Merkel announces drive to revive lending

As Germany faces a tightening of credit, an economic summit at the Chancellery in Berlin on the 2 December 2009 ended with banks promising to increase business lending.

ESO: Background information: Fears focus on capacity for lending http://www.europeansources.info/record/fears-focus-on-capacity-for-lending/

Deutsche Welle, 2.12.09: German banks agree to boost business lending to prevent credit crunch http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4962965,00.html

BDI: Unternehmensfinanzierung sichern - Kreditklemme vermeiden, 1.12.09 http://www.bdi.eu/4419_6326.htm

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