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General Finance Regarding all Aspects of Bank Lending News - 2009

The upheaval within the British Government leadership, cabinet and terrible European election polls has damaged the business economy by weakening the pound sterling. Long term it is thought that the dollar will weaken demand for commodities will increase and crude prices will strengthen these are all signs that the economies worldwide maybe on course for an up turn. So potentially good news British businesses. The Chancellor was asked if he regretted his comments he made last summer stating that this was the worst financial crisis in sixty years. His response was to say that he wished he had stated instead it was the worst crisis in one hundred years.

The pub industry had more bearish news with Punch Taverns having to raise capital by making a shares issue. Sector comments stated that the industry has been hit hard with the economic down turn and the smoking ban. Lenders are only looking to lend to the best pubs with a high food turn over.

The American President announced recently there will be a radical overhaul of the financial regulation system. The focus moving forward will be greater weight towards transparency and innovation. The old style of performance related pay, greed and explosive growth will be carefully governed so that the sector will prosper but in a more controlled environment.

Currently many lenders are not looking to lend on development finance. Most have had over the last few years a heavy slant to that sector which now makes the books unbalanced hence they are mainly adverse to this area and trying to unload existing cases to lighten the burden. The area is seen as high risk as there is no guarantee to sell at the required price and prices are still falling.

If unemployment is a good indicator to the state of the economy, it's only drawback being it is a lagging indicator. To monitor the economy moving forward with a far better leading indicator would be the ability to borrow money ask any commercial mortgage broker how hard it is to raise money for their clients and you will get a good idea of where we are in the economic cycle.

Euro stat figures recently released indicate a reduction in the level of consumer confidence. Financial confidence generally can potentially be a leading indicator within the Euro zone of consumer spending, It looks at several factors across a broad range. Again not a good indication to the health of businesses asconfidence to buy has reduced.

The Government just like most UK businesses seems to be drastically cutting back on spending. Plans for their ID scheme seems to have evaporated suddenly. They seemed so keen before but the thought of the usual incompetence with losing information, being vulnerable to thief and out of control costs and all for what is there a tangible great benefit that pays, probably not.

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