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December 1998

Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices

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Collection: Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices Archive

Summary

Every year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) conducts a survey of credit underwriting practices. The survey identifies trends in lending standards and credit risk for the most common types of commercial and retail credit offered by national banks.