https://www.wsj.com/articles/small-businesses-hit-hard-by-pandemic-are-being-starved-of-credit-11608476400 Customers watch a football game at the Courtyard Brewery in New Orleans. The brewery has had difficulty getting funding. Small Businesses, Hit Hard by Pandemic, Are Being Starved of Credit Banks lend less to small companies today than they did before the financial crisis. Loans to big businesses, meanwhile, have multiplied. Customers watch a football game at the Courtyard Brewery in New Orleans. The brewery has had difficulty getting funding. By Dec. 20, 2020 10:00 am ET
Small businesses that cleared the hurdle of the coronavirus shutdowns are now encountering an all-too-familiar obstacle: Banks don’t want to lend to them.