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Tomorrow's Jobs Report Will be Weak: Bank Loans to Businesses Still Falling.

Posted on June 4, 2009 by John Rutledge

The latest business loans numbers show that bank loans to businesses are still falling. As I have written in recent posts here and here, large banks have systematically shut down their lending to small businesses over the past 2 months, … Continue reading →

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Bank Loans to Businesses Still Falling Means Weak Jobs Report Next Week.

Posted on May 30, 2009 by John Rutledge

The new U.S. Financial Data report out today from the St. Louis Fed shows that bank loans to business are still falling. This fits what we hear from entrepreneurs, that large banks have been systematically reducing availability of working capital … Continue reading →

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