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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10598

20 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 37
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) business
Small businesses hardest hit by credit crunch

Brussels, 19/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - According to the latest figures from the OECD, small businesses have been hit harder than large companies by the credit crunch that started in 2007.

Published on 19 April 2012, an OECD report on funding for small businesses and entrepreneurship highlights the difference in treatment between small businesses and large when it came to bank lending from 2007 to 2010. Small businesses were charged much higher interest rates. In addition, small companies...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICY
INSTITUTIONAL
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS