A common theme in the Q1 24 earnings announcements so far is interest income yields are rising, but not as fast as deposit costs are rising. The FDIC called this out in their Q4 23 QBR. At the time of publication this represented two consecutive quarters of deposit costs increasing faster than loan yields, and […]
As we enter Q1 24 bank earnings season, I expect to see continued commentary around interest rate pressure; increasing costs and stagnat loan demand… but I also expect the tone to shift. The sentiment back in January ’24 was that rates had peaked and Q1 would still be challenging but Q2, Q3, and Q4 would […]
Outstanding’s of the Bank Term Funding Program held steady from June to December of ’23, but are up ~24% since December. Total outstanding’s are now at ~$141 billion. The intent of the program was protect depositors, the idea being banks could leverage this program to shore up capital if deposits were called vs needing to […]
On December 18th the FDIC issued a Financial Institution Letter highlighting the “importance of strong capital, appropriate credit loss allowance levels, and robust credit risk-management practices for institutions with commercial real estate (CRE) concentrations.” The timing of this letter felt strange for a couple reasons, and I contest that may have been the intent of […]
I went to check out a live recording of the Compound & Friends in Charlotte last night and their guest was Campbell Harvey, Professor of Finance at Fuqua. The episode is excellent; Cam made an argument that real inflation is currently < 2% (minute 30), he was critical of the Fed pausing vs ‘terminating’ rate […]
As we roll into Q3 bank earnings after knowing the 10Y yields spiked in the last couple of months, the question(s) become: Its difficult to find any issues in reading through JPM’s Q3 earnings. This thing is an absolute juggernaut, and capital issues are not a problem. But it is worth noting a 4% decline […]
Marty Gruenberg and team released their Q2 ’23 Quarterly Banking Profile on 9/7 and given these reports provide dated analysis, I was unable to find anything surprising. What’s worth diving into is the forces behind shrinking loan growth across the industry. See below: As mentioned in the notes of this chart, year over year growth […]
ADP Released their June 2023 change in U.S. private employment this week and it came in hot, adding 497,000 jobs vs the 220,000 estimate. The market reacted negatively, as the likelihood of the Fed continuing to raise rates increases as job growth helps fuel inflation. Given this increase was largely driven by leisure and hospitality […]
Marty Gruenberg is back with the Q1 QBP, and while I was eager to see data based evidence of a shift in banking to support the observational shifts we’ve all seen in headlines as of late, I realized this data is already stale. Marty was quick to call this out immediately – “…these results, especially […]
I’ve seen references to the below in different formats, leading to comments like “the consumer just wont quit” and “the consumer is still strong given headwinds” While the chart looks strong, I argue the source of that strength is fading and likely lags other indicators. This strength started in the form of cash spent by […]