U.S. Consumers Bullish on Borrowing
Coral Gables, Florida, September 15, 2021 Coral Gables, FL: BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation’s premier Bank and Credit Union rating firm, has completed its analysis of second quarter 2021 data. All star-ratings are now updated at bauerfinancial.com to reflect the changes.…
Loan Balances Grow for 1st Time Since Last June
After a year of belt-tightening, loan balances at our nation’s banks grew slightly ($33.2 billion or 0.3%) during the second quarter of 2021. In spite of banks’ eagerness to lend, loan balances remain well below (1.2%) the levels of the…
Deposit Growth Slows, Doesn’t Stop
Deposits continue to climb at our nation’s banks, but the growth has slowed considerably since the early days of the pandemic. Deposit growth in the first and second quarters of 2020 was 7½% or better whereas second quarter of 2021…