Q2 1.81850276050206 3.26362731724584 0.293019490214902
2003:Q3 1.82570444621067 3.25986127494183 0.316109396094107
2003:Q4 1.7713067869469 3.17365605686106 0.333211005222715
2004:Q1 1.84277405892082 3.23955339625232 0.347427414269866
2004:Q2 1.80165381592208 3.22161971868737 0.371528991771261
2004:Q3 1.85780340432043 3.18108939705312 0.390507852907658
2004:Q4 1.9181684478835 3.22884505878064 0.403629757156614
2005:Q1 1.96570035477531 3.07628278275691 0.422029246143012
2005:Q2 2.01435726702381 3.09379574159646 0.444305949004992
2005:Q3 2.06765581980984 3.10754865164776 0.455438276228587
2005:Q4 2.13948805087248 3.13813250624354 0.468559541853755
2006:Q1 2.20438126210691 3.17845556886027 0.485893813356306
2006:Q2 2.27105965465669 3.26459835671854 0.496023180740437
2006:Q3 2.27760721865552 3.29880245126379 0.503761696525926
2006:Q4 2.36806388343952 3.35874358377254 0.53382443722803
2007:Q1 2.43413232586245 3.43097663124898 0.543573071547899
2007:Q2 2.48613079623556 3.43853367428722 0.543756138900945
2007:Q3 2.55237331543962 3.51136822881021 0.552502791691223
2007:Q4* 2.51348579157529 3.58234801569772 0.548917346589077
2008:Q1* 2.44756330336631 3.59841576736364 0.545322909582795
2008:Q2* 2.36151704312279 3.56146392211586 0.52891450019772
2008:Q3* 2.20447586220954 3.50146661884562 0.539736349493628
2008:Q4* 2.01621028524675 3.21065550990522 0.516329081343924
2009:Q1* 1.96144622840218 2.86560229349425 0.483060791924614
2009:Q2* 1.90637246075191 2.73869771950957 0.46287191491132
2009:Q3 1.85580183000103 2.61343038538999 0.444895162473966
2009:Q4 1.84296457740945 2.53083757539095 0.433887947930628
2010:Q1 1.74746143260275 2.46227547855107 0.426182965116208
2010:Q2 1.7196839682272 2.39702590622537 0.417300372637647
2010:Q3 1.73373004653646 2.35458836828178 0.407943147658667
2010:Q4 1.72662858413374 2.33664825763424 0.395942660262129
2011:Q1 1.79377226520706 2.36305417748712 0.392392387143144
2011:Q2 1.71385300815634 2.33917890550882 0.384229545542815
2011:Q3 1.73599587931118 2.26867262980864 0.373931249196632

* NBER defined recession period.

Figure 6a: Macroeconomic Implications of an Adverse Credit Supply Shock. Panel 1: Core Lending Capacity

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 -0.143821977048041 -0.356056693248635 0.0684127391525534
1 -0.261343312046294 -0.638133873116828 0.11544724902424
2 -0.715983992731119 -1.30678575176649 -0.125182233695743
3 -1.20550501668592 -2.02246684538446 -0.388543187987377
4 -1.68801446827989 -2.75122036333255 -0.624808573227227
5 -2.17407823413034 -3.49568596967379 -0.852470498586889
6 -2.63165430088548 -4.21280514961774 -1.05050345215322
7 -3.04565586231501 -4.88029854870209 -1.21101317592793
8 -3.40084455466649 -5.47463606893962 -1.32705304039336
9 -3.69113984833439 -5.98377723825057 -1.3985024584182
10 -3.91397331156915 -6.40053375363394 -1.42741286950436
11 -4.07129080174373 -6.72433718320764 -1.41824442027982
12 -4.16783709427406 -6.95913335925836 -1.37654082928976
13 -4.21062134616726 -7.11241112500963 -1.30883156732489
14 -4.20801914499002 -7.19399310401504 -1.222045185965
15 -4.1690986787153 -7.21522425253459 -1.12297310489601
16 -4.10302526830545 -7.18799477098345 -1.01805576562745
17 -4.01856751468233 -7.12413287165972 -0.913002157704943
18 -3.92373451284842 -7.03480128263587 -0.812667743060971
19 -3.82550826777218 -6.93010803487913 -0.72090850066523
20 -3.72968926782737 -6.81887453407917 -0.640504001575575

Figure 6b: Macroeconomic Implications of an Adverse Credit Supply Shock. Panel 2: Real GDP

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0.0102007171471364 -0.114465522235804 0.134866956530077
1 -0.0999135538148706 -0.300551282484859 0.100724174855118
2 -0.281245863836693 -0.563010306996703 0.000518579323317447
3 -0.448797023257937 -0.783627845099858 -0.113966201416016
4 -0.563819509060721 -0.949504111582766 -0.178134906538676
5 -0.646067243435229 -1.07855870544952 -0.213575781420934
6 -0.702372144168948 -1.18089984542758 -0.223844442910314
7 -0.740157557916922 -1.2589546564567 -0.221360459377143
8 -0.763154923402648 -1.31657261518144 -0.209737231623856
9 -0.774751454726389 -1.35657431770992 -0.192928591742863
10 -0.777695871724953 -1.38226327728862 -0.173128466161281
11 -0.774278057530663 -1.39653850281038 -0.152017612250948
12 -0.766530980816274 -1.40232048925623 -0.130741472376317
13 -0.756120395145221 -1.40205385902126 -0.110186931269182
14 -0.744472731022267 -1.39769186089562 -0.0912536011489097
15 -0.732706024312208 -1.39077917000088 -0.07463287862354
16 -0.721692650463902 -1.38252925321869 -0.0608560477091139
17 -0.712046327200504 -1.37392882162464 -0.0501638327763698
18 -0.704164499265584 -1.36574001192132 -0.0425889866098508
19 -0.698246425018734 -1.35854681959244 -0.0379460304450322
20 -0.694331136853557 -1.35275897268265 -0.0359033010244614

Figure 6c: Macroeconomic Implications of an Adverse Credit Supply Shock. Panel 3: Corporate bond spread

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0.0465980158545059 -0.07666769632478 0.169863728033792
1 0.233873974076135 0.061076669409282 0.406671278742988
2 0.343308045266358 0.140744703977513 0.545871386555203
3 0.341202377698462 0.136102883341052 0.546301872055872
4 0.286976934271045 0.086463953343133 0.487489915198957
5 0.230278120839587 0.0349464822672516 0.425609759411922
6 0.181647229235224 -0.00517689047925951 0.368471348949708
7 0.138582544700446 -0.0375858062073605 0.314750895608253
8 0.100610802017804 -0.0648820306699056 0.266103634705514
9 0.067613686004098 -0.087768938850104 0.2229963108583
10 0.0396763215724882 -0.107394017876452 0.186746661021428
11 0.0168030679132717 -0.123667018689435 0.157273154515979
12 -0.00118426430307135 -0.136605152508736 0.134236623902594
13 -0.0145524334438828 -0.145602491674616 0.116497624786851
14 -0.0237196351920159 -0.150465358744914 0.103026088360882
15 -0.0291759230602117 -0.151274207741628 0.0929223616212047
16 -0.0314870765221254 -0.148545502883747 0.0855713498394966
17 -0.0312399982451253 -0.142962016149571 0.0804820196593203
18 -0.0290254104090753 -0.135225998321645 0.0771751775034943
19 -0.0254041322207189 -0.126056649146295 0.0752483847048574
20 -0.0208907432255664 -0.11613126922376 0.0743497827726274

Figure 6d: Macroeconomic Implications of an Adverse Credit Supply Shock. Panel 4: Federal funds rate

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0.0494588699622876 -0.0259899468147389 0.124907686739314
1 -0.0379665910686637 -0.171661326139852 0.0957281440025242
2 -0.168186861360759 -0.353748476309098 0.0173747535875796
3 -0.25474003670349 -0.481342670406806 -0.0281374030001736
4 -0.326250203935566 -0.583831125975164 -0.0686692818959682
5 -0.38240672298171 -0.666154113112289 -0.0986593328511314
6 -0.419674345815349 -0.723904840394577 -0.115443851236121
7 -0.436778853362564 -0.75568632024022 -0.117871386484908
8 -0.434774642403882 -0.762402875549704 -0.10714640925806
9 -0.41614128589424 -0.746764162296466 -0.0855184094920138
10 -0.383982440691303 -0.71228674602409 -0.0556781353585155
11 -0.341769804602244 -0.662946525069189 -0.020593084135299
12 -0.292953562800338 -0.603101825531115 0.0171946999304392
13 -0.240805238615246 -0.537055676125628 0.0554451988951358
14 -0.188222551211071 -0.469053508954615 0.0926084065324725
15 -0.13765275999649 -0.402847722606287 0.127542202613307
16 -0.0910270246164735 -0.34157591492304 0.159521865690093
17 -0.0497555799198644 -0.287496367673204 0.187985207833475
18 -0.0147424758335602 -0.241932744907983 0.212447793240862
19 0.0135689898856046 -0.205261337603731 0.23239931737494
20 0.0351377657080512 -0.177076579048926 0.247352110465029

Figure 7a: Forecast Error Variance Decomposition. Panel 1: Core Lending Capacity

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0 0 0
1 2.783413749 0 11.43384719
2 3.360618371 0 12.87238149
3 15.0760745 0 31.61550758
4 22.06108316 3.235063017 40.88710331
5 26.24403151 5.853968349 46.63409468
6 29.38340271 7.915411748 50.85139367
7 31.59964842 9.427419938 53.77187691
8 33.06724699 10.43925089 55.69524308
9 33.95128208 11.06219829 56.84036587
10 34.39183214 11.3939254 57.38973888
11 34.52172236 11.52281768 57.52062703
12 34.45228854 11.51920603 57.38537106
13 34.27892275 11.43903372 57.11881177
14 34.07625135 11.32814375 56.82435894
15 33.89595092 11.21865385 56.57324799
16 33.76694868 11.13161807 56.40227929
17 33.69796106 11.07632818 56.31959393
18 33.68311977 11.05304199 56.31319755
19 33.70810417 11.05540026 56.36080809
20 33.75596633 11.07419205 56.43774061

Figure 7b: Forecast Error Variance Decomposition. Panel 2: Real GDP

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0 0 0
1 0.041494891 0 4.454276838
2 3.738077315 0 12.66379024
3 11.20514922 0 24.82021421
4 16.08177098 1.047625181 31.11591678
5 17.77204122 2.484288082 33.05979436
6 18.37206025 3.007374633 33.73674587
7 18.48007723 3.133437517 33.82671694
8 18.42458621 3.120399528 33.72877288
9 18.31389797 3.062193832 33.56560211
10 18.20910578 2.993355464 33.4248561
11 18.1283286 2.933188338 33.32346885
12 18.07788568 2.884254203 33.27151715
13 18.05337353 2.84570345 33.26104361
14 18.04831131 2.814095653 33.28252697
15 18.05492484 2.787393439 33.32245624
16 18.06681005 2.763212361 33.37040773
17 18.07918719 2.740470006 33.41790438
18 18.08928023 2.718554708 33.46000574
19 18.09595532 2.697732027 33.49417862
20 18.09930129 2.678423712 33.52017886

Figure 7c: Forecast Error Variance Decomposition. Panel 3: Corporate Bond Spread

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0 0 0
1 0.861921837 0 6.804709441
2 10.30568389 0 24.95935338
3 20.30590249 0.326882289 40.28492269
4 26.18669129 4.142452535 48.23093005
5 28.71974369 5.950286912 51.48920046
6 29.71836748 6.633269695 52.80346526
7 30.00852312 6.818410094 53.19863614
8 29.97100435 6.80850387 53.13350482
9 29.78653034 6.728817749 52.84424292
10 29.55639905 6.632783943 52.48001415
11 29.33758493 6.542875026 52.13229483
12 29.1592751 6.47035241 51.84819779
13 29.03272042 6.419346594 51.64609425
14 28.95654109 6.389313491 51.52376868
15 28.92215743 6.376674979 51.46763988
16 28.91759159 6.376588477 51.4585947
17 28.93076335 6.383606967 51.47791973
18 28.95145639 6.393054564 51.50985822
19 28.97234359 6.401494097 51.54319307
20 28.98911265 6.407113877 51.57111141

Figure 7d: Forecast Error Variance Decomposition. Panel 4: Federal funds rate

Quarters after Shock Estimate Lower Bound Upper Bound
0 0 0 0
1 2.582280537 0 11.01824074
2 1.252908092 0 6.734078721
3 4.953862654 0 16.06194504
4 8.841918835 0 24.29718352
5 12.50780567 0 30.88659945
6 15.88298684 0 36.40446792
7 18.85510896 0 40.93345563
8 21.36077296 0 44.56486555
9 23.38583484 0 47.39290866
10 24.95552843 0.391352649 49.51970421
11 26.11415276 1.187906648 51.04039887
12 26.91735055 1.785737202 52.0489639
13 27.42596988 2.212283555 52.6396562
14 27.70289122 2.497461994 52.90832044
15 27.8099403 2.67043293 52.94944766
16 27.80474402 2.75839324 52.8510948
17 27.73748616 2.786017686 52.68895464
18 27.64812219 2.775392301 52.52085207
19 27.56476127 2.745402667 52.38411987
20 27.50363821 2.710862962 52.29641347
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