"Bad" doesn't adequately express the last few days for New York Community Bancorp. As the close of Thursday, shares were down 44.6% after the bank revealed a 2023 Q4 loss of $252 million rather than the Q3 $207 million gain. Markets remembered that there are still significant concerns about commercial real estate and its loans.
New York Community had acquired much of the deposits and loan assets from failed Signature Bank, and it added a $552 million provision for future credit losses, plus $185 million in net charge-offs, plus cut dividends by 70% to bolster capital.
Despite repeated assurances from the Federal Reserve and Treasury department that banks are fundamentally sound, real-time results for banks have become reminders to markets that all is apparently not well.
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