The FR 2248 is 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. Board staff 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), and in the quarterly
statistical release Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States
(Z.1).
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USC 225a Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.