lending
What We Don't Know About Small Business Lending
Small business lending remains down, and the latest remedy to surface is President Barack Obama's $30 billion plan to offer capital to small banks with incentives to loan it to small companies. It's not clear, however, if it will manage better than previous efforts to increase the supply of credit by pumping money into banks. Full Article.
Big Banks' Small-Business Lending Promises
Late last year several of the nation's largest lenders made big promises to expand small business lending in 2010. Two appear to be making progress; figures aren't available yet on the others. Full Article.
