consumer, aren t we? yeah, you know, charles, we have we are a little bit. we think consumer balance sheets are still pretty strong, but are we seeing credit card balances and revolving credit moving higher? we are. it s still less than pre-pandemic as a percentage of debt limits, but it is moving higher. and, obviously, if you have a rail strike, if we start to affect things where 40% of packaged goods are now going to be affected, 50% of commuter traffic on rails is boeing to be a23ebg9ed concern going to be affected, agriculture s going to be affected, obviously, it is going to have an impact on the consumer at a time when we re starting to look at a recessioning coming in 2023. you and i talk about the yield curves and the inversions that we re see ising there quite often. seeing there quite often. it s just more pressure to do that in an environment that we haven t had in 30 years. there there hasn t been a rail strike if since 1992. there could be a lot of follow through th
Republic Bancorp's declining loan trend will likely reverse soon. See why I'd buy RBCAA stock and exit whenever its market price gets closer to its fair value.
TrustCo currently has excess cash on its books, giving it the opportunity to improve its asset mix and boost margins. See why I'm adopting a buy rating on TRST.
The issue is not falling GDP growth. The real concern is inflation, as it does impact the SPX structurally. But market-derived data has shifted the focus to the potential for disinflation.