There are two reason why a bank refuses to issue credit: They won’t or they can’t. Prior is due to impaired borrower. Latter is due to impaired balance sheet.

August 14, 2015

Bad loans impair balance sheet capital ratios, which make new loans impossible, which cause existing loans to default.

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