Comments on: Debt demand datapoint of the day

By: Mega

Mega — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:51:04 +0000

Here’s an article that references the NFIB: http://www.americanbanker.com/usb_issues /120_2/holding-pattern-for-borrowers-10 06105-1.html

They’ve had lending-related press releases at their website, but I couldn’t find them the last time I checked. They may not be archived.

Dunkelberg was interviewed by Tom Keene at Bloomberg a few months back. He’s the chairman of a young bank, so he has some personal experience here.

I’m not saying the situation is all the other way. It’s a bit murky, and small business seems to be in limbo right now.

By: Felix Salmon

Felix Salmon — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:23:41 +0000

Mega, do you have a link?

By: Mega

Mega — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:22:24 +0000

Felix “thinks” that the low level of small business lending is much more supply- than demand-constrained. More like he wants it to be true. That much was clear from the tepid tone of his last two sentences.

The National Federation of Independent Business thinks differently.

By: Sensei

Sensei — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:41:46 +0000

Almost all small businesses should be financed through equity and personal savings – not credit.

Want job creation? Lower the cost of labor by eliminating the payroll tax.