Fed Survey: Banks ease Standards on Residential Real Estate, Credit Quality in Oil Regions "deteriorated somewhat"

From the Federal Reserve: The April 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices Regarding loans to businesses, the April survey results indicated that, on balance, banks tightened their standards on commercial and industrial (C&I) and commercial real estate (CRE) loans over the first quarter of 2016.3 The survey results indicated that demand for C&I loans had weakened and that demand for CRE loans had strengthened during the first quarter on net. The first of two sets of special questions asked banks about lending to firms in the oil and natural gas......(read more)

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