S&P/Experian Credit Default Indices Third Consecutive Monthly Increase in National Default Rates in November

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Jan 10, 2012 | Experian, S&P, Uncategorized | 0 |

Data through November 2011, released today by S&P Indices and Experian for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, showed that first mortgage and bank card default rates rose to 2.17% and 4.91% in November, from 2.08% and 4.85% in October, respectively.

Second mortgage and auto loans default rates decreased slightly; second mortgages moved down from 1.29% in October to 1.26% in November, and auto loans from 1.22% to 1.17%. The increases in first mortgage and bank card rates, however, caused the national composite to rise from 2.15% to 2.22%

Source: Experian Press Release

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