The Fed’s latest Senior Loan Officer Survey suggests that the stagnation in third-quarter business equipment investment was no one-off and that there are few signs of a turnaround in the slumping housing market. Another potential concern is that in the event of a yield curve inversion next year, a net majority of banks expect to respond by tightening lending standards.
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