2016-01-19reuters.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...



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