U.S. small businesses remain a central focus of the chase arm of JPM. In 2011 alone,chase provided more than $17 billion of credit to domestic small businesses, up 52 percent from 2010, indicating chase believes the economic recovery is robust enough to tolerate any short-term downward pressures. The $ 17 billion of credit in 2011 makes Chase the number-1 small Business Administration (SBA) leader nationwide for the second straight year. In addition, JPM is also the number-1 SBA lender to women and minority owned businesses. To help facilitate growth in the small business arm, JPM has added more than 1,200 relationship managers and business bankers since 2009 and anticipates an aggressive hiring of bankers for the foreseeable future.