Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
a.k.a. SLOOS
A Fed survey of bank lending officers about whether they are making loans easier or harder to get.
In plain English
A Fed survey of bank lending officers about whether they are making loans easier or harder to get.
The Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) is the Fed asking banks a simple question: are you tightening or loosening the rules for borrowers, and is demand for loans rising or falling? It is usually published four times a year.
Banks tightening lending standards sharply is often a warning that credit is drying up and the economy could slow. It is a quiet report, but people trying to call a recession watch it closely.
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