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Statistical Supplement | November 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2008
4.23  Terms of Lending at Commercial Banks, Survey of Loans Made, August 4-8, 2008
A. Commercial and industrial loans made by all commercial banks1
Maturity/repricing interval2 and risk of loans3 Weighted-average effective loan rate (percent)4 Amount of loans (millions of dollars) Average loan size (thousands of dollars) Weighted-average maturity5 Percent of amount of loans (percent) Commitment status
Secured by collateral Subject to prepayment penalty Prime based Percent made under commitment Average months since loan terms set6
Days
Loan Risk  
1 All commercial and industrial loans 3.79 90,306 653 505 33.5 30.9 25.6 78.8 10.0
2 Minimal risk 2.93 3,264 851 335 16.1 52.0 5.9 73.1 1.6
3 Low risk 2.99 14,468 1,044 299 20.8 63.3 19.8 81.8 5.2
4 Moderate risk 3.97 26,894 524 411 36.2 35.6 26.5 71.5 12.9
5 Other 4.40 21,895 584 564 55.5 19.2 36.7 77.4 15.6
 
  By maturity/repricing interval  
6 Zero interval 4.70 18,266 240 751 66.0 13.6 72.9 91.4 10.8
7 Minimal risk 4.60 339 478 907 40.3 2.0 41.7 94.5 8.3
8 Low risk 4.09 1,944 272 943 70.5 10.9 50.3 89.7 11.2
9 Moderate risk 4.76 6,315 236 699 63.4 12.2 71.6 96.2 12.0
10 Other 5.21 4,657 211 701 80.1 14.9 81.6 94.2 11.1
 
11 Daily 2.75 30,256 3,604 264 3.7 44.5 12.2 58.1 7.2
12 Minimal risk 2.30 1,642 7,294 7 2.4 55.6 .7 51.6 .1
13 Low risk 2.43 8,746 6,614 35 1.8 80.8 15.6 75.1 2.0
14 Moderate risk 2.92 7,819 1,936 109 6.2 47.1 17.3 44.3 21.2
15 Other 2.91 5,433 3,329 642 5.1 17.7 12.4 30.7 3.9
 
16 2 to 30 days 3.75 20,441 998 420 32.9 38.6 6.7 82.7 8.6
17 Minimal risk 2.88 871 1,004 430 18.2 83.5 1.9 95.9 .7
18 Low risk 3.31 2,213 902 379 36.1 60.3 7.9 92.1 6.6
19 Moderate risk 4.00 8,522 1,356 285 37.6 48.3 4.3 67.6 9.6
20 Other 4.16 3,364 439 233 53.9 32.0 14.3 88.2 16.6
 
21 31 to 365 days 4.16 15,790 786 486 43.8 20.1 12.6 97.0 12.7
22 Minimal risk 3.75 347 259 1,076 37.6 14.7 5.8 95.3 1.3
23 Low risk 3.67 1,116 728 688 31.0 46.6 8.5 96.2 12.9
24 Moderate risk 4.17 2,884 328 369 47.1 31.5 8.2 96.3 13.6
25 Other 4.84 5,872 1,765 254 79.7 19.1 24.6 97.8 19.5
  Months  
26 More than 365 days 5.58 5,421 430 48 61.4 17.2 51.3 83.2 14.9
27 Minimal risk 6.31 52 87 39 95.6 .1 3.7 76.5 1.8
28 Low risk 6.03 407 306 55 76.4 3.2 60.6 91.5 4.9
28 Moderate risk 5.77 1,315 254 59 49.8 6.9 48.9 85.0 6.7
30 Other 5.38 2,542 1,023 43 63.8 13.3 63.7 85.1 22.0
  Weighted-average risk rating3 Weighted-average maturity/
repricing interval2		  
  Days  
Size of Loan (thousands of dollars)  
31 1-99 5.61 2,652 3.2 159 84.8 7.8 68.7 88.2 7.8
32 100-999 5.02 10,320 3.2 196 75.4 12.7 63.9 89.7 10.7
33 1,000-9,999 4.16 21,651 3.3 141 47.3 24.4 35.2 89.1 12.8
34 10,000 or more 3.34 55,683 3.1 65 17.9 38.0 12.8 72.3 8.7
  Average size (thousands of dollars)  
Base Rate of Loan7  
35 Prime 4.94 23,148 3.4 160 62.1 15.9 256 93.6 13.3
36 Other 3.40 67,158 3.0 81 23.6 36.1 1,402 73.6 8.6

Note. The Survey of Terms of Business Lending collects data on gross loan extensions made during the first full business week in the mid-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. Note that 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. The data in this table also appear in the Board's E.2 statistical release.

1. As of March 31, 2003, assets of the large banks were at least $3.7 billion. Median total assets for all insured banks were roughly $93 million. Assets at all U.S. branches and agencies averaged $3.3 billion.   Return to table

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. Owing to weekends and holidays, such loans may have "maturity/repricing" intervals in excess of one day; such loans are not included in the 2- to 30-day category.   Return to table

3. A complete description of these risk categories is available on the Board's website under Reporting Forms. 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 rating published for loans in rows 31-36 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.   Return to table

4. Effective (compounded) annual interest rates are calculated from the stated rate and other terms of the loans and weighted by loan amount. The standard error of the loan rate for all commercial and industrial loans in the current survey (line 1, column 1) is 0.19 percentage point. The chances are about two out of three that the average rate shown would differ by less than this amount from the average rate that would be found by a complete survey of the universe of all banks.   Return to table

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

6. 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.   Return to table

7. Prime-based loans are based on the lending bank's own prime rate, any other lender's prime rate, a combination 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.   Return to table

8. For loans made under formal commitments.

* The number of loans was insufficient to provide a meaningful value.

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