The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created a dashboard to make the agency’s Rural Development program’s commercial guaranteed loan portfolio data available to the public, guaranteed borrowers and commercial lending stakeholders. USDA Rural Development invests in rural America with loans, grants, and loan guarantee programs.
The online resource, called Lender Lens, will, according to USDA, give communities “a clear view into where federal investments are being made by introducing a series of intuitive data visualizations that allow users to monitor performance, spot trends and proactively manage their rural development loan guarantee portfolio.”
The dashboard includes total loan volume, average loan size, loan distribution by sector, geographic spread, and delinquency rates. Data is refreshed monthly and can be downloaded down to the individual loan, USDA officials said.
The Rural Data Gateway was developed in 2023. It includes investment information that shows how Rural Development has supported local and regional economies over the last decade through 80 different programs. The data will help users analyze trends across different states, counties and congressional districts, officials said.
