USB is actively rotating out of low-yielding securities into higher-yielding loans while benefiting from fixed asset repricing, compounding NIM expansion beyond what rate moves alone would produce. This balance sheet remix creates durable NII growth even if rate cuts resume.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
the evidence · every sentence checkedseven sentences · whole, uncut
the claims it rests on
“Net interest income was $4.4 billion in the second quarter of 2026, an increase of $310 million (7.7 percent) compared with the second quarter of 2025”
“The increases were primarily due to loan growth, improved earning asset mix, and fixed asset repricing”
“Average total loans in the second quarter of 2026 were $27.0 billion (7.1 percent) higher than the same period of 2025”
“The net interest margin was 2.79 percent in the second quarter of 2026 compared with 2.66 percent for the same period of 2025”
“Average investment securities were $2.3 billion (1.3 percent) lower than the same period of 2025, primarily due to net investment securities sales and maturities”
what it was checked against
securities reduction via sales/maturities
“Average investment securities in the second quarter and the first six months of 2026 were $2.3 billion (1.3 percent) and $1.0 billion (0.6 percent) lower, respectively, than the same periods of 2025, primarily due to net investment securities sales and maturities.”
NIM expansion from mix and repricing
“The increases were primarily due to the combined effects of loan growth, improved earning asset mix and benefits from fixed asset repricing.”