U.S. Bank Earnings Rise In The Fourth Quarter, But Challenges To Growth Remain




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Summary: U.S. banks’ fourth-quarter earnings finished slightly higher than Standard & Poor's expected. However, we maintain our earnings outlook for the industry in 2014 and 2015. But credit leverage, instead of operating leverage, continued to bolster banks' bottom lines. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Managing Director Rodrigo Quintanilla discusses the challenges to growth facing banks.