Wednesday, July 18, 2007

JPMorgan's Dimon Sees `A Little Freeze' in Lending for Leveraged Buyouts

(Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive
Officer Jamie Dimon said demand for leveraged buyout debt is
drying up and banks may be left holding more loans that they
can't sell.

There is ``kind of a little freeze in the marketplace,''
Dimon said on a conference call with investors to discuss the New
York-based bank's second-quarter earnings. ``If you see this
continue you will see the Street taking on a lot of bridge loans
and more aggressive repricing of those things.''


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