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Bank earnings: ‘lower for longer’ means buybacks will continue

Bank earnings: ‘lower for longer’ means buybacks will continue

December 8, 2017

When big banks kick off the third-quarter earnings season next week, a familiar theme is likely to dominate: it’s hard to make money in a lower-for-longer world.

Analysts expect banks to report tepid growth in nearly all their business lines, from mortgage originations to investment banking to lending, and most of the good news story is likely to come from a practice that’s often considered a sign that companies are out of ideas: issuing debt to buy back stock.

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