HIGH · Earnings
Procedure E-02
Net interest margin materially compressed
Citation
FFIEC UBPR User's Guide §IV — Earnings Analysis; OCC Comptroller's Handbook, "Interest Rate Risk"
Evidence
Year-to-date net interest margin is 1.66%. Compressed margin can reduce core earnings capacity and may indicate asset-yield pressure, funding-cost pressure, interest-rate-risk exposure, or adverse balance-sheet mix.
Recommended action
Provide management's margin analysis, including earning-asset yields, funding costs, repricing gaps, deposit betas, and modeled sensitivity to parallel and nonparallel rate shocks. Document board-approved actions to restore sustainable margin without assuming excessive credit, liquidity, or interest-rate risk.