For example, the improved ability of banks to lend to more opaque borrowers should provide some increased competition for the venture capitalists and angel financiers that were discussed at the conference yesterday. The value of gathering information through the relationship between banks and small businesses also bodes well for the survival of small community-based banks that tend to specialize in these relationships.
Second, this figure is added to the forecasts made by the Policy Board members. 3  II. Keys to Assessing the Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices In what follows, I will discuss several points that I think deserve particular attention in terms of realizing the outlook that I mentioned earlier. A.