Central Banker http://www.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis en-us Copyright 2000 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis webmaster@stlouisfed.org Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ ALLL Best Practices: Keep the Appropriate Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Reserve ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Bank Performance Continues on Meandering Path ]]> The slight uptick in bank earnings experienced by District banks and their U.S. peers in the third quarter did not carry over into the final quarter of 2011.



]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Many Community Banks Must Make Tough ROE Choices ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Recent St. Louis Fed Banking and Economic Research ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Rules and Regulations ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ St. Louis Fed President James Bullard Explores the “Death of a Theory” ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ St. Louis Fed’s 2012 Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council Meets ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Statewide Bank Conditions for Fourth Quarter 2011<sup>1</sup> ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ The “Dialogue” Resumes this Spring with the European Sovereign Debt Crisis ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Where Housing Markets Lead in 2012, Eighth District Economies Are Likely to Follow ]]> While some measures of Eighth District housing-market activity recently showed signs of life, it&rsquo;s not clear yet if it is cause for cautious optimism in the economic outlook.



]]> UNRATED: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Will Community Bank Returns on Equity Return to Precrisis Levels? ]]> It is possible ROE will settle in at a lower-than-precrisis historical rate, leading to a resetting of performance expectations by community bank stakeholders.



]]> UNRATED: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Banking and Economic Research ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Banking Conditions on the Upswing in District, Nation ]]> ]]> RATED: 3.0 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Can Lessons from the Recent Financial Crisis Help Avoid Future Crises? ]]> ]]> RATED: 1.0 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Dialogues Bring the Fed and General Public Together ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Ever-Higher Taxes or Ever-Higher Debt? Exploring Scenarios and Possible Solutions to the Federal Budget Deficit ]]> ]]> RATED: 1.0 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ In-Depth Public Discussions Explore the Financial Crisis, Federal Deficit and Unemployment ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Rules and Regulations ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Statewide Bank Conditions for Third Quarter 2011<sup>1</sup> ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ What’s Not Working This Time Around? Third Dialogue Examines Why Unemployment Remains High ]]> ]]> RATED: 2.0 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Agriculture Banks Are Outperforming Their Peers, But How Long Will It Last? ]]> With soaring commodity prices and farmland values in recent years, banks with an agricultural focus (where at least 25 percent of total loans are production and farmland loans) have outperformed their community bank peers. Find out what risks agriculture banks may face.



]]> RATED: 1.0 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 24:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Board Approves Final Debit Interchange Fee Rule ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Earnings Growth Stalls in Second Quarter, Asset Quality Is Steady in District ]]> After a large increase in the first quarter of 2011, earnings growth at District banks came to a standstill in the second quarter.



]]> UNRATED: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Much More To Come with the Dodd-Frank Act ]]> ]]> UNRATED: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 CDT <![CDATA[ Multimedia Fall 2011 ]]>
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