ShareCredit union loans outstanding decreased 0.1% during March 2011 compared to a 0.4% decrease in February 2011, according to CUNA’s economics and statistics department.
Leading the decline during March were unsecured personal loans (-1.3%), home equity loans (-0.8%), credit cards (-0.7%), and new auto loans (-0.6%).
Bucking this trend were adjustable-rate mortgages, which grew 1.9% during March, and used auto loans, which increased 0.5%.
Savings
Credit union savings balances grew 1.3% in March compared to a 1.8% increase during February.
Regular shares led savings growth, increasing 3.6%, followed by money market accounts, 1.4%, share drafts, 1.2%, and individual retirement accounts, 0.7%.
One-year certificates declined 0.8%.
Other measures during March:
- Asset quality: Credit unions’ 60+ day delinquencies fell slightly to 1.6%;
- Liquidity: The loan-to-savings ratio fell to 69% , while the liquidity ratio (the ratio of surplus funds maturing in less than one year to borrowings plus other liabilities) remained at 19%; and
- Capital: The movement’s overall capital-to-asset ratio remained at 10%. The total dollar amount of capital is $94 billion.
