Banks made corporate, commercial real estate tougher to get, Fed survey finds

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Loan standards to commercial and industrial firms and commercial real estate tightened in the fourth quarter, the Federal Reserve said Monday in its senior loan officer survey. That came in a quarter when commercial and industrial loan demand had weakened somewhat but commercial real estate demand picked up. The officers also said they expected the loan performance of commercial loans and those backed by multifamily residential properties to get worse this year. The survey also found a moderate easing of standards on some categories of residential mortgage loans as ......(read more)

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