WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting loans to flow more normally to small businesses is a critical ingredient to bolstering the recovery and reducing unemployment, the Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said on Monday. Mr. Bernanke made the comments in remarks to a Fed conference exploring ways to help increase lending to small companies — from pizzerias to start-up technology firms. “Making credit accessible to sound small businesses is crucial to our economic recovery,” Mr....
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