# Prof. Lawrence White on big banks making fewer loans

1 Faculty News June 26, 2012 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/biggest-u-s-banks-curb-loans-as-regional-firms-fill-gap.html) -- "'It’s been clear to the bigger banks that public policy is not looking favorably upon bigness,' said [Lawrence White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), an economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'If they’re shrinking, that means they’re going to be doing less stuff, including making fewer loans.'"

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