I am looking at recurrent earnings growth of 10 percent in 2006 for the banks, if you strip out exceptional items. Industry loan growth should be about 8 percent this year. |
My forecast certainly didn't factor the added payment. |
That's not expected. It doesn't really affect the operations but it's something nasty in the results anyway. |
They've had strong quarters before, especially the first quarter. Historically, that's been one of their strongest quarters. But whether this can be sustained, that's the next challenge. |