High-res Today the St. Louis Fed released its latest monthly look at commercial and industrial loans at major banks — a measure that some would say represents the essence of the US banking system. As you can see, this measure is still falling like a knife — a bad sign for the ongoing health of the economy.  (And also not what we were promised when we bailed out the banks.) businessinsider

Today the St. Louis Fed released its latest monthly look at commercial and industrial loans at major banks — a measure that some would say represents the essence of the US banking system.

As you can see, this measure is still falling like a knife — a bad sign for the ongoing health of the economy.  (And also not what we were promised when we bailed out the banks.)

businessinsider

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus

Notes

  1. heavysigh reblogged this from brooklynmutt and added:
    Ick. Banks aren’t lending due to...scummy economy and feelings of uncertainty
  2. oofoofoofoofoofoofbaha reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    This is incredibly misleading. If you look carefully, it says this graph is charting the CHANGES in lending, compared to...
  3. think4yourself reblogged this from brooklynmutt
  4. brooklynmutt posted this