B.1. Farm Debt Outstanding at Commercial Banks
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                          Loan volume              Percent change from          Percent change from
                     (billions of dollars)           previous quarter              previous year
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                             Real   Non-real-             Real   Non-real-             Real   Non-real-
                   Total   estate      estate   Total   estate      estate   Total   estate      estate
Quarter            loans    loans       loans   loans    loans       loans   loans    loans       loans
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1996: Q3...    |    66.6     24.9        41.6     1.3      1.1         1.5     1.9      4.7          .3
      Q4...    |    65.5     25.0        40.5    -1.6       .3        -2.8     2.8      4.6         1.8

1997: Q1...    |    63.8     25.4        38.4    -2.6      1.4        -5.1     3.4      5.5         2.0
      Q2...    |    69.0     26.2        42.8     8.2      3.3        11.5     5.1      6.2         4.4
      Q3...    |    71.1     27.0        44.2     3.0      2.9         3.1     6.8      8.1         6.0
      Q4...    |    71.3     27.1        44.2      .3       .7          .0     8.9      8.5         9.1

1998: Q1...    |    70.1     27.6        42.4    -1.7      1.8        -3.9     9.8      9.0        10.4
      Q2...    |    75.0     28.5        46.5     7.1      3.2         9.6     8.6      8.8         8.5
      Q3...    |    76.3     28.9        47.4     1.7      1.3         1.9     7.2      7.2         7.3
      Q4...    |    74.7     29.3        45.5    -2.0      1.3        -4.0     4.8      7.8         3.0

1999: Q1...    |    72.7     29.7        42.9    -2.8      1.7        -5.6     3.7      7.6         1.1
      Q2...    |    75.8     30.8        45.1     4.4      3.5         5.0     1.1      8.0        -3.1
      Q3...    |    76.8     31.4        45.5     1.3      1.9          .9      .7      8.6        -4.1
      Q4...    |    76.0     31.8        44.2    -1.0      1.5        -2.8     1.7      8.8        -2.8

2000: Q1...    |    71.5     31.4        40.1    -5.9     -1.4        -9.2    -1.6      5.5        -6.5
      Q2...    |    79.7     33.7        45.9    11.4      7.5        14.4     5.0      9.6         1.9
      Q3...    |    80.1     33.9        46.2      .6       .5          .6     4.3      8.1         1.6
      Q4...    |    80.9     34.0        46.9     1.0       .3         1.5     6.4      6.8         6.1

2001: Q1...    |    79.4     34.3        45.1    -1.9       .8        -3.9    11.0      9.2        12.4
      Q2...    |    82.9     35.1        47.7     4.4      2.5         5.8     4.0      4.2         3.9
      Q3...    |    82.5     35.4        47.1     -.4       .8        -1.3     3.0      4.5         2.0
      Q4...    |    82.2     35.6        46.7     -.3       .4         -.9     1.6      4.6         -.5

2002: Q1...    |    80.1     36.0        44.1    -2.6      1.2        -5.5      .9      4.9        -2.2
      Q2...    |    83.7     37.0        46.7     4.4      2.7         5.9     1.0      5.1        -2.1
      Q3...    |    84.4     37.7        46.7      .9      2.1         -.1     2.3      6.5         -.9
      Q4...    |    83.9     38.0        45.9     -.6       .6        -1.6     2.0      6.8        -1.7

2003: Q1...    |    82.0     38.7        43.3    -2.3      1.9        -5.7     2.4      7.5        -1.9
      Q2...    |    84.5     39.6        44.9     3.1      2.5         3.7     1.1      7.3        -3.9
      Q3...    |    85.5     40.2        45.4     1.2      1.4         1.0     1.4      6.5        -2.8
      Q4...    |    86.1     40.6        45.5      .6      1.1          .2     2.7      7.0         -.9

2004: Q1...    |    84.3     41.4        42.9    -2.1      1.9        -5.7     2.8      7.0         -.9
      Q2...    |    88.9     42.9        46.0     5.4      3.6         7.2     5.2      8.3         2.4
      Q3...    |    91.5     43.9        47.6     2.9      2.3         3.5     6.9      9.2         4.9
      Q4...    |    92.3     44.5        47.7      .8      1.5          .2     7.1      9.6         4.9

2005: Q1...    |    89.3     45.0        44.3    -3.2      1.1        -7.2     5.9      8.7         3.3
      Q2...    |    93.5     46.2        47.3     4.7      2.7         6.6     5.1      7.7         2.7
      Q3...    |    96.7     47.1        49.5     3.4      2.0         4.8     5.7      7.4         4.0
      Q4...    |    97.5     47.6        49.9      .9      1.0          .8     5.7      6.9         4.6

2006: Q1...    |    96.2     48.4        47.7    -1.4      1.8        -4.4     7.7      7.6         7.7
      Q2...    |   101.0     49.8        51.2     5.1      2.9         7.2     8.1      7.8         8.3
      Q3...    |   104.2     51.1        53.0     3.1      2.5         3.6     7.8      8.4         7.1
      Q4...    |   105.4     52.2        53.2     1.2      2.1          .3     8.1      9.7         6.5

2007: Q1...    |   105.0     53.4        51.6     -.4      2.3        -3.0     9.2     10.2         8.1
      Q2...    |   109.3     54.8        54.5     4.1      2.7         5.6     8.2      9.9         6.5
      Q3...    |   110.8     56.0        54.9     1.4      2.2          .6     6.4      9.5         3.4
      Q4...    |   112.3     56.8        55.5     1.3      1.5         1.2     6.6      8.9         4.3

2008: Q1...    |   110.4     57.9        52.5    -1.7      1.9        -5.3     5.2      8.5         1.8
      Q2...    |   117.4     60.4        57.0     6.3      4.4         8.5     7.4     10.3         4.5
      Q3...    |   119.9     61.6        58.3     2.1      1.9         2.4     8.2     10.0         6.3
      Q4...    |   121.6     63.0        58.6     1.4      2.3          .4     8.3     10.9         5.6

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   Note. Data are as of end of quarter.

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