With more consumers choosing to lease a new car, that option could have an impact on auto loans originated at credit unions.

According to Equifax and Moody's Analytics' CreditForecast.com, total auto lease balances increased 9% in March over activity in March 2011.

That percentage was more than twice the growth rate of auto loan balances, which grew 4.2% during the same period, the data showed.

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