February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
Investors’ near-insatiable demand for even the riskiest corporate debt is fueling a Wall Street lending boom, offering lifelines for struggling companies even as the coronavirus pandemic […]
February 19, 2021
While analysts have expressed concern foreclosures could overwhelm servicers when forbearance ends, new data suggest that outcomes will be manageable in most areas. The foreclosure wave […]
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
Last year was a banner one for debt, but it didn’t look that way for big banks. Large lenders saw their loan books shrink in 2020 […]
February 17, 2021
February 17, 2021
The number of borrowers in forbearance is at its lowest level in 10 months. However with conforming borrowers now able to extend their plans, it’s uncertain […]
February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021
Emergency lending programs have cut into the volume of traditional Small Business Administration loans, but they have also led more bankers to make bigger long-term commitments […]
February 10, 2021
While the number of distressed mortgages declined to a pandemic low in November, sustainable improvement won’t be made until the job market grows. “Forbearance and loan […]
February 8, 2021
February 8, 2021
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U.S. consumer confidence rose moderately in January while lingering concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic led to a further deterioration in households’ perceptions of the labor market, […]
October 1, 2020
October 1, 2020
In August, there were 23.7% fewer businesses open relative to January. This represents an increase in small business closures of 1.2%age points since July. A spike […]
September 10, 2020
Banks filed an abnormally high number of reports of suspected business loan fraud in July, according to government data analyzed by the Project On Government Oversight […]