Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch
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Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch

By Stacy Mitchell
Even as their big competitors are awash in capital, many locally owned businesses are struggling to secure the financing they need to grow. A new ILSR analysis has found that, since 2000, bank lending to large businesses is up 36 percent, while small business loan volume has fallen 14 percent and “micro” business loans — those under $100,000 — have plummeted 33 percent.
(The largest corporations do not even need to rely on bank loans, of course, but can finance their growth through the soaring stock and corporate bond markets.)
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Understanding the Small Business Credit Crunch for Local Self Reliance PDF
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