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Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices

August 2010
Part III: Data Tables

A. Commercial Lending Portfolios

Agricultural Lending

Thirteen of the 51 surveyed banks engaged in some form of agricultural lending.

**Table 13: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Agricultural Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	0	70	30
2003	0	67	33
2004	0	93	7
2005	0	93	7
2006	5	95	0
2007	10	80	10
2008	0	95	5
2009	0	75	25
2010	0	54	46

**Table 14: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Agricultural Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	7	63	30	0
2003	0	11	48	41	0
2004	0	10	59	31	0
2005	4	17	69	10	0
2006	0	23	63	14	0
2007	0	0	55	45	0
2008	0	26	47	26	0
2009	0	6	38	56	0
2010	0	0	46	31	23
Future 12 Months	0	15	39	46	0

Asset-Based Loans

Thirteen surveyed banks engaged in asset-based lending.

**Table 15: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Asset-Based Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	3	66	31
2003	0	58	42
2004	16	71	13
2005	30	67	3
2006	30	57	13
2007	25	68	7
2008	9	70	22
2009	6	23	71
2010	8	31	61

**Table 16: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Asset-Based Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	0	50	50	0
2003	3	26	42	29	0
2004	3	29	55	13	0
2005	0	24	52	24	0
2006	0	17	61	22	0
2007	0	14	43	43	0
2008	0	0	30	70	0
2009	0	0	12	70	18
2010	0	0	8	77	15
Future 12 Months	0	23	23	54	0

Commercial Leasing

Eleven of the surveyed banks engaged in commercial leasing.

**Table 17: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Commercial Leasing Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2006	12	76	12
2007	26	69	5
2008	7	50	43
2009	0	40	60
2010	0	27	73

**Table 18: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Commercial Leasing Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2006	6	35	53	6	0
2007	0	16	63	21	0
2008	0	0	71	29	0
2009	0	0	13	80	7
2010	0	0	0	55	45
Future 12 Months	0	9	9	82	0

Commercial Real Estate Lending—Commercial Construction

Thirty-six of the surveyed banks engaged in commercial construction lending.

**Table 19: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Commercial Construction Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2003	2	61	37
2004	10	75	15
2005	29	63	8
2006	32	56	12
2007	28	59	13
2008	8	43	49
2009	0	20	80
2010	3	25	72

**Table 20: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Commercial Construction Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2003	0	7	46	42	5
2004	0	7	59	34	0
2005	2	5	65	28	0
2006	0	5	65	30	0
2007	0	2	48	49	1
2008	0	0	22	69	8
2009	0	0	5	54	41
2010	0	5	3	50	42
Future 12 Months	0	8	17	64	11

Commercial Real Estate Lending—Residential Construction

Twenty-two of the surveyed banks engaged in residential construction lending.

**Table 21: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Residential Construction Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2003	0	76	24
2004	5	86	9
2005	21	72	7
2006	25	64	11
2007	17	50	33
2008	2	36	62
2009	0	8	92
2010	0	36	64

**Table 22: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Residential Construction Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2003	0	2	62	34	2
2004	0	4	76	18	2
2005	2	6	65	27	0
2006	0	2	52	46	0
2007	0	4	27	63	6
2008	0	0	7	48	45
2009	0	0	0	34	66
2010	5	9	4	41	41
Future 12 Months	0	32	14	50	4

Commercial Real Estate Lending—Other

Forty-seven of the surveyed banks engaged in other commercial real estate lending.

**Table 23: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Other Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2003	5	71	24
2004	8	83	9
2005	24	65	11
2006	32	60	8
2007	20	73	7
2008	2	73	25
2009	2	22	76
2010	2	38	60

**Table 24: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Other Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2003	0	5	48	43	4
2004	0	12	66	20	2
2005	2	9	65	24	0
2006	1	10	55	34	0
2007	0	2	59	38	1
2008	0	2	39	58	2
2009	0	2	5	67	26
2010	0	2	9	55	34
Future 12 Months	0	9	6	81	4

International Lending

Ten of the surveyed banks engaged in international lending.

**Table 25: Changes in Underwriting Standards in International Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	11	61	28
2003	6	55	39
2004	11	61	28
2005	27	73	0
2006	30	70	0
2007	30	70	0
2008	10	60	30
2009	0	13	87
2010	30	40	30

**Table 26: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in International Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	22	39	28	11
2003	0	6	55	33	6
2004	6	33	55	6	0
2005	0	20	73	7	0
2006	0	0	80	20	0
2007	0	0	70	30	0
2008	0	0	40	40	20
2009	0	0	0	63	37
2010	0	0	30	50	20
Future 12 Months	0	0	40	60	0

Middle Market Lending

Forty of the surveyed banks engaged in middle market lending.

**Table 27: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Middle Market Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	0	60	40
2003	6	63	31
2004	14	81	5
2005	28	67	5
2006	31	66	3
2007	33	60	7
2008	6	69	25
2009	0	33	67
2010	0	50	50

**Table 28: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Middle Market Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Declined Somewhat
2002	2	8	22	66	2
2003	0	13	39	44	4
2004	0	28	52	18	2
2005	4	26	54	16	0
2006	0	24	54	20	2
2007	0	5	51	44	0
2008	0	0	50	48	2
2009	0	2	6	88	4
2010	0	0	5	73	22
Future 12 Months	0	13	17	68	2

Small Business Lending

Thirty-two of the surveyed banks lent in the small business market.

**Table 29: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Small Business Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	2	66	32
2003	4	65	31
2004	11	74	15
2005	13	81	6
2006	19	76	5
2007	11	76	13
2008	11	72	17
2009	0	36	64
2010	0	34	66

**Table 30: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Small Business Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	2	56	40	2
2003	0	4	56	38	2
2004	0	15	72	13	0
2005	0	11	70	19	0
2006	0	5	71	22	2
2007	2	4	66	26	2
2008	0	3	36	58	3
2009	0	2	14	72	12
2010	0	9	6	66	19
Future 12 Months	0	3	22	72	3

Leveraged Loans

Sixteen of the surveyed banks engaged in leveraged loans.

**Table 31: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Leveraged Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	0	44	56
2003	0	48	52
2004	15	85	0
2005	32	68	0
2006	61	31	8
2007	67	33	0
2008	20	20	60
2009	0	31	69
2010	0	25	75

**Table 32: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Leveraged Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	7	26	52	15
2003	10	33	28	29	0
2004	15	40	40	5	0
2005	5	27	58	5	5
2006	0	8	15	69	8
2007	0	13	34	53	0
2008	0	0	27	53	20
2009	0	0	6	63	31
2010	0	6	6	63	25
Future 12 Months	0	19	6	69	6

Large Corporate Loans

Twenty-nine of the surveyed banks were active in the large corporate loan market.

**Table 33: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Large Corporate Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2002	0	45	55
2003	3	49	48
2004	17	66	17
2005	32	68	0
2006	49	51	0
2007	40	60	0
2008	6	62	32
2009	0	40	60
2010	3	38	59

**Table 34: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Large Corporate Loan Portfolios**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2002	0	8	29	53	10
2003	5	27	33	30	5
2004	17	36	36	11	0
2005	5	27	49	19	0
2006	0	19	46	32	3
2007	0	8	57	35	0
2008	0	0	47	47	6
2009	0	0	12	77	11
2010	0	3	0	76	21
Future 12 Months	0	17	21	62	0

Hedge Funds (Direct Credit Exposure)

Five of the surveyed banks engaged in direct lending to hedge funds.

**Table 35: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Hedge Funds (Direct Credit Exposure)**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2007	17	66	17
2008	0	100	0
2009	0	17	83
2010	0	40	60

**Table 36: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Hedge Funds (Direct Credit Exposure)**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2007	0	0	83	17	0
2008	0	0	83	17	0
2009	33	0	0	34	33
2010	20	40	40	0	0
Future 12 Months	0	0	60	40	0

Hedge Funds (Counterparty Credit Exposure)

Six of the surveyed banks had sizable counterparty credit exposures to hedge funds.

**Table 37: Changes in Underwriting Standards in Hedge Funds (Counterparty Credit Exposure)**
(Percent of Responses)
	Eased	Unchanged	Tightened
2007	29	71	0
2008	0	29	71
2009	0	14	86
2010	33	50	17

**Table 38: Changes in the Level of Credit Risk in Hedge Funds (Counterparty Credit Exposure)**
(Percent of Responses)
	Declined Significantly	Declined Somewhat	Unchanged	Increased Somewhat	Increased Significantly
2007	0	14	72	14	0
2008	0	14	29	43	14
2009	0	0	14	57	29
2010	17	50	33	0	0
Future 12 Months	0	17	33	50	0

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Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices

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August 2010
Part III: Data Tables