The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) reports that through the fourth quarter of the year banks tightened their lending standards, but the proportion of banks incrementally tightening further was smaller than in recent quarters. Banks also reported weaker demand for commercial and industrial loans while banks reported "tighter standards and weaker demand for all commercial real estate (CRE) loan categories". More specifically for commercial and industrial loans we hear that "significant net shares of banks reported weaker demand for loans from firms of all sizes. Furthermore, a significant ... (full story)