Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Survey of Terms of Business Lending - E.2

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Release Date: January 4, 2016

E.2 Survey of Terms of Business Lending
NOVEMBER 2-6, 2015

1. Commercial and industrial loans made by all commercial banks 1
Maturity/repricing
interval 2 and
risk 3 of loans
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average
maturity 5
Percent of value of loans Commitment status
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
Percent
made under
commitment
Average
months
since loan
terms set 8
 Days 
1.  All C&I loans 2.06 116,369 871 697 61.9 25.3 14.5 0.8 55.5 87.4 13.2
Minimal risk 1.64 2,593 640 621 49.3 18.8 11.2 0.0 41.8 84.4 15.3
Low risk 1.41 33,208 1,922 451 41.2 26.7 7.6 0.6 45.0 86.8 8.2
Moderate risk 2.14 33,797 713 741 58.1 36.8 18.3 1.2 48.4 82.3 13.0
Other 2.99 22,268 432 624 68.2 27.9 27.1 1.0 41.2 83.4 14.0
 
2.  Zero interval 3.02 24,436 433 858 55.5 20.6 47.7 1.3 49.9 95.9 11.7
Minimal risk 1.57 607 954 631 48.2 3.2 25.5 0.1 53.7 93.2 13.6
Low risk 2.23 4,210 885 864 41.6 6.1 36.3 2.2 73.8 92.7 7.6
Moderate risk 2.92 10,432 455 852 51.0 24.8 46.6 1.6 46.8 96.8 12.1
Other 3.72 8,144 322 888 67.5 26.6 55.4 0.7 42.1 97.2 13.2
 
3.  Daily 1.05 12,166 1,353 312 79.7 38.0 3.0 1.9 28.5 45.9 19.9
Minimal risk 1.58 43 275 60 100.0 0.0 10.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 4.8
Low risk 0.71 3,455 2,354 135 88.3 20.5 1.3 1.3 10.7 26.3 20.6
Moderate risk 0.92 4,485 1,223 174 65.7 73.0 3.2 3.6 16.8 38.1 7.7
Other 1.42 2,434 764 232 78.8 26.0 4.8 1.1 25.3 49.0 23.6
 
4.  2 to 30 days 1.83 41,110 1,184 662 59.8 25.9 4.8 0.1 52.1 86.3 16.6
Minimal risk 1.44 1,436 683 531 54.6 27.0 8.5 0.0 36.6 77.2 19.3
Low risk 1.42 11,041 1,617 430 30.2 32.3 3.2 0.0 28.6 89.7 14.0
Moderate risk 1.77 11,099 1,027 693 57.7 34.5 2.8 0.1 48.9 79.8 14.2
Other 2.33 7,540 585 318 61.2 36.7 7.7 0.2 37.3 74.9 14.3
 
5.  31 to 365 days 1.81 24,324 1,855 625 48.5 24.0 5.0 0.3 62.0 97.6 6.1
Minimal risk 1.91 253 314 663 28.7 12.2 2.2 0.0 28.4 88.6 8.0
Low risk 1.16 12,031 5,237 349 27.5 29.4 1.0 0.1 50.7 98.4 3.6
Moderate risk 2.24 3,745 876 859 47.4 37.3 11.5 0.4 54.1 95.5 11.9
Other 3.14 2,522 635 619 65.5 16.7 13.9 1.2 51.9 94.8 11.7
 Months 
6.  More than 365 days 3.15 5,919 477 46 77.5 55.3 21.5 3.2 75.9 86.1 10.1
Minimal risk 2.70 251 855 31 34.4 19.6 1.9 0.0 64.0 98.1 9.7
Low risk 2.96 1,180 940 43 85.0 61.9 41.4 3.3 83.6 89.9 5.4
Moderate risk 2.92 2,293 607 46 70.1 58.1 15.7 1.8 75.0 80.7 5.0
Other 4.53 1,083 264 49 89.6 21.7 30.0 5.8 59.6 82.9 10.0
Size of loan
($ thousands)
  Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
 
7.  10 - 99 3.85 3,155 3.3 180 89.8 7.7 53.5 5.6 11.7 75.8 7.6
8.  100 - 999 3.28 12,080 3.3 105 82.0 14.8 45.9 1.9 22.7 82.8 10.5
9.  1,000 - 9,999 2.56 25,233 3.1 110 59.2 24.8 25.2 1.7 55.8 91.4 16.4
10.  10,000+ 1.63 75,902 2.7 86 58.4 27.9 4.3 0.1 62.4 87.3 12.8
Base rate of loan 9   Average
loan size
($ thousands)
 
11.  Prime 10 3.97 16,828 3.3 125 76.3 9.6 245 3.6 45.2 92.4 11.7
12.  Other 1.74 99,540 2.8 91 59.5 28.0 1,533 0.3 57.2 86.5 13.5

2. Commercial and industrial loans made by domestic banks 1
Maturity/repricing
interval 2 and
risk 3 of loans
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average
maturity 5
Percent of value of loans Commitment status
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
Percent
made under
commitment
Average
months
since loan
terms set 8
 Days 
1.  All C&I loans 2.30 86,780 666 790 65.9 11.0 17.6 1.0 60.2 94.5 14.8
Minimal risk 1.72 1,806 476 591 43.7 5.9 15.9 0.0 23.6 78.8 21.2
Low risk 1.60 21,612 1,294 462 36.2 4.9 9.3 0.9 44.9 93.8 10.8
Moderate risk 2.52 24,163 521 876 61.9 19.4 23.5 1.7 54.2 93.6 14.4
Other 3.37 16,275 324 738 74.7 20.7 34.3 1.3 46.9 92.3 14.2
 
2.  Zero interval 2.99 23,751 424 849 55.7 21.2 46.4 1.3 49.7 95.8 11.4
Minimal risk 1.56 602 952 636 48.5 3.2 24.9 0.1 53.4 93.1 13.5
Low risk 2.23 4,136 873 866 41.8 6.3 35.7 2.2 73.9 92.5 7.4
Moderate risk 2.89 10,130 444 839 51.7 25.5 45.0 1.7 46.3 96.7 11.9
Other 3.66 7,840 314 876 67.2 27.7 53.9 0.7 42.0 97.1 12.8
 
3.  Daily 1.80 4,404 513 925 93.6 4.3 8.4 5.3 72.1 99.3 23.9
Minimal risk 1.93 29 186 60 100.0 0.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 7.1
Low risk 1.57 783 570 772 76.0 6.8 5.9 5.8 44.1 99.6 24.0
Moderate risk 2.23 987 278 791 93.9 11.7 14.4 16.4 67.2 99.8 12.5
Other 2.04 857 286 798 97.9 1.2 13.7 3.2 51.3 99.2 26.7
 
4.  2 to 30 days 2.10 29,785 891 756 70.5 6.7 6.6 0.1 59.0 91.4 19.8
Minimal risk 1.74 919 467 455 45.7 0.8 13.2 0.0 6.0 64.3 34.0
Low risk 1.73 7,320 1,118 387 33.1 3.2 4.8 0.1 26.5 90.0 19.8
Moderate risk 2.14 7,087 682 816 72.3 9.9 4.1 0.2 55.9 90.3 16.8
Other 2.87 4,515 362 383 80.0 21.8 12.9 0.4 48.5 82.3 15.6
 
5.  31 to 365 days 1.83 17,298 1,389 618 51.8 7.1 5.8 0.4 58.0 98.0 7.3
Minimal risk 2.24 158 221 897 20.3 19.6 3.5 0.0 27.3 94.9 12.0
Low risk 1.11 7,668 3,496 278 20.9 4.7 0.6 0.2 37.5 97.7 5.0
Moderate risk 2.35 2,510 626 721 42.3 19.6 14.3 0.6 43.7 96.7 15.3
Other 3.30 1,799 471 539 71.0 8.4 18.8 1.6 58.1 98.6 11.1
 Months 
6.  More than 365 days 3.52 3,127 262 50 66.1 31.7 18.5 6.0 56.2 75.5 6.3
Minimal risk 1.60 96 349 21 15.7 48.8 4.9 0.0 6.3 95.2 4.7
Low risk 3.15 415 351 42 58.8 22.1 20.8 9.4 67.4 85.2 8.9
Moderate risk 3.19 1,705 463 51 59.9 46.3 13.6 2.4 66.4 74.1 4.5
Other 4.44 720 184 52 87.6 8.1 22.6 8.7 39.2 74.3 8.7
Size of loan
($ thousands)
  Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
 
7.  10 - 99 3.85 3,139 3.3 181 89.9 7.7 53.7 5.6 11.5 75.7 7.5
8.  100 - 999 3.29 11,634 3.3 99 83.0 13.8 46.4 2.0 21.0 82.5 10.2
9.  1,000 - 9,999 2.69 20,276 3.1 93 60.8 17.3 28.3 2.1 57.1 94.6 16.9
10.  10,000+ 1.83 51,731 2.6 64 62.6 8.1 4.7 0.1 73.2 98.3 15.3
Base rate of loan 9   Average
loan size
($ thousands)
 
11.  Prime 10 3.98 15,258 3.3 70 76.7 4.9 224 4.0 41.4 91.8 11.3
12.  Other 1.94 71,522 2.8 83 63.6 12.3 1,149 0.4 64.2 95.1 15.6

3. Commercial and industrial loans made by large domestic banks 1
Maturity/repricing
interval 2 and
risk 3 of loans
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average
maturity 5
Percent of value of loans Commitment status
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
Percent
made under
commitment
Average
months
since loan
terms set 8
 Days 
1.  All C&I loans 2.20 81,746 850 792 64.9 11.2 15.1 0.9 61.8 95.4 15.4
Minimal risk 1.65 1,733 602 577 42.0 6.1 14.8 0.0 22.1 78.5 21.8
Low risk 1.55 21,125 1,534 458 35.6 5.0 8.3 0.8 45.1 94.0 10.8
Moderate risk 2.38 22,175 662 867 59.5 19.8 20.7 1.6 55.9 94.9 15.2
Other 3.31 14,196 394 752 73.8 23.3 29.7 1.2 49.3 93.3 15.4
 
2.  Zero interval 2.89 21,628 553 864 53.1 22.8 43.2 1.2 52.3 96.6 11.8
Minimal risk 1.47 571 1,140 584 47.3 3.4 22.5 0.1 54.7 92.7 13.7
Low risk 2.17 3,971 1,081 881 40.9 6.5 33.7 2.2 76.2 92.7 7.1
Moderate risk 2.79 9,169 587 846 48.1 27.3 42.2 1.4 48.3 97.1 12.6
Other 3.59 6,979 404 901 65.1 30.9 49.3 0.5 44.6 98.3 13.3
 
3.  Daily 1.66 4,114 672 955 93.4 4.2 4.4 5.7 73.9 99.8 25.1
Minimal risk 1.93 29 199 50 100.0 0.0 15.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 7.1
Low risk 1.50 764 681 745 75.6 5.9 5.1 5.9 43.6 99.9 24.3
Moderate risk 2.06 909 323 821 93.9 12.4 7.4 17.8 72.0 99.9 12.8
Other 1.77 763 402 851 98.3 0.3 4.4 3.6 53.1 99.4 29.0
 
4.  2 to 30 days 2.07 29,067 973 768 70.0 6.8 5.4 0.1 59.3 91.4 20.2
Minimal risk 1.74 919 468 455 45.7 0.8 13.2 0.0 6.0 64.3 34.0
Low risk 1.73 7,244 1,172 389 32.9 3.2 4.5 0.1 26.3 89.9 20.0
Moderate risk 2.12 6,966 733 817 71.9 9.9 3.5 0.2 56.5 90.5 16.9
Other 2.79 4,009 392 413 77.9 24.3 6.4 0.3 47.3 80.5 17.5
 
5.  31 to 365 days 1.75 16,499 2,225 632 51.5 7.3 4.2 0.2 59.5 98.6 7.6
Minimal risk 1.82 125 1,075 1,049 0.6 24.3 1.7 0.0 11.0 98.4 14.5
Low risk 1.08 7,572 4,247 273 20.7 4.8 0.4 0.0 37.7 97.9 5.0
Moderate risk 2.13 2,274 1,018 757 39.2 21.1 10.9 0.3 44.4 97.3 16.4
Other 3.56 1,482 554 605 79.9 9.7 18.7 1.4 68.5 99.6 13.2
 Months 
6.  More than 365 days 2.94 2,031 349 48 52.1 38.1 10.7 7.8 61.8 89.3 7.8
Minimal risk 1.47 89 721 22 9.0 52.8 0.2 0.0 3.5 99.8 4.9
Low risk 2.26 284 831 48 49.1 29.6 7.5 9.0 70.9 89.0 11.2
Moderate risk 2.51 1,113 771 51 40.2 55.0 5.7 3.3 73.2 88.1 5.5
Other 4.27 424 221 44 81.5 6.2 16.1 12.4 45.6 92.2 11.8
Size of loan
($ thousands)
  Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
 
7.  10 - 99 3.56 2,229 3.3 146 90.0 9.7 48.2 6.3 6.1 72.0 8.4
8.  100 - 999 3.10 9,530 3.2 71 81.9 15.5 42.8 1.9 18.9 82.1 11.4
9.  1,000 - 9,999 2.62 18,881 3.1 68 59.8 18.0 26.4 2.0 58.1 96.1 17.6
10.  10,000+ 1.82 51,107 2.6 56 62.5 7.9 4.3 0.1 73.6 98.6 15.4
Base rate of loan 9   Average
loan size
($ thousands)
 
11.  Prime 10 3.92 12,329 3.2 39 74.3 4.4 272 4.2 43.3 93.2 12.5
12.  Other 1.90 69,417 2.8 68 63.2 12.4 1,365 0.4 65.1 95.8 15.8

4. Commercial and industrial loans made by small domestic banks 1
Maturity/repricing
interval 2 and
risk 3 of loans
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average
maturity 5
Percent of value of loans Commitment status
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
Percent
made under
commitment
Average
months
since loan
terms set 8
 Days 
1.  All C&I loans 3.91 5,033 148 763 81.9 7.6 58.2 2.4 34.3 80.1 4.8
Minimal risk 3.54 72 79 955 84.0 1.0 40.7 0.0 57.4 85.3 5.9
Low risk 3.74 487 166 614 63.6 3.3 52.1 6.1 36.4 86.1 7.5
Moderate risk 4.13 1,988 155 977 88.6 14.9 54.7 2.6 34.9 78.6 4.3
Other 3.81 2,079 146 643 81.4 3.4 65.3 1.9 30.2 85.4 4.9
 
2.  Zero interval 3.98 2,123 126 648 81.4 4.7 78.8 2.8 23.9 88.0 7.2
Minimal risk 3.29 31 236 2,171 70.3 0.0 68.5 0.0 29.7 100.0 11.3
Low risk 3.52 166 155 291 64.0 0.2 82.2 2.3 18.9 87.5 16.6
Moderate risk 3.93 961 134 756 86.1 9.2 71.7 3.9 26.5 92.7 4.9
Other 4.27 861 112 620 84.7 1.4 91.2 2.2 21.0 87.3 8.2
 
3.  Daily 3.68 291 117 558 96.2 6.6 64.6 0.2 47.0 91.4 5.5
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 4.33 19 74 1,574 91.6 41.9 38.6 0.0 65.7 85.9 6.8
Moderate risk 4.14 78 105 501 93.6 3.7 94.4 0.2 12.5 99.3 8.9
Other 4.21 94 86 480 95.3 9.0 89.4 0.5 36.4 97.5 7.3
 
4.  2 to 30 days 3.37 718 202 280 90.0 3.7 55.3 0.5 49.3 92.2 3.4
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 2.60 76 209 181 55.3 0.0 33.9 0.0 43.5 100.0 2.1
Moderate risk 3.50 122 136 727 94.3 12.3 37.5 0.4 21.4 77.9 5.5
Other 3.48 506 224 191 96.8 2.3 64.4 0.7 58.3 97.1 3.2
 
5.  31 to 365 days 3.37 800 159 317 56.7 2.6 38.3 3.8 28.8 86.0 1.7
Minimal risk 3.84 33 55 184 94.1 2.1 10.1 0.0 88.4 81.6 0.4
Low risk 3.08 96 234 737 41.9 0.0 20.9 13.2 23.7 84.9 1.8
Moderate risk 4.50 235 132 369 72.8 5.3 47.2 4.3 37.0 91.6 3.6
Other 2.09 317 278 217 29.7 2.3 19.5 2.5 9.2 93.7 0.8
 Months 
6.  More than 365 days 4.59 1,096 180 52 92.1 19.9 32.9 2.5 45.7 49.9 1.4
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 5.08 131 156 28 79.7 5.9 49.7 10.3 59.7 77.0 3.2
Moderate risk 4.45 592 264 51 97.0 30.1 28.4 0.7 53.5 47.8 1.4
Other 4.70 296 148 64 96.3 10.9 32.0 3.3 30.0 48.7 0.5
Size of loan
($ thousands)
  Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
 
7.  10 - 99 4.56 911 3.4 260 89.7 2.8 66.9 3.9 24.8 84.6 5.8
8.  100 - 999 4.13 2,104 3.4 223 87.9 6.1 63.1 2.3 30.7 84.1 5.0
9.  1,000 - 9,999 3.66 1,395 3.3 414 74.1 7.0 54.2 2.7 43.0 74.2 5.7
10.  10,000+ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Base rate of loan 9   Average
loan size
($ thousands)
 
11.  Prime 10 4.22 2,929 3.5 200 86.7 7.3 129 3.0 33.4 85.7 5.7
12.  Other 3.49 2,105 3.2 517 75.3 8.2 184 1.7 35.6 72.3 3.2

5. Commercial and industrial loans made by U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks 1
Maturity/repricing
interval 2 and
risk 3 of loans
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average
maturity 5
Percent of value of loans Commitment status
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
Percent
made under
commitment
Average
months
since loan
terms set 8
 Days 
1.  All C&I loans 1.37 29,589 9,023 468 50.2 67.5 5.3 0.0 41.5 66.5 6.6
Minimal risk 1.47 787 3,135 677 62.3 48.6 0.6 0.0 83.7 97.4 4.4
Low risk 1.04 11,595 20,151 434 50.5 67.3 4.6 0.0 45.1 73.9 2.0
Moderate risk 1.17 9,635 9,356 455 48.6 80.3 5.4 0.0 33.9 54.2 6.6
Other 1.94 5,993 4,812 358 50.4 47.5 7.7 0.0 26.0 59.3 13.5
 
2.  Zero interval 4.27 685 1,460 1,268 48.1 0.0 94.3 0.0 57.0 99.2 21.9
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 2.64 74 3,485 788 30.3 0.0 75.0 0.0 69.7 100.0 16.3
Moderate risk 3.72 302 2,140 1,584 26.9 0.0 99.4 0.0 64.7 100.0 21.2
Other 5.22 304 1,010 1,255 74.1 0.0 94.0 0.0 45.5 98.2 23.9
 
3.  Daily 0.63 7,761 19,449 24 71.8 57.2 0.0 0.0 3.7 15.6 5.3
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 0.46 2,672 28,831 7 91.9 24.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.8 0.1
Moderate risk 0.56 3,498 31,054 38 57.8 90.3 0.0 0.0 2.6 20.6 1.2
Other 1.09 1,577 8,222 24 68.5 39.4 0.0 0.0 11.1 21.7 16.1
 
4.  2 to 30 days 1.12 11,325 8,851 437 31.6 76.3 0.2 0.0 33.8 73.0 6.2
Minimal risk 0.91 518 3,775 614 70.4 73.5 0.0 0.0 90.9 100.0 2.6
Low risk 0.82 3,721 13,111 507 24.6 89.6 0.0 0.0 32.8 88.9 2.4
Moderate risk 1.12 4,012 9,545 491 32.1 77.9 0.5 0.0 36.5 61.3 7.5
Other 1.53 3,025 7,320 241 33.1 58.9 0.0 0.0 20.4 63.8 11.7
 
5.  31 to 365 days 1.76 7,025 10,765 642 40.4 65.6 3.0 0.0 71.9 96.7 3.1
Minimal risk 1.36 95 1,052 292 42.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.4 78.2 0.0
Low risk 1.24 4,363 41,843 472 39.1 72.8 1.6 0.0 73.8 99.6 1.2
Moderate risk 2.01 1,236 4,627 1,149 57.6 73.3 5.8 0.0 75.0 92.8 4.6
Other 2.76 724 4,704 817 51.7 37.1 1.6 0.0 36.4 85.5 13.5
 Months 
6.  More than 365 days 2.74 2,793 5,832 41 90.2 81.7 24.8 0.0 97.9 97.9 13.4
Minimal risk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Low risk 2.86 765 10,424 43 99.2 83.5 52.5 0.0 92.4 92.4 3.6
Moderate risk 2.16 587 6,612 33 99.6 92.2 22.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 5.9
Other 4.69 363 1,959 42 93.6 48.7 44.6 0.0 100.0 100.0 11.9
Size of loan
($ thousands)
  Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
 
7.  10 - 99 3.14 16 2.9 130 65.5 14.5 20.8 0.0 43.4 99.1 18.4
8.  100 - 999 2.94 446 3.1 265 54.9 41.8 30.6 0.0 65.7 91.3 16.7
9.  1,000 - 9,999 2.03 4,957 3.2 176 52.5 55.4 12.5 0.0 50.8 78.3 14.0
10.  10,000+ 1.21 24,171 2.7 128 49.6 70.5 3.4 0.0 39.2 63.6 4.5
Base rate of loan 9   Average
loan size
($ thousands)
 
11.  Prime 10 3.96 1,571 3.0 644 72.3 55.1 2,450 0.0 81.6 98.7 14.9
12.  Other 1.23 28,018 2.7 110 48.9 68.2 10,620 0.0 39.3 64.7 5.9

6. Commercial and industrial loans by date pricing terms were set and commitment status
Time pricing terms
were set and loan
commitment status
Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
Percent of value of loans
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
All commercial banks
1.  During survey week 1.73 29,924 663 2.8 103 57.6 40.3 10.9 0.6 29.2
Not under commitment 1.46 14,691 531 2.9 97 70.8 41.5 8.7 0.2 6.0
Informal commitment 1.53 3,428 413 2.6 61 26.6 74.9 18.3 1.2 8.4
Formal commitment 2.13 11,805 1,289 2.7 126 50.2 28.8 11.5 0.9 64.2
2.  Before survey week 11  
Up to 90 days 1.93 25,508 1,110 2.6 109 56.4 30.6 13.3 0.6 64.7
91 to 365 days 2.23 24,097 582 2.9 101 66.1 22.1 21.3 1.3 62.5
More than 365 days 2.31 36,840 1,534 3.1 77 66.5 11.7 13.7 0.7 65.8
 
Domestic banks
3.  During survey week 2.74 13,144 299 2.9 203 75.2 12.8 23.8 1.3 48.8
Not under commitment 3.29 4,782 176 2.9 265 76.2 12.1 26.2 0.6 17.0
Informal commitment 3.68 929 114 3.3 207 91.9 10.3 66.8 4.4 30.0
Formal commitment 2.27 7,433 863 2.8 155 72.5 13.5 16.9 1.4 71.6
4.  Before survey week 11  
Up to 90 days 2.11 18,268 812 2.7 89 59.8 7.0 16.0 0.8 57.8
91 to 365 days 2.21 22,037 538 2.9 69 65.2 17.8 21.7 1.4 61.6
More than 365 days 2.29 33,330 1,459 3.0 33 66.0 7.9 13.2 0.8 65.1
 
Large domestic banks
5.  During survey week 2.42 10,381 358 2.7 125 74.4 14.8 17.1 1.0 50.8
Not under commitment 3.00 3,781 176 2.8 123 75.5 13.7 22.0 0.3 12.4
Informal commitment 2.96 412 113 3.6 204 87.6 10.7 41.6 7.0 7.1
Formal commitment 2.03 6,189 1,624 2.7 120 72.9 15.7 12.5 1.0 77.1
6.  Before survey week 11  
Up to 90 days 2.02 17,496 1,064 2.6 73 58.3 6.3 13.6 0.7 58.8
91 to 365 days 2.13 20,935 683 2.9 70 64.2 18.6 19.3 1.3 64.0
More than 365 days 2.27 32,933 1,637 3.0 33 65.9 7.9 12.5 0.8 65.5
 
Small domestic banks
7.  During survey week 3.93 2,763 185 3.4 456 78.2 5.2 49.0 2.6 41.3
Not under commitment 4.38 1,002 177 3.4 791 78.8 6.0 41.9 1.5 34.2
Informal commitment 4.25 517 115 3.1 209 95.4 10.1 86.8 2.3 48.2
Formal commitment 3.43 1,244 259 3.5 291 70.6 2.6 39.0 3.7 44.2
8.  Before survey week 11  
Up to 90 days 4.06 772 128 3.4 430 93.6 23.0 70.0 2.9 36.3
91 to 365 days 3.87 1,102 106 3.4 55 85.5 3.4 67.1 2.4 16.0
More than 365 days 3.66 397 146 3.3 54 75.0 6.6 74.4 0.3 33.2
 
Foreign banks
9.  During survey week 0.95 16,780 13,787 2.8 34 43.8 61.9 0.8 0.0 13.9
Not under commitment 0.58 9,909 19,053 2.9 17 68.2 55.7 0.2 0.0 0.6
Informal commitment 0.73 2,500 17,034 2.4 8 2.4 98.9 0.2 0.0 0.4
Formal commitment 1.90 4,371 7,944 2.6 86 12.3 54.8 2.3 0.0 51.7
10.  Before survey week 11  
Up to 90 days 1.48 7,240 15,058 2.5 157 47.7 90.3 6.4 0.0 82.1
91 to 365 days 2.42 2,060 4,985 3.0 426 75.2 67.4 17.2 0.0 72.7
More than 365 days 2.57 3,510 3,004 3.3 432 70.8 47.2 17.7 0.0 71.6

7. Commercial and industrial loans backed by the SBA 6
Backed by SBA Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
Percent of value of loans
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
Made under
participation
or syndication 7
1.  All banks 3.97 887 131 3.0 415 97.2 54.0 68.5 39.0
2.  Domestic banks 3.97 887 131 3.0 415 97.2 54.0 68.5 39.0
3.  Large domestic banks 3.83 764 136 3.0 425 97.8 60.6 68.0 35.1
4.  Small domestic banks 4.85 122 106 3.1 354 93.6 13.1 71.3 63.6
5.  Foreign banks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

8. Commercial and industrial loans made under participation or syndication 7
Loans made under participation Weighted-
average
effective
loan rate 4
(percent)
Total value
of loans
($ millions)
Average
loan size
($ thousands)
Weighted-
average risk
rating 3
Weighted-
average
maturity/
repricing
interval 2
(days)
Percent of value of loans
Secured
by
collateral
Subject to
prepayment
penalty
Prime
based
SBA
backed 6
1.  All banks 2.14 64,553 2,844 2.8 131 72.4 23.0 11.8 0.5
2.  Domestic banks 2.16 52,266 2,505 3.0 82 75.7 9.7 12.1 0.7
3.  Large domestic banks 2.09 50,537 4,289 2.9 64 75.2 9.5 10.6 0.5
4.  Small domestic banks 4.13 1,729 190 3.3 512 89.6 15.2 56.7 4.5
5.  Foreign banks 2.07 12,287 6,713 2.5 309 58.4 79.5 10.4 0.0

Summary statistics All
commercial
banks
Domestic
banks
Large
domestic
banks
Small
domestic
banks
Foreign
banks
1.  Average reported prime rate 3.31 3.32 3.29 3.42 3.21
2.  Standard error of loan rate .18 .20 .19 .19 .17

The Survey of Terms of Business Lending collects data on gross loan extensions made during the first full business week in the middle month of each quarter. The authorized panel size for the survey is 348 domestically chartered commercial banks and 50 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. The sample data are used to estimate the terms of loans extended during that week at all domestic commercial banks and all U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. The terms on loans extended during the survey week may differ from those extended during other weeks of the quarter. The estimates reported here are not intended to measure the average terms on all business loans in bank portfolios.

Footnotes

1. As of September 30, 2015, assets of the large banks were at least $5.1 billion. Median total assets for all insured banks were roughly $179 million. Assets at all U.S. branches and agencies averaged 11.4 billion.

2. The "maturity/repricing" interval measures the period from the date the loan is made until it first may be repriced or matures. For floating-rate loans that are subject to repricing at any time--such as many prime-based loans--the maturity/repricing interval is zero. For floating-rate loans that have a scheduled repricing interval, the maturity/repricing interval measures the number of days between the date the loan is made and the date on which it is next scheduled to reprice. For loans having rates that remain fixed until the loan matures (fixed-rate loans), the maturity/repricing interval measures the number of days between the date the loan is made and the date on which it matures. Loans that reprice daily mature or reprice on the business day after they are made. Because of weekends and holidays, such loans may have maturity/repricing intervals in of more thanone day; nevertheless, such loans are not included in the 2 to 30 day category.

3. A complete description of these risk categories is available in the survey instructions, available at http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/reportdetail.aspx?sOoYJ+5BzDaSCesXTb1UmHCoyU8rIHWr. The category "Moderate risk" includes the average loan, under average economic conditions, at the typical lender. The "Other" category includes loans rated "Acceptable" as well as special mention or classified loans. The weighted-average risk ratings published for loans in rows 31-39 are calculated by assigning a value of 1 to minimal risk loans, 2 to low risk loans, 3 to moderate risk loans, 4 to acceptable risk loans, and 5 to special mention and classified loans. These values are weighted by loan amount and exclude loans with no risk rating. Some of the loans in table rows 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, and 31-36 are not rated for risk.

4. Effective (compounded) annual interest rates are calculated from the stated rate and other terms of the loans and weighted by loan amount. For the standard error of the loan rate for all C&I loans in the current survey (tables 1-5, line 1, column 1), see the summary statistics table. The chances are about two out of three that the average rate shown will differ by less than this amount from the average rate that would be found by a complete survey of the universe of all banks.

5. Average maturities are weighted by loan amount and exclude loans with no stated maturities.

6. Loans guaranteed, either in part or in whole, by the Small Business Administration (SBA). http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/loans-grants/small-business-loans/sbas-role

7. The terms "syndication" and "participation" encompasses a variety of arrangements among institutions to make loans. When each participating lender agrees in advance to fund and be at risk only up to a specified percentage of the total credit and the contract is executed by all participants and the borrower, the arrangement is often referred to as a syndication. When a lead lender originates the transaction and is the only party to the contract with the borrower and sells shares as prearranged with others, the arrangement is referred to as a participation. All loans made under either arrangements, whether or not the lender is the originator, are included.

8. For loans made under formal commitments, the average time interval between the date on which the loan pricing was set and the date on which the loan was made, weighted by the loan amount. For loans under informal commitment, the time interval is zero.

9. Prime-based loans are based on the lending bank's own prime rate, any other lender's prime rate, a combintation of prime rates, or a publicly reported prime rate. Loans with "other" base rates include loan rates expressed in terms of any other base rate (e.g., the federal funds rate or LIBOR) and loans for which no base rate is used to determine the loan rate.

10. See the summary statistics tables for the average reported prime rate weighted by the dollar value of loans priced relative to a prime base rate.

11. For loans made under formal commitments.

... The number of loans was insufficient to provide a meaningful value.
Last update: January 4, 2016