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Fed's Main Street Loan Program Going Mostly to $1 Million-Plus Borrowers

Fed's Main Street Loan Program Going Mostly to $1 Million-Plus Borrowers
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Tuesday, 08 September 2020 08:22 PM EDT

The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program, aimed at supporting small to mid-size businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, has mostly made loans in the millions of dollars, according data disclosed by the central bank Tuesday.

Of the 118 loans bought by the Fed’s program through the end of August, only 11 were under $1 million. Only one, at $265,000 was close to the $250,000 minimum loan size.

The Fed initially announced the program with a minimum loan size of $1 million in April. It reduced it twice, bringing it to the existing minimum after it received comments from businesses and industry groups calling for more aid to smaller entities.

Very small businesses had access to the Paycheck Protection Program, which saw loans averaging $107,000. Unlike the Main Street facility, PPP lending is forgiven provided that certain criteria are met.

Overall, the $600 billion program has made $1.2 billion in loans, the Fed said in a separate disclosure last week. That includes $741 million in loans in the Priority facility, $306 million in the New Loan facility and $82 million for two loans in the Expanded facility.

Companies in 24 states have received Main Street loans, with Florida seeing the greatest volume at $332 million in borrowing.

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The Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program, aimed at supporting small to mid-size businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, has mostly made loans in the millions of dollars, according data disclosed by the central bank Tuesday.Of the 118 loans bought by the Fed's...
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