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NewsMay 11, 2009

GMAC Needs to Raise $11.5 Billion in Capital

GMAC Financial Services confirmed Thursday the $11.5 billion in capital requirements for the company resulting from the Federal Reserve's Supervisory Capital Assessment Program (S-CAP).

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NewsMay 11, 2009

Average Interest Rate Falls to 2.74 Percent, Says Federal Reserve

The average interest rate for new-car loans continued to drop in March, while the amount financed increased, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Report.

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NewsApril 9, 2009

Average Interest Rate Falls to 3.17 Percent, Reports Federal Reserve

The average interest rate for new-car loans dropped sharply in February, while the amount financed increased, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Report.

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NewsMarch 10, 2009

Amount Financed Increases, Interest Rates Drop, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases increased in January 2009, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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NewsFebruary 12, 2009

Amount Financed Continues to Decline, Interest Rates Rise, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases continued to decline in December 2008, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoJanuary 1, 2009

Survival Mode: New Solutions for Staying in Business

With all the bad news floating around, crawling into a hole really doesn’t sound like a bad idea these days. However, that’s not what businesses do. And it’s clear by some of the more positive news out there that industries aren’t ready to throw in the towel.

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NewsDecember 12, 2008

Amount Financed Drops, Interest Rates Rise, Reports Federal Reserve

The average amount financed on U.S. new-vehicle purchases declined in October to $25,391, according to the latest Federal Reserve Statistical Release.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoDecember 1, 2008

Credit: Is It Available?

I bet most of you never thought you’d see the day — the day when we’d be promoting the availability of credit rather than that new hot car or truck. Well, that day has come.

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ArticlesJuly 1, 2008

New Disclosure Rule Proposed for Auto Finance Customers

Way back in 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). We’ve talked about it a lot in this column. For us lawyers, it’s the gift that keeps on giving, and it just gave again with the recent proposal for the last of the major rules it mandated.

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Articlesby Gregory ArroyoOctober 1, 2007

Dealing With Subprime’s Messy Image

Is it me or is just about everyone looking for that one kink in the armor of our business? Yes, blame the subprime-mortgage market all you want, but the reality is that it’s going to be guilt by association from here on out. What’s important now is that we don’t prove those “Chicken Littles” right.

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