Sentence examples for bulk of lending from inspiring English sources

The four state-owned ones lent generously to ill-managed state-owned enterprises; the private banks (which account for the bulk of lending) lavished cash on developers, feeding a property bubble which burst in 2010.

Société Générale helps to find the borrowers, many of which are already its clients, and assesses the risk of lending to them; Axa provides the bulk of the funds.

A new revelation of lending fraud?

The bulk of its lending is for debt consolidation by credit-card borrowers.

And while the bulk of its lending is in Britain, the company also operates in Canada, Poland, South Africa and Spain.

"For the great bulk of Fed lending, the credit risks are extremely low," Mr. Bernanke said.

According to the agency's release, the bulk of the lending growth came in commercial and industrial loans as well as loans between banks.

The bulk of its lending is to small companies, but in the current downturn, the bank is focusing on professionals like lawyers with established practices and steady incomes who are opening or expanding an office.

The report suggests that as a first step the bank should phase out all loans to nations where per capita income is $4,000 or more, which is the bulk of its lending today.

Because federal loans and guarantees account for the bulk of student lending, the government's practices are key.

(We focus on 2008-2010 becalthoughhough the bulk of the lending took place in late 2008 and early 2009, continued lobbying by the banks may have contributed to keeping these deals undisclosed until now).