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The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
More Credit Losses Are Coming to America The CEO of Kansas City-based regional bank UMB Financial says there's more pain to come. |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
The Worst May Be Over for Credit Losses Regional bank Camden National's CEO sees increasing stability in housing and unemployment. |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Credit Growth Remains Slow Banks are still skittish about offering credit, and households and companies remain reluctant to borrow, creating drags on the recovery. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
Are Banks Starting Another Race to the Bottom? Easier credit standards are being driven by competition to lend. |
FDIC FYI August 29, 2002 |
Strong Bank Earnings Reflect Nature of U.S. Downturn Second quarter 2002 earnings results for commercial banks show that the benefits of a steep yield curve continue to outweigh the costs of higher credit losses. |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Banks Aren't Lending? Says Who? The popular chant that "banks aren't lending, banks aren't lending!" is grossly misconstrued. |
FDIC FYI February 7, 2002 |
Subprime Mortgage Lending Faces the Test of a Slowing Economy Entry by FDIC-insured institutions into subprime lending as a targeted line of business was largely a phenomenon of the 1990s. These lending programs are now being tested by recession, in most cases for the first time... |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
CFO June 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
Banks Ease Terms for Business Loans Fiercer domestic competition is making U.S. banks more flexible on spreads, interest-rate floors, and other costs to borrowers. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Banks' Big Loan Bust There's a new trend in banking: loan shrinkage. What's going on, and why should you care? |
HBS Working Knowledge July 21, 2014 |
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy? A former head of the US Small Business Administration, analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 John Engen |
Florida's Long Road to Recovery The Sunshine State was battered by the real estate bust, causing a wave of bank failures. The upheaval is reshaping the banking landscape as more regionals move in, but they ll need patience because conditions are likely to get worse before they get better. |
FDIC FYI September 17, 2003 Susan Burhouse |
Evaluating the Consumer Lending Revolution Consumer balance sheets have become stretched by large amounts of new consumer and mortgage debt. This rapid increase in consumer spending and borrowing raises important questions about the sustainability of current debt loads and the vulnerability of the consumer sector to economic shocks. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2012 Matt Koppenheffer |
5 Banks to Ring In the New Year Not thinking about banks for 2012? Maybe you should think again about these: BB&T... M&T Bank... Huntington Bancshares... Commerce Bancshares... Valley National Bancorp... |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
3 Regional Banks Prepared to Catapult Regional banks like these have been showing significant improvements: Hudson City Bancorp... Flagstar Bancorp... KeyCorp... |
FDIC FYI March 23, 2006 |
Scenarios for the Next U.S. Recession. A string of positive reports on the U.S. economy and banking industry has led some analysts to ask -- How long can these good times last? |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2011 Shubh Datta |
Housing Crisis Still Haunts Regions Regions Financial's fourth straight quarterly profit fails to satisfy the Street. |
Finance & Development June 2010 Cartas & McConagha |
Credit to the Private Sector Remains Weak Bank credit continues to fall despite the global recovery. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012 |
Capital Markets 2012 Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery. |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Joseph Rosta |
Don't Count on the Consumers This Time The president warned G-20 leaders in early April that the age of "voracious" American consumption is over. |
FDIC FYI April 11, 2002 |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The report describes recent signs of a consumer-led recovery in the U.S. economy that may have begun in the first quarter... |
U.S. Banker April 2011 Hugh Kelly |
There They Go Again? Banks opening the spigot for commercial real estate lending are not as foolhardy as some critics contend. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Finding Great Opportunities in Bank Stocks As investors continue to avoid the banking sector, there are some good opportunities hiding out in the group. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Where's the Consumer Credit Crunch? Housing may be slowing, but borrowing is moving full speed ahead. Last month, figures for both revolving credit, such as credit card debt, and non-revolving debt, like car and student loans, rose. |
Bank Systems & Technology January 20, 2010 Penny Crosman |
BofA Repays TARP, Shareholders Lose Lending is up and the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch appears to be more of an asset than a liability, based on the bank's fourth quarter results. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Donald Musso et al. |
How Regulators Are Inhibiting an Economic Recovery Raising capital levels for banks deters new lending. Now is not the time for higher capital standards, but for enforcing standards already in place. |
HBS Working Knowledge August 4, 2014 |
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering Lending to small businesses has not returned to levels seen before the financial crisis. Karen Mills, former head of the US Small Business Administration, explains the reasons. |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
What's the Best Approach to Solve This Banking Crisis? A conversation with Bert Ely, expert on monetary policy and the regulation of banking and financial services, on his insight into the latest developments in the financial system. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Lifeline of Credit for the Recovery Lending remains tight, but overall bank standards are relaxing, and that will make it possible for businesses to expand as demand picks up |
U.S. Banker June 2008 Joseph Rosta |
Credit Freeze Spreads Beyond Loan Market The credit crunch is now freezing up commercial credit lines, letters of credit and revolving credit. |
FDIC FYI November 4, 2003 Puwalski & Williams |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside. |
FDIC FYI March 28, 2002 |
Housing Market Strengths and Risks A report released today in the FDIC's Regional Outlook evaluates changes in mortgage underwriting during the last expansion, and the likelihood that weakening home price growth could adversely affect home borrowers and lenders... |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
What's that Down the Road? A Head? In general terms 2010 will be better than 2009. |
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Steve Matthews |
It's Getting Easier to Get a Loan Banks, though still stingy, are starting to lend, even to small businesses. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
One Congressman's Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans Congressman Kanjorski on lifting the lending cap on credit union loans to small businesses. |
CFO December 1, 2011 Vincent Ryan |
Post-Occupied Tepid demand, thin margins, new regulations, investor caution - and a lingering public-relations problem. No wonder banks are nervous. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan |
The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely. |
U.S. Banker December 2008 John Engen |
When Boom Goes Bust The subprime crisis, credit squeeze, housing slump and resulting economic fallout has played out with particular vigor in Las Vegas. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
Lost and Foundering? Why we (probably) won't repeat Japan's infamous "lost decade." |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Get Ready for a Bumpy 2010 PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian gives his thoughts on the economy and the bond market. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector. |
Job Journal March 4, 2007 Julia Hollister |
Loan Officers Despite the slow housing market, loan and refinancing activity has lenders looking for help. |
FDIC FYI November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
Reason July 2009 Randazzo et al. |
Turning Japanese Japan's post-bubble policies produced a "lost decade." So why is President Obama emulating them? |
Finance & Development December 2010 |
Stimulus Worked Without the quick and massive policy response, the Great Recession might still plague the United States. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 25, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Obama Says Stimulus is for Helping People, Not Banks In his speech before Congress President Obama expressed his confidence in the banking system itself, reassuring Americans that their money was safe in the nation's banks. What he said was of concern to him was the credit crisis. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 Kristen French |
The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients. |
U.S. Banker August 2008 John Engen |
The Other Shoe... A commercial real estate fallout promises to be far more devastating than the subprime crisis, because this market is so much more pervasive - a linchpin business for so many institutions, including most community banks. |
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Der Hovanesian & Palmeri |
Why Banks Still Won't Lend Despite more than $1 trillion in federal largesse, they still may not have the capital cushions to bear the risks of making fresh loans. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |