Economic Trends

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  • Loans and Leases in Bank Credit
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  • Loans and leases in bank credit are an important measure of economic strength. They serve as an indicator of how quickly the general economy is growing and, more importantly, what areas of the economy are expanding. Loans and leases are recovering much more slowly during this recovery than they did in the previous two. But balances in commercial and industrial loans have grown faster.

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