National Credit Default Rates Rose in September

While consumer credit quality continues to look healthy, the national composite was 1.38 percent in September, slightly up from 1.34 percent in August.

by Staff

October 17, 2013

2 min to read

NEW YORK — National default rates increased during the month of September, according to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices.

The national composite was 1.38 percent in September, slightly up from 1.34 percent posted in August. The first mortgage default rate was 1.28, up from 1.23 percent in August, while default rate for second mortgages rose from 0.57 percent to 0.69 percent in September.

S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices
National Indices
Index	September 2013 Index Level	August 2013 Index Level	September 2012 Index Level
Composite	1.38	1.34	1.46
First Mortgage	1.28	1.23	1.36
Second Mortgage	0.69	0.57	0.64
Bank Card	3.14	3.12	3.70
Auto Loans	1.15	1.11	1.11
Source: S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices
Data through September 2013

Metropolitan Statistical Area	September 2013 Index Level	August 2013 Index Level	September 2012 Index Level
New York	1.38	1.21	1.28
Chicago	1.77	1.83	1.82
Dallas	1.23	1.13	1.03
Los Angeles	1.38	1.44	1.45
Miami	2.11	2.19	2.48
Source: S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices
Data through September 2013

Meanwhile, the auto loan default rate stood at 1.15 percent in September, up from a 1.11 percent in August. The default rate for bank cars rose slightly from 3.12 percent in August to d 3.14 percent in September.

"Consumer credit quality continues to look healthy," says David M. Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the Index Committee for S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Two cities, New York and Dallas, saw their default rates rise in September, while three cities – Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami – saw decreases. All moves were small. The spread between the highest rate (Miami at 2.11 percent) and the lowest one (Dallas at 1.23 percent) is getting smaller."

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