Market Snapshot: 1Q 2020
Expansion ends, confidence wanes, and data trends. Get a glimpse of what happened across the United States in the first quarter.
Expansion ends, confidence wanes, and data trends. Get a glimpse of what happened across the United States in the first quarter.
Despite the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy pushing interests rates lower, credit unions are experiencing an influx of deposits as members look for safe channels to park their savings.
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Following one of the most productive lending years in the history of the credit union movement, the first quarter of 2020 offered new challenges. But strong mortgage originations negated a pullback in consumer lending to push overall loan balances higher.
Lower interest rates and overall economic uncertainty pushed the investment portfolios of commercial financial institutions nationwide toward shorter allocations in the first quarter of 2020.
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The CEO at Opportunities Credit Union discusses her credit union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The COO at Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union discusses his credit union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Historically low rates to start the year has contributed to strong mortgage lending through March.
A locked-down economy combined with volatile changes in monetary policy put lenders in a difficult position in the first quarter of 2020, as total revenue growth slowed as sources of income shifted away from interest-driven streams.

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