The Fed said that 25percentt of banks surveyed reported weaker demand for consumer loans.
"In the near term, increased economic uncertainty may lead to weaker demand for homes.
Trading powerhouses like Germany are suffering from weaker demand for heavy equipment, automobiles and luxury goods.
Only about 8percentt reported "substantially weaker demand" for such projects, the survey said.
LG said it was seeing weaker demand for smartphones and cut its 2011 target.
But Fannie said on Monday that it had not been able to increase its portfolio much because of weaker demand for mortgage securities, tighter lending standards and weaker demand for its long-term debt from investors, particularly foreigners.
Texas Instruments, struggling with weaker demand for semiconductors, will shut two Dallas manufacturing plants in a few weeks.
The Canton, Ohio, company has been struggling for the last year because of weaker demand for its products worldwide.
Meanwhile, orders for transportation equipment in October plummeted 16.1percentt, mostly because of weaker demand for airplanes and aircraft parts.
The president and chief executive, Jacques Bougie, said that despite weaker demand for some products, prices remained firm.
Global corporate and investment banking profit fell 47percentto to $230 million, on weaker demand for securities underwriting.
