This summary describes the principal source families used across the Big Wheels platform. Certain dashboards combine official regulatory datasets, market-reference datasets, proprietary analytical models, and structured editorial review conducted by the Auto Finance News reporting team.
| Data family / dashboards | Primary source(s) | Methodology note | Update cadence |
|---|---|---|---|
Institution Rankings & Market Overview
| Big Wheels Auto Finance Data; Federal Reserve data, including G.19 consumer credit and related finance-company / holder-category context; Experian automotive finance market data; FFIEC Call Report / CDR data and taxonomy resources; NCUA 5300 call report / quarterly data resources; credit-rating and industry research sources such as Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; captive-lender public-company materials including SEC 10-Ks / 10-Qs, parent-company annual reports, and investor presentations. | Proprietary lender-level views are supplemented by structured editorial research, institution-level verification, and market review conducted by the Auto Finance News reporting team. | Quarterly with interim refreshes |
Credit Union Insights | NCUA 5300 call report / quarterly data resources only. | Credit-union-specific view based exclusively on NCUA reporting data. | Quarterly |
Vehicle Inventory & Market Monitoring
| Dealership Groups. | Dealership-group market data used to monitor inventory levels, supply trends, pricing movement, and changes in vehicle mix across segments. | Regularly refreshed |
Pricing Benchmarks & Lending Models
| Aggregate Auto Loan Rates: Big Wheels Auto Finance Data and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. New & Used Car Loan Rates: Informa Financial Intelligence / Curinos. Vehicle Loan Pricing Index and Forecast: Federal Reserve data plus proprietary regression modeling. Used Electric Vehicle Index: Exponential Markets. | Combines external benchmark datasets with Big Wheels analytical modeling for auto-loan rate tracking, pricing analysis, and forecast generation. | Regularly refreshed |
Capital Markets & Equity Tracking
| Securitizations dashboards: JPMorgan Securities. Big Wheels Stock Index and Stock Table: Big Wheels data modeling plus publicly available online stock-market information. | Securitization dashboards track issuance activity and transaction flow. Equity dashboards combine market data retrieval with proprietary Big Wheels index construction and comparative monitoring tools. | Monthly (ABS) Regularly refreshed (stocks) |
Note: Update cadence reflects the typical publication or refresh schedule of the relevant source family and may vary when source materials are revised or supplemented.
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Pricing