Economy
February 9, 2016
Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices
Written by Peter Wright
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The Q1 2016 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices was released on February 1st. This survey addresses changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households on a quarterly basis and is based on the responses from 73 domestic banks and 24 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks. The Federal Reserve generally times the quarterly survey so that results are available for the January/February, April/May, August, and October/November meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee. The following is an abridged version of the Federal Reserve report followed by SMU comments and graphs.
