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Markets · October 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Fed H.8 shows bank credit rising $28.8 billion in week ending October 21

By Econ Data Tools Editorial Team

Published October 30, 2026 • Updated October 30, 2026

The October 30 release puts seasonally adjusted bank credit at $20.0142 trillion. C&I loans rose while commercial real-estate loans fell.

The Federal Reserve’s October 30 H.8 release shows seasonally adjusted commercial-bank credit of $20,014.2 billion for the week ending October 21, compared with $19,985.4 billion on October 14. The increase is $28.8 billion, based on the published rounded levels in Table 2. Bank credit includes securities as well as loans and leases. Securities in bank credit rose to $5,796.6 billion from $5,780.9 billion, while loans and leases rose to $14,217.6 billion from $14,204.4 billion. The two components increased by $15.7 billion and $13.2 billion respectively; rounding means their changes need not add exactly to the rounded total change. Commercial and industrial loans increased to $2,997.0 billion from $2,991.8 billion, a $5.2 billion rise. Commercial real-estate loans moved in the opposite direction, declining to $3,151.0 billion from $3,158.3 billion, or $7.3 billion. These categories did not show a uniform contraction. Consumer loans increased to $1,932.1 billion from $1,930.1 billion. Within that total, credit cards and other revolving plans rose to $1,099.9 billion from $1,098.0 billion. The H.8 categories describe outstanding balances, not a count of new applications or approvals during the week. Deposits fell to $19,771.1 billion from $19,802.8 billion, a $31.7 billion decline. Large time deposits increased to $2,643.6 billion from $2,620.1 billion, while other deposits fell to $17,127.6 billion from $17,182.7 billion. These figures are also seasonally adjusted and expressed in billions of dollars. The release date and observation date are different: the October 30 publication reports these weekly levels through October 21. Table 2’s balance changes alone do not identify borrower motives, establish that underwriting standards tightened or show what interest rate any particular household or business was offered. Those explanations require separate evidence.

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