Small business lending falls sharply

Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration’s flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/9n0WztEII_I” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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