U.S. Banks Report Record Earnings of $40.3 Billion for Q1
U.S. banks earned more from January through March than during any quarter on record, buoyed by greater income from fees and fewer losses from bad loans.
The largest banks are increasingly driving the industry’s profits, while many smaller institutions continue to struggle.
The industry earned $40.3 billion in the first quarter, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Wednesday. That’s the highest figure ever for a single quarter. And it’s up 15.8 percent from the first quarter of 2012.
This article appeared in print on page 9 of edition of Hamodia.
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