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Small Business Owners, Banks Blame Washington For Credit Woes

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S. franchisers, including officials with Arby's Restaurant Group and Buffalo Wing Factory, described on Tuesday their struggles obtaining credit and expressed concern about the level of uncertainty created by the fragile economy and heightened regulatory scrutiny.Small business lending is ticking up a bit this year compared to 2008, when credit markets froze, but obtaining bank loans remains much too difficult, according to business owners and bankers speaking at a small business lending summit in Washington.Many of the speakers at the conference were skeptical the lending environment would improve much this year and blamed their woes on new health-care and financial policies stemming from Washington, while also arguing that congressional gridlock has left companies uncertain about the rules ahead on taxes and other issues.Paul Merski, chief economist for Independent Community Bankers of America, called it the snowflake effect. Regulations keep piling up on the roof, and "the roof is...

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