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How Interest Rates Influence SBA Loans

With interest rates creeping to record-high levels from the second half of 2022 through the beginning of 2023, the cost of borrowing money has risen exponentially for most types of loans. We haven’t seen this pace of increases since the late ‘70s — ...

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3. Based on FY2020 SBA loans data released by the SBA for SBA 7(a) loans under $350,000

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