expat_panama
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Everyone's quoting Trump about bank loans:
Maybe Trump’s Friends ‘Can’t Borrow Money,’ but Banks Are Lending
Banks are lending a ton, despite Trump's claims about Dodd-Frank
Yellen: Trump is completely wrong that banks aren't lending
Trump Cites Friends to Say Banks Aren’t Making Loans. They Are.
--and they cite an undefined "loan volume" number supposedly from the Fed but not linked (the Fed's search will not list "volume"). What the Fed's records do show is that the total value of of commercial loans for most of the country is about half what it should be:
Maybe Trump’s Friends ‘Can’t Borrow Money,’ but Banks Are Lending
Banks are lending a ton, despite Trump's claims about Dodd-Frank
Yellen: Trump is completely wrong that banks aren't lending
Trump Cites Friends to Say Banks Aren’t Making Loans. They Are.
--and they cite an undefined "loan volume" number supposedly from the Fed but not linked (the Fed's search will not list "volume"). What the Fed's records do show is that the total value of of commercial loans for most of the country is about half what it should be: