Business Financing

Wall Street Dreads a Fed Rate Hike but Entrepreneurs Shouldn…

[ad_1] It’s widely expected that later this week the Federal Reserve will raise benchmark or base interest rates by a quarter-of-a-percentage point.  In 2008, the central bank took the unprecedented action of cutting the minimum rate that lenders charge for non-Treasury securities to zero in an effort to reverse the recession …

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The State of Small-Business Lending: A Return to Normal?…

[ad_1] Over the last seven years, America’s economy has gradually improved, yet one question continues to be asked about small-business lending: Is it returning to normal? Related: Busting 5 Myths About Small-Business Lending The question is an important one. Access to capital is essential to those millions of America’s small businesses that …

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