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CREDIT UNION TRENDS REPORT CUNA Mutual Group Economics December (October Data) Highlights During October, credit unions picked-up, in new memberships, loan balances grew at a.

3%, and long-term interest rates increased 1 basis points. Third quarter economic growth was revised up to 3.3% and grew.3% from the third quarter of 1.

1 CREDIT UNION TRENDS REPORT CUNA Mutual Group Economics December (October Data) Highlights During October, credit unions picked-up, in new memberships, loan balances grew at a.% seasonallyadjusted annualized pace while savings balances rose at a.% annualized pace. Firms hired, workers, nominal consumer spending increased.3%, and long-term interest rates increased 1 basis points. Third quarter economic growth was revised up to 3.3% and grew.3% from the third quarter of 1. At the end of October, CUNA s monthly estimates reported, credit unions in operation, down 3 credit unions from one month earlier. Year-over-year, the number of credit unions declined by, significantly more than the 1 lost in the months ending in October 1. Total credit union assets rose.1% in October, slower than the.% rise reported in October of 1. Assets rose.% during the past year due to a. increase in deposits, a 1. increase in borrowings and a.% increase in capital. The nation s credit unions increased their loan portfolios by.% in October, faster than the.% pace reported in October 1. Loan balances are up.1% during the last months. Credit unions now make up % of the overall consumer credit market, up from.% one year ago. Credit union memberships rose a modest.1% in October, up from a.% gain reported in October 1. October is historically the slowest month for membership growth. Memberships are up. during the past year due to robust demand for credit, solid job growth, and comparatively lower fees and loan interest rates versus banks. Credit union capital-to-asset ratios remained at.% in October, with very little variation reported over the last year. Credit union loan delinquency rates fell to.% in October, down from.% one year earlier due to a stronger economy and double digit loan growth. ECONOMIC, COMPETITIVE AND INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT During October, the economy gained, jobs, the unemployment rate fell to.1%, nominal personal income rose., nominal personal spending rose.3%, the national savings rate fell to 3.%, consumer prices rose.1%, consumer confidence rose, new home sales rose.%, existing home sales rose.%, auto sales fell.%, home prices rose.% and the -year treasury interest rate rose 1 basis points to average.3%. On Dec., the Federal Open Market Committee raised the Federal Funds interest rate target range by basis points to 1.% to 1.%, the fifth increase since December. With wage growth and inflation expected to pick up over the next year, we believe the Federal Reserve will raise the Fed Funds interest rate target range another 1.% in 1. The pace of interest rate increases this time around will be significantly slower than the 3% per year pace set in 1, the 1.% per year pace set in 1 and the % per year pace set in, due to low actual and expected inflation. Most credit unions will therefore face less interest rate risk during this tightening cycle compared to the aforementioned previous tightening cycles. Total Credit Union Lending Credit union loan balances rose.% in October, faster than the.% pace reported in October 1. Driving overall loan growth was strong growth in home equity loans (.%), adjustable rate first mortgages (1.%) and new auto loans (1.). How will rising short-term interest rates in 1 affect credit union loan growth? Figure 1 shows the relationship between credit union annualized loan growth numbers and the Fed Funds interest rate for the past years. Higher Fed Funds interest rates will have a slight downward pull on overall loan growth next year as credit card, auto and mortgage interest rates increase. We expect loan growth to slow to.% in 1 from.% in ; however, this is still above the long run average of.%. Figure 1: % 1% % % % % % % % % % % % 3% % 1% % -1% -% Fed Funds Rate Vs. CU Loan Growth Recession CU Loan Growth Fed Funds Interest Rate % 1% % % % % % % % % % % % 3% % 1% % -1% -%

2 $ bil (SA) Credit Union Consumer Installment Credit (CUCIC) Credit union consumer installment credit balances (auto, credit card and other unsecured loans) rose a modest.% in October, slower than the 1.% pace set in October 1, due to deceleration in unsecured personal and credit card lending. During the last months, credit union consumer installment credit grew.% (Figure ), which is more than twice as fast as the rest of the market. Outstanding consumer credit rose $. billion for all lenders in October, according to the Federal Reserve (Figure 3), and above the $1.1 billion average monthly growth reported during the last months. The rise in the Fed Funds interest rate will increase credit card interest rates in the near term and, to a lesser extent, auto loan rates. This will boost credit union yield on assets and net income in 1. Figure : Figure 3: Growth in Consumer Installment Credit October Consumer Credit Outstanding (monthly change & annual growth rate,sa) CUs.% Total Market Excluding CUs.% Total Market Excluding CUs & GSLs Recession - Consumer Credit Monthly Change (RHS) Year-over-Year Growth (LHS) Vehicle Loans Credit union new auto loan balances rose 1. in October, faster than the 1.% pace set in October 1, and increased 1.% during the last year. On a seasonally-adjusted annualized basis, new auto loan balances rose.1% in October (Figure ), down from the. pace reported in October 1. Strong consumer fundamentals are driving auto loan growth: an improving labor market, low interest rates, rising wage growth, expanding driving-age population, improving construction activity, low oil prices and better household balance sheets. The number of new auto loans as a percent of members in offering credit unions the penetration rate rose to.%, up from.% in. Figure : Figure : CU New Auto Growth Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Growth Rate % % % % 1% 1% % % % % % -% % % % -% -% -% -% -1% -1% % % % % 1% 1% % % % % % % % -% - -% -% -% -% -% -1% -1% Millions of Units 1 U.S. Vehicles Sales Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Recession New Auto Sales Inherent Demand Auto Sales Forecast Vehicle sales fell to 1.1 million units in October, on a seasonally-adjusted annualized sales rate, from the 1. million reported in September. This sales rate was.% above the. million pace set in October 1 (Figure ) due to hurricane replacement car sales. Expect auto sales to remain at the. million pace in 1 and then decline to million in 1. This should keep credit union new-auto lending growing at a double-digit pace for the next year Source: Autodata Corp Credit Union Trends Report

3 Real Estate Secured Lending 1 st Mortgages and Other Real Estate Credit union real estate lending was firing on all cylinders during the first months of due to the improving economy and credit unions increasing their market share of the mortgage origination market (Figure ). Adjustable-rate first mortgage loan balances grew a strong 1.% in October, similar to the 1.% pace set in October 1. Fixed-rate mortgage loan balances rose.% in October, above the.% decline recorded in October 1. Expect purchase mortgage lending to increase around -% in 1 due to rising incomes, higher consumer confidence and strong job growth. However, expect refinance mortgage lending to drop -3% as long term interest rates rise from around today for a 3-year mortgage to.% in 1. Thus, total mortgage lending is expected to decline by -% in 1. Home equity lending balances surged in October, rising.%, similar to the.% reported in October 1. Seasonal factors typically add. percentage points to the underlying monthly trend growth rate in October, making it the second fastest growing month for home equity loans. Home equity loan balances will remain strong due to rising home prices, the improving job market, high consumer confidence, consumers releasing pent up demand for durable goods and low interest rates The contract interest rate on a 3-year fixed-rate conventional home mortgage rose to 3.% in October, from 3.1% in September, and above the 3.% reported in October 1. Mortgage interest rates rose due to a 1 basis point jump in the -year Treasury interest rate. Of the 1 basis point increase in long-term interest rates, basis points were due to a tightening in the capital markets and 3 basis points were due to an increase in inflation expectations. Home prices rose.% in October from September, according to the Core Logic Home Price Index, and.% year-overyear. The index has risen month over month for consecutive months, the longest period of uninterrupted growth since before the Great Recession of -.The housing market is tight, with the inventory-to-sales ratio still at a cyclical low, which spurs rapid house price gains. Demand for homes is rising steadily, but it is the limited supply of inventories that is boosting prices. Figure : Figure : - - All Real Estate Loans Growth CU Real Estate Loans Fixed Rate 1 st Mortgages = October Adjustable Rate 1 st Mortgages Home Equity Loans Second Mortgages. 3.%.%.% 1.% 1.%.% -1.% -1.% -.% of Surplus Funds > 1 Year Maturity Vs Yield Curve Slope Recession of Surplus Funds > 1 maturity (Right Axis) 3-Yr Treasury - Fed Funds Rate (Left Axis).% -.% % % % % % 3% 3% % % Surplus Funds (Cash + Investments) Credit union surplus funds fell in October by $. billion due to a $. billion surge in loan growth and $ billion drop in deposits. Borrowing rose $. billion to help fund loans and deposit runoff. Credit union surplus funds as a percent of assets fell to.% in October, from.% in September to reach $31. billion. This is the lowest liquidity position since October, two months before the onset of the Great Recession. As the Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds interest rate 1.% over the last months the yield curve has flattened, as measured by the difference between the 3-year Treasury interest rate and the Fed Funds interest rate (Figure ). Flatter yield curves historically induce credit unions to reduce the percent of surplus funds invested with maturities greater than one year. With the Federal Reserve now paying 1.% on required reserve balances and on excess reserve balances held at the Fed, many credit unions will park excess funds in their Fed reserve account to maintain liquidity. These liquid funds are necessary as credit unions continue to report strong loan demand. 3 Credit Union Trends Report

4 Savings and Assets Credit union savings balances fell in October (-.) as the deposit surge in September, due to September ending on a payroll Friday and having Fridays, reversed itself. Savings balances grew at a.% seasonally-adjusted annualized growth rate in October, below the % reported one year earlier (Figure ). Credit unions are experiencing a slowdown in deposit growth as the national savings rates (personal savings as a percent of disposable personal income) fell to a cyclical low of 3.%, the lowest since December, the month which kicked off the Great Recession (Figure ). With consumer confidence at the highest level in years, Americans are in the mood to spend and not necessarily save due to expectations of faster income growth in 1. Figure : Figure : CU Savings Growth Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Growth Rate 1% % 1% % % % % % % % % % % % 3% % 1% % % % 1% % % % % % % % % % % % 3% % 1% % Capital and Other Key Measures The credit union system has become significantly more productive over the last years. Back in the year, it took on average.3 full time credit union employees to manage every $1 million in assets. Today that ratio stands at.1, a improvement in productivity, or.% increase in productivity per year. Today there are, full time employees working at credit unions managing $1,3, million in assets. The number of employees working at credit unions today would have been,, (.3 x 1,3,) if credit union employees had the same level of productivity they did back in. The net result is 3,, (,,); jobs were not filled due to improvements in human and physical capital. Smaller asset-size credit unions reported bigger improvements in productivity ratios over the last 1 years; however, larger credit unions are still more productive due to their economies of scale (Figure ). 3 1 National Savings Rate [3-month moving average (Personal Savings/DPI)] Figure : Credit Union Productivity (Full time employees per $1 million in Assets) (by asset size) < $ mil $-$ $-$ $- $.3. $- $.3. $-$1 bil.. >$1 bil Figure : Capital Growth Trend October Year Average.% The credit union capital balances grew.% in October, slightly below the % average set over the last twenty years (Figure ). The growth rate of capital is also known as the return on equity ratio, an important measure of credit union financial performance. Credit Union Trends Report

5 Credit Unions and Members As of October 1, CUNA estimates, credit unions were in operation, down from October 1 (Figure ). Year-to-date the number of credit unions fell by, significantly more than the reported in the first ten months of 1. NCUA s Insurance Report of Activity showed 1 mergers were approved in October with an average asset size of $1. million. This is down from the mergers reported in October 1 with an average asset size of $. million. Credit union consolidation and concentration is expected to continue at its long run pace in 1. Since 1, the number of credit unions has declined by roughly 3.% each year (Figure ). If we apply this exponential decay rate to the current number of credit unions,,, we should expect another 3 credit unions to exit the financial system in 1. If we forecast out a little further, according to the laws of exponential decay, there will only be, credit unions in years, half as many as there are today. Fortunately, credit union assets follow an average annual exponential growth of %. This means the time it takes for credit union assets to double (currently $1.3 trillion) is only years. Figure : Figure : 3 Comparison of Declines in # of CUs October Actual =, Number of CUs YTD October Declines Annual Declines October to October Annual Declines Annual Contraction Rate in CU Marketplace October 1 October Decline = CUs % = Year Trend Oct. 3.. Credit union memberships grew a modest, in October, or.1%, but faster than the, new members, or.%, added in October 1. Year-to-date credit unions added.1 million new members, (Figure ), faster than the 3. million members added during the similar period in 1. October s seasonal factors typically shave off.3 percentage points from the underlying trend membership growth rate (Figure ). Total credit union memberships reached 1. million in October,.% more than October 1 and the fastest pace in more than years. Expect membership growth to slow slightly in 1 as loan growth slows slightly. Figure : Figure : Comparison of Membership Increases October Actual = 1. Million.3% CU Membership Seasonal Factors Members in Millions Annual Increase October to October YTD October Increase Annual Increase..%.1%.%.%.1%.%.3%.%.%.% -.1% Jan Feb Mar Apr May June -.% July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec -.% -.1% -.% -.% -.3% -.3% Source: CUNA & NCUA. Credit Union Trends Report

6 National Monthly Credit Union Aggregates CAPITAL/ ($ Billions) (Millions) CREDIT LOAN / ASSET YR/MO LOANS ASSETS SAVINGS CAPITAL MEMBERS UNIONS SAVINGS RATIO 1. 1,1. 1,.1 1..,.1.. 1,. 1,. 1..,... 1,. 1,3.3.., ,3. 1,33.3.., ,. 1,. 3.., ,. 1,1..., ,. 1,..., ,3.3 1,..., ,. 1,...1, ,.3 1,..., ,1. 1,3...1, ,31. 1,.1.., ,3. 1,..., ,3. 1,.1.., ,3. 1,1..., ,33. 1,...,... 1,3. 1,. 1.3., ,33. 1, ,3... 1,3. 1, ,... 1,3. 1, , ,3. 1,.. 1.,... 1,3. 1,1.. 1., ,3. 1, ,.3.. 1,3. 1,3.. 1., ,3. 1,1.. 1., 3.1. Credit Union Growth Rates Change Previous Year # OF CUs Delinquency YR/MO LOANS ASSETS SAVINGS CAPITAL MEMBERS # OF CUs DECLINE Ratio* (.) (31).% (3.) ().% (.) ().% (.1) ().1% (3.) (1) (3.) ().% (.) ().% (.) ().% (.) (1) (3.) (3) (.) () (3.) ().% (3.1) (1).% (3.) (1).% (3.) ().% (3.) ().% (3.) ().% (3.) () (3.) ().3% (.) (1) (3.) () (3.) (31) (3.) (31) (3.) (33).% (.) ().% * Loans two or more months delinquent as a percent of total loans. Credit Union Trends Report

7 Distribution of Credit Union Loans Estimated $ (Billions) Outstanding 1 ST TOT. OTHR TOTAL TOTAL NEW USED TOTAL UNSEC CREDIT MORT MORT REAL YR/MO LOANS VEHICLE LOANS Ex. CC S CARDS CUCIC TOTAL ND +HE ESTATE MBLs* * Member Business Loans CUCIC = Total Loans Total Real Estate - MBLs CUCIC = Total Vehicle Loans + Unsecured Loans + Credit Card % of MBLs Distribution of Credit Union Loans Change From Prior Year 1 ST TOT. OTHR TOTAL TOTAL NEW USED TOTAL UNSEC CREDIT MORT MORT REAL YR/MO LOANS VEHICLE LOANS Ex. CC S CARDS CUCIC TOTAL ND +HE ESTATE MBLs* Credit Union Trends Report

8 1 Annual Growth Rates Total Loans & Installment Credit CUCIC Total Loans $ in Billions 3 CU Loan Portfolio $.1 $.3 $. $.1 $. $. $.1 $.1.% $. 1.% 1.%.% 1.%.1%.%.3%.%.3%.% 1 Oct CIC Other $. $. $. $1..3%.% CIC Share of Total Loans at Credit Unions $ Billions Consumer Installment Credit at Credit Unions This report on key CU indicators is based on data from CUNA E&S s Monthly Credit Union Estimates, the Federal Reserve Board and CUNA Mutual Group Economics. To access this report on the Internet: Sign in at cunamutual.com Go to the Resource Library tab Under Publications heading, select Credit Union Trends Report If you have any questions, comments, or need additional information, please call. Thank you. Steven Rick.3., Ext.. steve.rick@cunamutual.com CUNA Mutual Group Economics CUNA Mutual Group, All Rights Reserved. CUNA Mutual Group is the marketing name for CUNA Mutual Holding Company, a mutual insurance holding company, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Credit Union Trends Report

CREDIT UNION TRENDS REPORT

CREDIT UNION TRENDS REPORT CUNA Mutual Group Economics May 21 (March 21 Data) Highlights During March, credit unions picked-up 423, in new memberships, and loan and savings balances grew at a.5% and 5.7%