Surveys by the European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve and Germany's Ifo economics institute all show banks tightening their lending criteria most for the largest companies.
Possible reasons put forward for this shift in attitude include smaller companies enjoying a better relationship with their banks, and financial institutions shying away from making large loans and preferring to deal with local groups, rather than multinationals.
“Large companies drove the credit-fuelled expansion but – especially in November – we have seen a big reversal of that,” said Chris Williamson, chief economist of data provider Markit.
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