While bank lending contracts during the typical recession, liquidity in bond markets may not.

The recent declines in tightening of lending standards suggest that business lending may be poised for a rebound.

Libor-OIS remains a barometer of fears of bank insolvency.

While the data seem to suggest that lenders did the right thing by tightening standards and increasing denials...the ongoing financial crisis suggests that they did not tighten them enough.

Caution is necessary when making inferences based solely on aggregate loans data.

As long as the strength of the recovery remains uncertain, there are few other investment opportunities, after adjusting for risk and taxes, with anticipated returns greater than the near-zero interest the Federal Reserve pays on deposits.

Why was the increase in the money stock so small when the increase in the monetary base was so large?