Banking Outlook: Happy Days Are Gone Again?

The banking industry has not yet returned to “normal” despite two years of earnings growth, and it will face more, not fewer, headwinds in 2012, according to a forecast report from Trepp LLC, a provider of information, analytics and technology to the CMBS, commercial real estate and banking markets.

Banks stand to earn less in 2012 and will have to take on additional risk to make that happen.

Low demand, elevated charge-offs, and the sale of…
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