Bank Lending Survey 2009 Q3

Bank lending survey results show that the lending standards remained tight in the third quarter of 2009, although at a lower level than in the previous quarter. The majority of surveyed banks report that they kept their lending standards unchanged -both for business and household loans- from the second quarter of 2009. This performance attests to the turning point in the lending standards’ tightening trend of the second quarter of the present year. ...