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Small Business Confidence On The Increase In New Political Environment

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The small-business confidence index, a measure by industry trade groups and the National Federation of Independent Business, saw its largest monthly increase since 1986 with the election of Donal Trump. Since 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis, the index was either pointing downward or barely moving at all.

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The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes

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The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress. Additionally, regulators in various jurisdictions have been trying to create simpler (but not weaker) regulatory frameworks for small banks.

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US Government Policy On SMB Lending In Flux

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Carranza has a history at the SBA, serving as its deputy administrator between 2006 and 2009. At the time, the legislation garnered support from the American Bankers Association and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions. ” said Trump in a tweet announcing the nomination, according to Reuters.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. The Great Recession lasted from the fourth quarter 2007 through the second quarter 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. annually since 2009, while the record expansion of the 1990s saw growth of 3.6%. As well as the economy has been doing from the momentum of tax cuts and reduced regulation, there are always looming issues.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

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The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. Their non-performing loans (NPL)/total loans ratio peaked at 12.54% in 2010, and between 2009-12, the Bank charged off over 11% of its loan portfolio. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO).