Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2006
Syndicated Loans, Figure B. Adversely rated commitments as share of total commitments, 1989-2006. Data plotted as a curve. The share of adversely rated commitments starts in 1989 at about 6.8 percent, rises to 16 percent in 1991, declines to about 2.6 percent in 1998, rises to 12.6 percent in 2002, holds steady at that level in 2003, declines to around 5 percent in 2005, and then remains around that level in 2006.
NOTE: The data are annual.
SOURCE: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release, " Shared National Credit Program ".