The FR 2248 is a voluntary report,
collected monthly as of the last calendar day of the month from a
stratified sample of finance companies . Each monthly report
collects balance sheet data on major categories of consumer and
business credit receivables and on major short-term liabilities.
For quarter-end months (March, June, September, and December)
additional asset and liability items are collected to provide a
full balance sheet. A supplemental section collects data on
securitized assets. The Federal Reserve may ask either quantitative
or qualitative questions through the use of a special addendum
section no more than twice per year. The data are used to construct
universe estimates of finance company holdings, which are published
in the monthly statistical releases Finance Companies (G.20) and
Consumer Credit (G.19), in the quarterly statistical release Flow
of Funds Accounts of the United States (Z.1), and in the Federal
Reserve Bulletin (Tables 1.51, 1.52, and 1.55).
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USC 225(a) Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
It is estimated that the
proposed revisions to the FR 2248 would increase the reporting
burden from 350 hours to 750, an increase of 400 hours. The burden
increase is attributed to the increase in the panel size from 70
respondents to 150 respondents.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.