Elizabeth A Duke: Small business credit – next steps Speech by Ms Elizabeth A Duke, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, at the Federal Reserve Meeting Series: “Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses”, Washington DC, 12 July 2010. *  *  *  Good afternoon.
I want to thank all of you for participating in today’s discussion about the financing needs of small businesses. I particularly want to thank Karen Mills, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator, for her remarks and our distinguished panelists for helping us to better understand the dynamics of small business lending in these difficult economic times.