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ehanneken's Archive on Oct 03, 2008
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Alan Sloan uses Federal Reserve data to show that the credit market is still functioning.
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Contrary to many comments, consumer and industrial loans actually increased in the latest week. Troubled giant banks have cut back on lending, but smaller banks have picked up the slack. Consumer and real estate loans dipped insignificantly through Sept. 17, remaining much higher than they were a year earlier.