A couple of weeks ago I published an article of the same name, the result of my research on the topic. check it out here:

Makes for interesting reading as to what banks lend. But it does not explain why bank balance sheets are trending this way.

I sat down with Alan Beattie and Alex Twigg, career bankers and discussed why banks don’t lend more to businesses. Listen, enjoy, tell us what you think.

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