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Higher-for-Longer Rates Might Change The Case For Investing In Customers Bancorp (CUBI)
In the past week, April CPI data came in at 3.8%, pushing the US 10-year Treasury yield to 4.43% and signaling that interest rates may stay higher for longer, which weighed on regional bank sentiment including Customers Bancorp.
This macro backdrop highlights the tension for banks between potential benefits from higher asset yields and mounting pressure on funding costs as deposit competition intensifies.
We’ll now examine how the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates may influence...