The FR 2835 collects interest rates on
loans for new vehicles and loans for other consumer goods and
personal expenses from a sample of commercial banks and the FR
2835a collects interest rates, finance charges, and loan balances
for credit card accounts from a sample of commercial banks. The
data from these reports help the Federal Reserve analyze current
household financial conditions and the implications of these
conditions for household spending and, as such, these data provide
valuable input to the monetary policymaking process. The data are
also used to create aggregate statistics on consumer loan terms
that are published in the Federal Reserve’s monthly statistical
releases G.19, Consumer Credit, and G.20, Finance Companies; and in
the Federal Reserve Bulletin. Some of the aggregates are used by
the Federal Reserve in the calculation of the aggregate household
debt service and financial obligations ratios for the Federal
Reserve’s quarterly Financial Obligations statistical release and
by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to calculate interest paid by
households as part of the National Income and Product
Accounts.
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USC 225a Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
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USC 248(a) Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
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1320.8(b)(3).
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