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A.14. Survey of Terms of Bank Lending to Farmers, Selected Quarters
Percent except as noted USDA Farm Production RegionNE
		  LS
		  CB
		  NP
		  AP
		  SE
		  DL
		  SP
		  MN
		  PAProportion of farm loansoutstanding,  2002 Q4 survey,region share of nationaltotal
         2.5
         9.5
         27.9
         17.7
         8.9
         5.0
         5.2
         8.6
         5.7
         8.9Sample coverage, 2002 Q4survey, sample share of totalregional loans
         16.3
         6.4
         20.0
         11.3
         21.0
         20.0
         6.7
         9.6
         14.1
         60.0Avg. loan size, 2002 Q4 survey(thousands of dollars)
         29.1
         26.8
         52.5
         38.6
         45.3
         62.9
         67.1
         50.1
         14.4
         82.2Survey date
         Weighted average interest rate during sample week1995: Q4
		    10.8
		    10.3
		    8.3
		    9.6
		    7.9
		    10.1
		    10.3
		    9.8
		    9.3
		    8.91996: Q1
		    8.8
		    9.9
		    8.0
		    9.4
		    7.3
		    9.4
		    10.9
		    9.9
		    8.9
		    8.1Q2
		    10.3
		    10.2
		    7.3
		    9.0
		    8.1
		    9.6
		    10.4
		    9.8
		    8.7
		    8.3Q3
		    8.3
		    9.9
		    8.9
		    9.4
		    7.6
		    9.4
		    10.0
		    9.4
		    8.9
		    8.1Q4
		    10.1
		    9.9
		    9.3
		    9.0
		    7.5
		    9.3
		    9.9
		    9.1
		    9.0
		    8.61997: Q1
		    8.8
		    9.5
		    9.5
		    9.3
		    8.0
		    9.9
		    9.5
		    9.5
		    10.1
		    8.7Q2
		    9.4
		    10.1
		    9.2
		    9.5
		    8.3
		    9.9
		    10.2
		    9.7
		    10.0
		    8.7Q3
		    9.3
		    9.8
		    9.6
		    9.9
		    8.5
		    10.1
		    9.9
		    9.7
		    10.5
		    8.7Q4
		    9.2
		    9.5
		    9.3
		    9.8
		    7.5
		    9.8
		    9.4
		    9.4
		    10.1
		    8.81998: Q1
		    9.3
		    9.0
		    9.4
		    9.8
		    7.3
		    10.0
		    10.3
		    9.8
		    9.6
		    8.5Q2
		    9.2
		    9.4
		    9.2
		    9.7
		    7.6
		    10.2
		    10.3
		    9.6
		    9.8
		    8.4Q3
		    10.2
		    9.5
		    9.5
		    9.5
		    8.8
		    9.5
		    9.7
		    9.5
		    9.6
		    8.5Q4
		    9.4
		    9.2
		    8.7
		    9.0
		    8.3
		    9.4
		    9.7
		    9.2
		    9.1
		    8.01999: Q1
		    8.4
		    8.9
		    8.9
		    9.1
		    8.2
		    9.0
		    9.6
		    9.1
		    9.0
		    7.5Q2
		    9.6
		    9.1
		    8.8
		    9.0
		    8.0
		    9.0
		    9.8
		    9.0
		    8.7
		    8.0Q3
		    10.2
		    8.9
		    8.7
		    9.3
		    8.2
		    8.9
		    10.0
		    8.8
		    9.0
		    8.5Q4
		    9.1
		    9.2
		    8.8
		    9.4
		    8.3
		    8.8
		    9.8
		    9.0
		    9.5
		    8.82000: Q1
		    9.4
		    9.2
		    9.2
		    9.6
		    8.4
		    9.8
		    9.3
		    10.0
		    9.8
		    8.4Q2
		    10.7
		    9.5
		    9.7
		    9.7
		    9.1
		    9.1
		    10.5
		    10.0
		    10.1
		    9.5Q3
		    10.5
		    10.30
		    10.0
		    10.3
		    9.7
		    9.2
		    10.5
		    10.0
		    10.6
		    9.7Q4
		    10.7
		    9.3
		    9.9
		    10.1
		    9.2
		    9.4
		    9.2
		    10.3
		    10.3
		    9.82001: Q1
		    9.3
		    9.1
		    9.4
		    9.7
		    8.4
		    7.8
		    9.5
		    9.0
		    9.8
		    8.8Q2
		    8.2
		    8.7
		    8.3
		    8.8
		    7.4
		    8.1
		    8.3
		    9.2
		    8.6
		    7.9Q3
		    8.3
		    9.8
		    7.9
		    8.2
		    6.3
		    7.6
		    8.7
		    8.8
		    7.8
		    7.2Q4
		    6.9
		    7.9
		    6.3
		    7.0
		    5.2
		    6.3
		    8.7
		    7.6
		    6.1
		    5.2standard error
		    (.23)
		    (.78)
		    (.38)
		    (.29)
		    (.36)
		    (1.71)
		    (.42)
		    (.79)
		    (.33)
		    (.35)2002: Q1
		    6.9
		    7.8
		    6.7
		    7.2
		    5.2
		    5.5
		    7.3
		    7.4
		    6.8
		    4.9standard error
		    (.12)
		    (.37)
		    (.26)
		    (.22)
		    (.63)
		    (1.14)
		    (.39)
		    (.45)
		    (.26)
		    (.25)Q2
		    6.8
		    7.4
		    6.4
		    7.2
		    5.0
		    5.9
		    7.6
		    7.5
		    6.5
		    5.1standard error
		    (.14)
		    (.29)
		    (.27)
		    (.21)
		    (.48)
		    (1.03)
		    (.23)
		    (.34)
		    (.36)
		    (.26)Q3
		    6.4
		    7.5
		    5.8
		    6.5
		    4.6
		    6.0
		    7.5
		    7.3
		    6.5
		    5.3standard error
		    (.43)
		    (.29)
		    (.50)
		    (.68)
		    (.67)
		    (1.19)
		    (.34)
		    (.68)
		    (.41)
		    (1.06)Q4
		    5.7
		    6.9
		    5.1
		    5.5
		    4.6
		    5.2
		    6.7
		    7.6
		    6.4
		    4.5standard error
		    (.35)
		    (.45)
		    (.47)
		    (1.01)
		    (.56)
		    (.62)
		    (.68)
		    (.35)
		    (.47)
		    (.62)2003: Q1
		    5.4
		    7.0
		    5.6
		    5.9
		    4.5
		    5.7
		    6.8
		    7.2
		    6.1
		    4.5standard error
		    (.14)
		    (.25)
		    (.31)
		    (.78)
		    (.62)
		    (.61)
		    (.54)
		    (.65)
		    (.34)
		    (.40) Notes.  NE is Northeast, LS is Lake States, CB is Cornbelt, NP is Northern Plains, AP is
Appalachia, SE is Southeast, DL is Delta States, SP is Southern Plains, MN is Mountain States,
and PA is Pacific. The numbers in parentheses are standard errors.  They are calculated from
100 replications of a bootstrap procedure (resampling of banks) in each region.


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