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Low interest rates and weak loan growth mean that deposits are not very valuable.
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Good news for the economy might even translate into good news for savings accounts and other deposits, which have seen interest rates driven down to near zero by weak loan demand and Federal Reserve intervention.
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Banks did not expand their loans because their capital was constrained and loan demand was weak.
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He wants to increase 7(a) loans to small businesses that might otherwise not qualify because their loan applications are weak.
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Corporate loan demand is weak and net interest margins are thin.
ECONOMIST: Swallow hard
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With loan demand from creditworthy borrowers weak during the recession and with banks still suffering from the financial crisis, perverse accounting rules that caused them to lose regulatory capital, and persistent banker bashing from the Administration and Congress, many banks held onto their reserves to cushion further capital losses.
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Relative to earlier vintages, more of these loans carried greater risks beyond weak borrower credit histories including very high initial cumulative loan-to-value ratios and less documentation of borrower income.
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G7 has ensured that this new loan, if it goes ahead, will be terribly weak.
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If I were to ask you which generation of employees is experiencing the most financial hardship, you might think of the Baby Boomers approaching retirement after a decade of weak stock and real estate markets or the Millennials squeezed between poor job prospects and high student loan payments.
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Average domestic loan balances declined from JPY 42.2 trillion to JPY 38.6 trillion, reflecting stagnant to weak domestic economic growth.
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In the financial sector, despite weak trading volume in Q2, results are likely to top consensus expectations on improving credit quality and large releases from loan loss reserves.
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