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Tough Talk But No Real Leverage

The White House hectors bank executives to step up lending to small- and medium-sized businesses, but does the administration's bark have bite?


By Cheyenne Hopkins

December 18, 2009

Hauling a dozen chief executives of large financial firms to the White House for a lecture on the importance of credit gets big headlines, but how much leverage does President Obama actually have with lenders?

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