But analysts issued a health warning instead. "Lower rates, and especially a flat yield curve — short-term rates similar to long-term rates — are very tough for banks because they cannot make that interest rate spread on mortgages, " said Raul Elizalde, chief investment officer and president at Path Financial. "Riskier loans may or may not be a source of alternative profits. " Dick Bove, chief strategist at Odeon Group, said banks could take the "easy road" by restricting lending as margins are squeezed, a policy that could indirectly push the US into a "significant recession. " Some could even follow the lead of JPMorgan, which is now selling loans at a profit instead of lending, he said. "The Fed will have no power to stimulate growth in this instance, " Bove said. "It can cut rates all it chooses, but if the banks simply refuse to lend, the rate cuts will only further stimulate the banks' unwillingness to lend and the desire to sell loans. " Bove further warned: "At present, the pressure to take this path is rising. "
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