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2016-01-19 — reuters.com
Bank of America said on Tuesday its provision for credit losses in global banking increased by $264 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, mainly due to higher energy-related charge-offs and reserve increases for energy exposure.
The bank has $21.3 billion in energy-related loans, representing about 2 percent of total loans, Chief Financial Officer Paul Donofrio said on call with reporters.... Total net charge-offs rose 30 percent to $1.14 billion. Notice that virtually all growth was in foreign operations... not a great vote of confidence in the US economy. And of course, as carried here a few days ago, we know the Fed has directed banks to play "extend and pretend" with their energy loan portfolios... source article | permalink | discuss | subscribe by: | RSS | email Comments: Be the first to add a comment add a comment | go to forum thread Note: Comments may take a few minutes to show up on this page. If you go to the forum thread, however, you can see them immediately. |