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Other companies like Countrywide Financial, the nation's largest mortgage lender, are tightening standards.

Before leaving office, the Clinton administration issued an executive order tightening standards for arsenic in water.

It has pulled back on new lending, tightening standards on mortgages and home equity loans.

Besides the nearly 60percentt of banks tightening standards on credit card debt, 65percentt said they had tightened lending standards for other types of consumer loans over the last three months.

With China's reputation having taken a hit in the United States, resistance to tightening standards seems likely to fade.

A large number of banks also reported they were tightening standards for both credit cards and other types of consumer loans.

Big lenders — like American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup and even the retailer Target — have begun tightening standards for applicants and are culling their portfolios of the riskiest customers.

More surveyed banks are reporting tightening standards than less restrictive ones, though the gap has expanded only modestly, Mr. Levkovich said.

In the Fed's latest survey of senior loan officers, about 30percentt of banks said they were still tightening standards for both consumer and business loans.

The Federal Housing Administration, which is supporting the housing market by insuring thousands of new mortgages every day, is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is tightening standards.

The most recent evidence was the White House decision Friday to hold off on tightening standards for air pollutants that form smog.