Has Small Business Access to Credit Improved?

Almost everyone agrees that small business borrowing plummeted during the Great Recession. The authoritative source on the topic, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), reported that the dollar value of bank loans to small businesses declined 47 percent from 2007 to 2009.

But the economic recovery began in June 2009. In theory, small business borrowing should have come back since then. Has it? Unfortunately, the FFIEC hasn?t yet released the hard numbers on small business bank loans, soRead More

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Has Small Business Access to Credit Improved?

Larissa Meek Gina Carano Sanaa Lathan Ana Beatriz Barros Maria Menounos