Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases this month’s edition of Bank Talk: The After-Show.
In Talking Banks in 2020, Ethan and Van have a wide-ranging discussion of the big picture issues that bank analysts should be thinking about as they await Q4 2019 earnings results this month. From the intricacies of the new Current Expected Credit Loss accounting rule that went into effect this year for publicly held banks, to the steepening of the yield curve and what it may mean for bank net interest margins, Ethan and Van discuss what these trends mean and what fixed income participants can expect as they develop in 2020.
Other topics discussed in this month’s issue include negative interest rates in Europe and why the structure of the capital markets in the U.S. make such a policy unlikely here, to the size of the Fed’s balance sheet, which was up 11% in Q4 2019.
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Ethan M. Heisler, CFA, Senior Director
(516) 359-0975
eheisler@kbra.com
