Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. Risk mitigants tend to lag growth, especially fast growth.

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Abrigo

JUNE 29, 2022

farmers is even more unpredictable than in recent years, so financial institutions will want to keep a close eye on the agricultural sector -- both to protect ag lending portfolios and tap into ag loan growth opportunities. Stay up to date on the farm outlook and ag lending best practices. Property taxes/fees: 1.4% Ag Lending.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In August, for the first time since the 1940s, the Fed made a two year “promise”—to keep short term rates at their current exceptionally low levels until mid 2013. So, disappointment in the “promise” to keep short term rates low until 2013 led to another historic action in September. Companies are sitting on $1.9 per gallon.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 19, 2012

I know I risk sounding like Charles Plosser, but so be it. It seems to me that reducing burdensome regulations and not implementing harsher capital requirements would be more effective alternatives to incentivize lending than pushing all yields toward zero while buying up all of our bonds. So stay tuned! Thanks for reading.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 21, 2010

What is really needed is an approach to get banks back to lending, which is not helped by increased capital requirements and FASB’s proposal to subject loans to mark-to-market accounting, which could introduce frightening volatility into bank earnings and capital. When we needed action in the second quarter, the Fed did not act.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Bank lending has not been the catalyst it used to be for improved growth in this recovery compared to prior ones; maybe we can point at regulation after regulation being forced onto banks and higher, more restrictive capital requirements. If bank regulations are lifted, lending and thus growth can improve.

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