Coronavirus Impact
Coronavirus Impact
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Eligible borrowers can add the forborne payments to the end of their loan term.

May 13
2 Min Read
“The recovery may take some time to gather momentum, and the passage of time can turn liquidity problems into solvency problems,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

The head of the U.S. central bank said its emergency credit programs were not designed to prop businesses up over the long term.

May 13
4 Min Read

The central bank will disclose information on a monthly basis about its Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility and its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility.

May 12
1 Min Read
Richard Thornberry

Rick Thornberry is looking to the lessons from the Great Recession and applying them to current conditions.

May 12
5 Min Read
The Main Street Lending Program is aimed at midsize manufacturing, retail and other companies. Firms with no more than 15,000 employees or $5 billion in annual revenue are eligible for loans of as much as $500,000.

The agency is being methodical in its rollout of the Main Street Lending Program in hopes of avoiding missteps that followed the launch of other coronavirus relief efforts. But observers say delaying aid brings its own risks.

May 11
6 Min Read

An indefinite closure of New York retail businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic added credit pressure on revenue bonds issued for the state’s largest mall.

May 11
2 Min Read

PACE sponsors are raising capital and promoting plans to retroactively fund stalled CRE projects amid the COVID-19 outbreak, giving a potential boost to ABS activity in the space.

May 11
9 Min Read
Consumer survey on consumers' ability to weather loss of income

Complaints to the bureau hit an all-time high in April. More than one in five said servicers wouldn't grant deferrals, forced borrowers into forbearance or violated other requirements of the coronavirus relief law.

May 10
6 Min Read
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