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Could Fed’s Rate Cut Ease Pressure on Bank Profits?

by | Nov 3, 2019

As long-term rates dropped before the Federal Reserve began making moves on short-term rates, the spread between what’s paid on deposits and earned on loans continued to flatten, hurting profits for many community banks. Last week’s decision by the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the third time this year could add some steepness back to the yield curve and help reverse this trend.