{"id":19526,"date":"2023-04-14T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/?p=19526"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:00:34","slug":"united-states-small-businesses-expect-tighter-credit-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/en\/united-states-small-businesses-expect-tighter-credit-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"United States: small businesses expect tighter credit conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chart of the Week<\/h2>\n<p>The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) conducts a monthly survey to gauge small business optimism in the US. The questions address topics such as sales levels, headcount, difficulties filling job openings and ease of access to credit.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses that are too small to issue bonds rely heavily on bank credit. Even before Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank collapsed, credit conditions were tightening, with quarterly small business lending data revealing credit tightening only ever seen during recessions since the survey began in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, the \u2018Expected Credit Conditions\u2019 component of the NFIB survey deteriorated significantly in March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19527\" src=\"https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-1536x682.png 1536w, https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Chart-of-the-week-1404-2048x909.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>OUR <\/b><b>ANALYSIS<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The SVB and Signature bankruptcies are likely to have heavily influenced the survey responses gathered in March. While this influence will fade in the months ahead, credit scarcity was already on the rise and experience tells us that the full extent of banking crises only becomes clear in hindsight.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The opinion expressed above is dated April 14, 2023 and is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/en\/at1-hybrid-debt-improving-risk-return-profile\/\">https:\/\/latribune.lazardfreresgestion.fr\/en\/at1-hybrid-debt-improving-risk-return-profile\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>This document is not pre-contractual or contractual in nature. It is provided for information purposes. The analyses and descriptions contained in this document shall not be interpreted as being advice or recommendations on the part of Lazard Fr\u00e8res Gestion SAS. This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or sell, nor an encouragement to invest. This document is the intellectual property of Lazard Fr\u00e8res Gestion SAS. LAZARD FRERES GESTION \u2013 a simplified joint stock company with share capital of \u20ac14,487,500 \u2013 Paris Trade and Companies Registry No. 352 213 599. 25, RUE DE COURCELLES \u2013 75008 PARIS, FRANCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chart of the Week The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) conducts a monthly survey to gauge small business optimism&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101016,"featured_media":19524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,148,99],"tags":[2107,1971],"class_list":["post-19526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-chart-of-the-week","category-expertise-en","tag-interest-rates","tag-usa-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United 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