Not exact matches
I noted a week ago that Bernanke had essentially
eased monetary policy by spurring a loosening of financial conditions via higher stock prices, lower bond yields,
tighter credit spreads, and a weakening of the U.S. dollar.
We've already seen some
easing off in
credit growth to the household sector, and this is part of the mechanism by which
tighter financial conditions can be expected to restrain demand over time.
However, when financial conditions were
easing, indicated by
tighter credit spreads, the Russell 2000 outperformed by roughly 1 percent a month.
The major benefit of applying for an unsecured personal loan with poor
credit is the
ease of the application process and the lack of collateral requirements; disadvantages include higher interest rates and
tighter repayment terms.
Pushback against overly
tight credit after the housing crisis, a shrunken proportion of first - time buyers and worry about affordability as home values rose led to some tweaks to guidelines that could
ease financing pressures for homebuyers this year.
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Credit markets are still a little
tight, but we're headed more into a direction of
easing.
National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun recently pinned the August slow - down in pending home sales — contract signings
eased 1.6 percent — on
tight inventory conditions, higher interest rates, rising prices and restrictive mortgage
credit.
Numbers show
credit access still
tight The Fed's survey showed that 12.5 percent of banks reported
easing their standards for card application approvals, while 85 percent said their standards were basically unchanged.
Tight supply, higher mortgage rates make homeownership out of reach for many, pressuring lenders to
ease credit standards