Following Borrowers through Forbearance

Andrew Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Joelle Scally and Wilbert van der Klaauw

No 20201117, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: Today, the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data reported that total household debt balances increased slightly in the third quarter of 2020, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. This increase marked a reversal from the modest decline in the second quarter of 2020, a downturn driven by a sharp contraction in credit card balances. In the third quarter, credit card balances declined again, even as consumer spending recovered somewhat; meanwhile, mortgage originations came in at a robust $1.049 trillion, the highest level since 2003. Many of the efforts to stabilize the economy in response to the COVID-19 crisis have focused on consumer balance sheets, both through direct cash transfers and through forbearances on federally backed debts. Here, we examine the uptake of forbearances on mortgage and auto loans and its impact on their delinquency status and the borrower’s credit score. This analysis, as well as the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, is based on anonymized Equifax credit report data.

Keywords: household finances; Consumer Credit Panel (CCP); CARES Act; forbearance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11-17
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