While access to credit continues to be a challenge for some small businesses, those that are lending report that commercial and industrial loans under $100,000 are their growth leaders.

According to the SBA's latest Quarterly Lending Bulletin, micro loans accounted for the most growth in the fourth quarter of 2011, the most current data on record.

Small business loans totaled $597.8 billion during that period, the agency said.

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