Interest rates
Article Abstract:
The relative rates of interest rate paid by regular small business borrowers and actual interest rate paid on short-term loans by small business borrowers for the period from January 1986 and December 2003 were compared. Regular borrowing activity was reported by 30 percent of all owners that was down by four points and it averaged 36 percent in 2000 and 2001 but was above 50 percent in the inflationary early 1980s.
Publication Name: Small Business Economic Trends
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 1080-0816
Year: 2004
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Credit conditions
Article Abstract:
Four percent of owners reported that loans were harder to get and 2 percent reported financing easier. Credit is easily available with the rate of interest very low, thus encouraging the market to invest.
Publication Name: Small Business Economic Trends
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 1080-0816
Year: 2004
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