Below is an article touching on the fact that increased regulations on the banks is serving to stifle lending. Even worse this comes at the worst time possible as the economy seeks to recover, and a massive global deleveraging constricts credit. Policymakers and regulators have shown no common sense in their decision making and politics have trumped what is best for the economy. Hopefully things change soon as policymakers must understand that we all need to work together to get the economy growing again.
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