otracted delays in rate rises or, worse, going negative could have damaging consequences. On the eve of the central banks next meeting on rates, James Chessen, chief economist of the American Bankers Association, warned that loose policies were building up problems in the economy.
Currently, the average rate on credit card balances is 11.07%, says James Chessen, chief economist of the American Bankers Association. Weeks after the Fed raises its benchmark rate, that rate should rise by a similar amount.
Problem loans are back to levels we saw six years ago, and losses have returned to pre-crisis levels as banks continue to improve their portfolios, said James Chessen, chief economist of the American Bankers Association. While asset quality remains strong, we may have reached the bottom of the cr
Date: Nov 25, 2014
Category: Business
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U.S. Banks Neared Record Profit in Second Quarter, FDIC Says
Businesses are more confident about lending, banks havethe capacity to lend to them, and theyre aggressively trying todo that, said James Chessen, chief economist at the AmericanBankers Association. Because banks are anxious to get money onthe street, Chessen said, they are pressured to giv
Date: Aug 28, 2014
Category: Business
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Banks Earned Record $42.2 Billion in 2nd Quarter, FDIC Says
When you have rates jumping by a hundred basis points, you have to expect the value of the portfolio to change and reverse those unrealized gains that you had, and it happened all at once, said James Chessen, chief economist at the American Bankers Association. He said the industry is putting meas
James Chessen, chief economist of the American Bankers Association, said the survey signals that conditions in the financial sector continue to improve, albeit slowly.
Banks' portfolios have grown stronger as problem loans continue to decline, said James Chessen, chief economist at the American Bankers Association, in a statement. Our industry continues to put losses behind it, with most problems now firmly in the rear-view mirror.
Though business loans rose 1.6% from the previous quarter, the pace of growth has slowed as businesses remain reluctant to expand amid regulatory uncertainty, said James Chessen, chief economist at the American Bankers Association. Companies feel no urgency to borrow as interest rates are expected
Date: May 29, 2013
Category: Business
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