Our Economic Rocket Requires More Industrial Lifeblood (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the 6-month moving average of the monthly commercial and industrial loan growth at all commercial banks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJw__xmqmi7TKgsP4VCXBt1hE5hRp8RLDzGBqZJKIS8T3bvHHJ8BJ_fp_mIKyzzPyBD0jfTNMK89XP4Q4iJShZF70gNdzNHeEj7LK5zpbyI7e7-DheCHlc2t2-_AVpm7CY54h_Dy5ulyc/s1600/Running+Low+on+Industrial+Lifeblood.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJw__xmqmi7TKgsP4VCXBt1hE5hRp8RLDzGBqZJKIS8T3bvHHJ8BJ_fp_mIKyzzPyBD0jfTNMK89XP4Q4iJShZF70gNdzNHeEj7LK5zpbyI7e7-DheCHlc2t2-_AVpm7CY54h_Dy5ulyc/s320/Running+Low+on+Industrial+Lifeblood.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VWg_g7-sIn0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><b>April 14, 2009</b><br /><a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20090414a.htm">FRB: Speech--Bernanke, Four Questions about the Financial Crisis</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Credit is the lifeblood of market economies...</i></div><br /><b>Update:</b><br /><br />I originally posted that this chart was showing the annual change. It is showing the monthly change. Sorry about that! The conclusions and the data remain the same though, as only the description of the chart changes.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=nvB">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Our Economic Rocket Requires More Industrial Lifeblood (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the 6-month moving average of the monthly commercial and industrial loan growth at all commercial banks. Click to ...

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