According to yesterday’s Bloomberg.com article, “U.S. banks tightened standards on all types of loans in the second quarter and said they expect to maintain strict criteria on lending until at least the second half of 2010.”
About 35 percent of senior loan officials said they tightened standards somewhat and none of the 51 responding banks said they loosened standards for prime mortgages. The rest said their standards for mortgages remained the same or were substantially stronger.
Banks also told the Fed that they expected to maintain strict lending standards until at least the second half of 2010.
See the entire article here: Fed Says Banks Tightened Lending in Second Quarter
