Check out Editorial: Small businesses need more access to credit

By News Sentinel Editorial Board
KnoxNews.com
Posted November 19, 2010 at midnight

Small businesses breathe jobs into the economy, but tight credit is strangling them even as the nation slowly recovers from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Banks and other lenders remain tight-fisted, frustrating many small business owners who are ready to expand. Without access to credit, business owners can't invest in new equipment or new workers. Seasonal businesses that rely on credit to smooth out dips in cash flow are finding themselves vulnerable, even though they're profitable on a yearly basis.

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