-->wie von d. kürzlich beschrieben, es trocknet aus

“[...] In Japan, for example, my friend [...] reports that
bank lending fell 4.4% in February, on a year-over-year
basis. That's the 62nd (!! A.) consecutive month of year-over-year
bank declines. It's awfully hard to get the money flowing
in the economy when banks aren't willing to lend it. But
then, why would they be, in Japan or anywhere else? [...]”

(strategic investment, March 2003)