Tuesday, March 31, 2009

New lending from the Top 20 TARP Banks Increases

Lending normally drops during a recession.   According to GAO  survey, aggregate new lending by the top twenty TARP institutions in December and January amounted to roughly $245 billion up considerably from  November’s $207 billion.  TARP funds were first received on October 28 and November 14 for most of these institutions.  See the Table below.

For more details how things are going, go to the recently released GAO publication.  Click on the following:  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09504.pdf?source=ra

 

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