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Bahrain Dinar 291.77 Kuwait Dinar 407.22 Oman Rial 285.74 Qatar Riyal 30.21 Saudi Arabia Riyal 29.32 UAE Dirham 29.95 The Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) and the Lowest Prime Rate (LPR) during the week ended 07th November, 2008 by all commercial banks was 20.75 per cent and 15.50 per cent respectively.

Business lending up (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
There has been a sharp rise in business lending during the September quarter.

The Business of New York Real Estate: Timely Information, Trusted Analysis and Valuable Resources Online (GlobeSt.com)
NEW YORK CITY-Returning to bedrock principles is a theme that s frequently sounded in the current downturn, and just as commercial real estate lenders are focused on underwriting, so Ernst & Young s Rick Sinkuler says buyers and sellers need to look at the fundamentals.

HSBC, Lloyds TSB Cut Lending as Credit Crunch Comes to U.A.E. (Bloomberg)
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — HSBC Holdings Plc and Lloyds TSB Group Plc , two of the largest U.K. banks operating in the United Arab Emirates, are reducing lending there as the credit crunch begins to infect the Persian Gulf.

Under regulatory agreement, First National Bank of Olathe to shift lending mix (The Kansas City Star)
First National Bank of Olathe will reduce its reliance on real estate lending and use of brokered deposits under an agreement with regulators.

Lending by banks last month rose 2.5% (The Japan Times)
The average daily balance of bank lending in October rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier to 397.15 trillion, marking the fastest pace of increase in more than 16 years as more cash-strapped companies turned to lenders amid the global financial crisis, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday. Firms have increasingly borrowed operating capital from banks after failing to raise the necessary funds in bond …

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