Is Bank Lending Drying Up?
- Topics:
- Commercial Lending
- Source:
- CFO Publishing
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Overview: From the executive summary: ‘In recent years, Federal Reserve Banks have found that banks are charging risky borrowers higher interest-rate premiums. At the same time, demand for loans declined as jittery companies were beginning a wave of layoff announcements, plant closings and overall tightening of their operations. Several domestic banks reported that they had tightened their standards for large- and medium-sized companies. In addition, there were certain companies that tightened their standards for small companies.’ The paper explores the implications of bank lending process.
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Format: HTML | Date: Feb 2001 | Pages: 2



