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Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow _ even for those with good credit.Mortgage insurers, whose backing is required for borrowers who can’t afford the traditional 20..
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The Federal Reserve says a larger share of banks made it more difficult for people to obtain home mortgages over the last three months.
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Bank lending to consumers and businesses for many types of loans fell in February despite the billions of dollars in government support the banks received.
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The government says that lending to businesses from the top banks getting bailout funds fell in January despite the billions of dollars the banks received in government...
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The government says the 20 largest banks that received government rescue funds slightly reduced their lending to consumers and businesses in the last three months of...
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Citigroup, under pressure to increase its lending, says it will spend $36.5 billion to issue mortgages, make credit card loans and buy mortgage-backed securities in the...
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The Federal Reserve says banks have made it harder for borrowers to obtain all kinds of loans over the last three months.
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Euro-zone finance ministers urged banks on Monday to do their job and keep lending, warning that tight credit conditions could hold back government efforts to stoke...
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Britons took out fewer mortgages and reined in spending in October as the economic downturn intensified, the Bank of England said Monday.
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Lending rates on dollar loans between banks increased again Thursday, reversing a one-day improvement and suggesting that banks are again becoming concerned with...
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Lending rates on three-month dollar loans between banks fell for the first time in four trading days Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it will commit $800...
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Five state-run and publicly traded companies in Abu Dhabi are launching a new mortgage provider as the credit crunch threatens to stifle the United Arab Emirates’...
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Lending rates on three-month dollar loans between banks rose for the third day running Tuesday amid ongoing concerns about the state of the U.S. banking system after...
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Mortgage lending in Britain has more than halved over the past year, according to the British Banker’s Association _ further evidence that the economic downturn...
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Mortgage lending in Britain was down 44 percent in October compared to a year ago, further evidence the economic downturn is hurting an already weak property market,...
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Lending interest rates between banks in Europe fell Friday but not as steeply as the benchmark rates that were cut the day before by the European Central Bank and the...
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Lending rates between banks in the U.S. fell further Thursday and to their lowest level in nearly four years as lower interest rates and government efforts to shore up...
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Lending rates between banks in the U.S. fell further Wednesday and to their lowest level in nearly four years as lower interest rates and government efforts to shore up...
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Lending rates between banks in Europe continued to drop Tuesday ahead of expected interest rate cuts this week from both the European Central Bank and the Bank of...
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A Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, of the Citigroup headquarters in Manhattan. Citigroup, under pressure to increase its lending, said Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, it will spend $36.5 billion to issue mortgages, make credit card loans and buy distressed assets in the.
