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FDIC Chair Gruenberg opened the briefing with a topline assessment: the banking industry showed resilience in Q2 2024 with net income rising and asset-quality metrics generally favorable, but noted continued weakness in several loan portfolios and an increase in net charge-offs. He attributed some of the quarter's net income gains to one-time items, including the absence of a special FDIC assessment and one-time gains from securities transactions and a sale.
FDIC Chair Gruenberg presented second-quarter 2024 industry performance results, highlighting higher industry net income and generally favorable asset-quality metrics while warning of weaknesses in commercial real estate, credit card and multifamily loan portfolios and elevated unrealized losses; he answered reporters’ questions on Fed rate cuts, Basel III, FBO account rules and resolution planning and outlined steps to reform agency workplace culture.
