The largest US banks cut their collective small business lending by $1 billion in November, according to Treasury data. Since May, the 22 banks that received the most TARP funds reduced total lending by 4.6%. Political pressure from the Obama administration has failed to increase small business lending at these banks.
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1. More Money is Pulled from
Small Business Lending
Since May the 22 banks that got the most help from the Treasury卒s bailout cut
their total lending by 4.6% - Political Pressure by the Obama Administration obviously
hasn卒t helped a lot
The biggest US banks cut their collective small business
% change
lending balance by another one billion dollars in November
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-20 Small Business Loan Balance Seven months to November Source: US Treasury
SME 73.4 41.3 25.1 14.7 13.9 12.6 12.0 11.5 10.8 10.4
Loan
Balance
Bank Wells Bank of JP Morgan American Regions U.S. BB&T PNC Capital Citigroup
Fargo America Chase Express Bancorp One
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