Lending to a business on the wrong side of the COVID-19 economy

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Abstract: As the economy has reopened, some businesses that prospered during the lockdown have experienced a significant decrease in revenue through no fault of their own. To continue operating as going concerns, some of these businesses might need access to debt to redouble their efforts to capitalize on the market created by COVID-19 — or to reinvent the business in the face of declining revenues. This article offers some questions lenders should ask these borrowers to mitigate the risk of lending to them beyond the end of the pandemic.