Now and then: the evolution of loan quality for U.S. banks

Although loan quality in the U.S. banking industry deteriorated in recent years, a comparison with the banking crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s suggests that the industry is in a far better position today than it was a decade ago. The percentage of troubled loans is lower, loan quality problems are confined principally to large-bank commercial and industrial lending, and credit weakness is concentrated in a small number of borrower industries.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Stiroh, Kevin J. ; Metli, Christopher
Published in:	Current Issues in Economics and Finance. - Federal Reserve Bank of New York. - Vol. 9.2003, Apr, 4
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Subject:	Bank loans \| Commercial loans \| Credit

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Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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