The Economy Is Humming, but Businesses Aren’t Borrowing
Wall Street Journal, Nov. 26, 2017–Christina Rexrode (subscription)
The rate of 12-month loan growth at U.S. banks in the third quarter hit its lowest level since the end of 2013, according to data released last week by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. That marked the sixth consecutive quarter of decline for this measure of loan growth.
