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Article: SBA Applauds Treasury Action to Bolster Secondary Market for Small Business Loans.
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- November 25, 2008
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Federal Reserve Facility Will Support Consumer, Small Business Lending
WASHINGTON -- A plan by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve to improve market conditions for asset-backed securities - including those composed of SBA-backed small business loans - should be welcome news to credit-hungry small businesses across the country, said U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Sandy K. Baruah.
The plan, announced today by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, establishes the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, to breathe new life into a secondary market that essentially ground to a halt in October. The TALF would make loans to ...