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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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