Fed Passes on Rate Increase for Second Time

Situation

• W/ only 1 dissenting vote, Fed declines for 2nd time to raise rates
  
• Follow-up statement indicated would maintain rates at next meeting as well
  
• Suggested that inflation risk easing due to housing downturn, retreating energy prices
  
• Bernanke view that slowing economy will damp inflation at odds w/ some economists
  
• Latter experts say continuing strong consumer demand may lead to increased prices
  
• Dissenting Fed policy maker, Jeffrey Lacker, favored quarter point raise
  

Significant Points

• Next meeting in late Oct, just before midterm elections
  
• Stock market buoyed by Fed decision, Dow Jones closed just below record high
  
• Economic adviser, Albert Wojnilower: continued strong consumer spending fueling "creeping inflation"
  
• Fed acknowledged risk, said future actions would depend on "evolution of the outlook for both inflation and economic growth"
  
• Fed statement omitted any reference to effect of rising labor costs
  
• Moody's Economy.com chief economist considers omission significant

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Sourced From: The New York Times, September 21,2006

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Auto Buyers Boning Up on Financing Options

Auto Buyers Boning Up on Financing Options

Situation:
New survey by AWARE shows consumers more savvy about auto financing
Found 83% of Americans aware of options, 58% feel informed about financing
67% plan to do more research before next purchase, 54% will check credit scores
64% will compare interest rates, 70% plan to negotiate financing
41% prefer Internet as info source

• Significant Points:
  AWARE is collaborative industry effort to educate consumers about auto financing
  
• Primary initiative is website--http://www.autofinancing101.org/
  
• No ads or lead generation sales tactics on website
  
• Survey found 71% want more info from vehicle financing industry
  
• Especially African Americans (83%), consumers between ages 18-24 (86%)
  
• 47% ranked negotiating rates 1st, 42% finding good rates 2nd for more information Read Quotes
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  Sourced From: The Auto Channel, September 5, 2006

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U.S. Consumer Credit Up 2.4% in May, Credit Cards Up 10%

What’s the best way to prepare for the upcoming financial crisis? If you’re an American consumer, it’s probably to take on more debt. Like, say, $4.4 billion more in debt in May, according to a MarketWatch story.
Overall consumer debt jumped up by 2.4% in May to $2.173 trillion. The culprit? Rising credit card debt, due in part to astronomical fuel prices as well as skyrocketing housing costs. Revolving credit — like credit cards – expanded by a whopping 10% in May. That’s an additional $6.7 billion in outstanding revolving debt to bring the standing total to $812 billion. Non-revolving debt actually fell 2% in May.
The increase in consumer credit was about $1 billion more than economists were expecting. In a survey conducted by MarketWatch, analysts expected a credit expansion of $3.4 billion for May.
Source: MarketWatch

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More States Follow California's Lead to Protect Car Buyers

1. CA's new "Car Buyer's Bill of Rights" goes into effect July 1
2. Provides option to return used car for any reason within 2 days
3. Caps dealer service markup fee at 2.5%, more clearly defines term "certified"
4. Similar legislation pending in MA; LA, AK, NY, NC also considering more protection
5. Consumer advocates say new CA law doesn't go far enough
6. Claim dealers will profit from changes like fees for return option, restocking
   

Significant Points

1. Legislation sparked by consumer complaints about unscrupulous auto dealers
   
2. Consumer advocates say minorities targeted by extra dealer markups, add-on charges
   
3. Also cite "certified" preowned vehicles w/ frame damage, other problems
   
4. Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety: "What we ended up with was very watered down"
5. CARS president Rosemary Shahan: "We're not touting this bill as a model"
6. CA dealers disagree, say law represents "most comprehensive reform of the car buying process in the last several years"

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Sourced From: The Wall Street Journal, June 27, 2006

Market Rallies as Fed Cools Inflation Language

Situation
1. Fed raised interest rates for 17th consecutive time to 5.25%
2. But market rallies as Fed appears to suggest continued rate raises may not be necessary
3. Tone of remarks less urgent, acknowledge slowing growth
4. Left room to raise rates at next meeting; inflation still above Fed's "comfort zone"
5. Convinced that harder to combat inflation than to correct slowdown if rates pushed too high
6. Some say energy prices, higher interest rates already setting stage for serious slowdown

Significant Points

1. Slower growth due to cooling of housing market, previous interest rate hikes, energy prices
2. GDP rose at 5.6% annual rate in 1st Q, but 2 inflation gauges lowered
3. Jobless claims up as rate of job creation declines
4. Unsold home inventories up, sales prices rising more slowly, construction employment down sharply
5. National Association of Manufacturers says "Evidence of a slowing economy is widespread"
6. Investors looking for signs that Fed can engineer "soft landing" to era of slower growth

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http://www.automotivedigest.com/view_art.asp?articlesID=19513 Sourced From: The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2006; The New York Times, June 30, 2006

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Icentives, 0% Loans, Free Gas -

1. High gas prices combine w/ rising interest rates to revive vehicle incentives
2. Zero percent loans offered by Detroit Big-3 captive lenders
3. Offer of cash rebates or up to $6K free gas for car purchase at CA dealership
4. Chrysler restores 0% loans/cashback on most models for up to 60 months



1. Edmunds.com Jesse Toprak: 0% loans better deal for consumers than cash rebate
2. Growing demand for econo models, turning away from gas guzzlers seen as growing trend
3. Consumers switch from 6-cylinder models to 4-cylinders w/ better fuel economy
4. Used vehicles also affected, resale value on hybrid models have appreciated

Sourced From: Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2006

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Equifax, Experian and TransUnion Roll Out New Joint Credit Score

The nation's three consumer credit reporting companies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - today jointly announced the introduction of a new credit score designed to simplify and enhance the credit process for both consumers and credit grantors.

VantageScoresm is a direct result of market demand for a more consistent and objective approach to credit scoring methodology across all three national credit reporting companies. This approach is unprecedented in the marketplace.

The new VantageScore leverages the collective experience of the industry's leading experts on credit data, scoring and analytics. Under the new scoring system, credit score variance between credit reporting companies will be attributed to data differences within each of the three consumer credit files and not to the structure of the scoring model or data interpretation.

By combining cutting-edge, patent-pending analytic techniques with a highly intuitive scale for scoring, VantageScore will provide consumers and businesses with a highly predictive, consistent score that is easy to understand and apply. VantageScore uses score ranges from 501 to 990. Consumers and credit grantors alike will recognize the logical score groupings that approximate the familiar academic scale:

901-990 - A
801-900 - B
701-800 - C
601-700 - D
501-600 - F


VantageScore is being independently marketed and sold separately through each of the three national credit reporting companies via licensing agreements with VantageScore Solutions, LLC. VantageScore is commercially available beginning today.


Source: Press Release

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