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Massachusetts at a Glance

ECONOMIC INDICATORS (Change from year ago, unless noted)
Employment Growth Rates Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Total Nonfarm (share of trailing four quarter employment in parentheses) 0.7% 0.8% -3.2% 0.2% -3.3%
  Manufacturing (8%) 0.6% -0.2% -9.6% -2.0% -9.5%
  Other (non-manufacturing) Goods-Producing (3%) -1.6% -1.6% -15.9% -4.6% -15.8%
  Private Service-Producing (75%) 1.1% 1.1% -2.3% 0.6% -2.5%
  Government (14%) -0.7% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
Unemployment Rate (% of labor force) 8.3% 8.4% 8.8% 8.5% 8.2%
           
Other Indicators Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Single-Family Home Permits -12.0% 17.2% 53.4% 17.7% -9.5%
Multifamily Building Permits 98.8% 87.2% -8.4% 39.4% -48.5%
Home Price Index 0.4% 0.8% -3.2% -1.1% -3.7%
Nonbusiness Bankruptcy Filings per 1000 people (quarterly annualized level) 3.23 3.48 3.18 3.47 3.07
           
BANKING TRENDS
General Information Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Institutions (#) 165 166 171 165 171
Total Assets (in millions) 256,609 269,398 252,539 256,609 252,539
New Institutions (# < 3 years) 2 2 2 2 2
Subchapter S Institutions 4 4 4 4 4
           
Asset Quality Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Past-Due and Nonaccrual Loans / Total Loans (median %) 2.26 2.17 2.27 2.26 2.27
Noncurrent Loans / Total Loans (median %) 1.29 1.33 1.16 1.29 1.16
ALLL/Total Loans (median %) 1.05 1.06 1.05 1.05 1.05
ALLL/Noncurrent Loans (median multiple) 0.73 0.80 0.79 0.73 0.79
Net Loan Losses / Total Loans (median %) 0.08 0.04 0.07 0.15 0.13
           
Capital / Earnings Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Tier 1 Leverage (median %) 9.42 9.43 9.12 9.42 9.12
Return on Assets (median %) 0.57 0.58 0.42 0.51 0.38
Pretax Return on Assets (median %) 0.75 0.83 0.63 0.73 0.54
Net Interest Margin (median %) 3.44 3.42 3.35 3.43 3.21
Yield on Earning Assets (median %) 4.68 4.78 5.06 4.83 5.21
Cost of Funding Earning Assets (median %) 1.22 1.32 1.67 1.34 1.94
Provisions to Avg. Assets (median %) 0.14 0.13 0.22 0.17 0.18
Noninterest Income to Avg. Assets (median %) 0.57 0.55 0.50 0.56 0.50
Overhead to Avg. Assets (median %) 2.96 2.90 2.82 2.87 2.84
           
Liquidity / Sensitivity Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Net Loans to Assets (median %) 67.1 67.6 70.1 67.1 70.1
Noncore Funding to Assets (median %) 24.6 24.5 26.7 24.6 26.7
Long-term Assets to Assets (median %, call filers) 36.1 35.8 37.9 36.1 37.9
Brokered Deposits (number of institutions) 45 47 40 45 40
  Brokered Deposits to Assets (median % for those above) 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.7
           
Loan Concentrations (median % of Total Risk-Based Capital) Q4-10 Q3-10 Q4-09 2010 2009
Commercial and Industrial 27.8 28.2 28.0 27.8 28.0
Commercial Real Estate 179.4 183.3 201.1 179.4 201.1
  Construction & Development 24.0 25.1 29.3 24.0 29.3
  Multifamily Residential Real Estate 18.8 18.5 17.0 18.8 17.0
  Nonresidential Real Estate 122.8 123.8 124.7 122.8 124.7
Residential Real Estate 390.8 406.2 420.9 390.8 420.9
Consumer 4.2 4.3 5.0 4.2 5.0
Agriculture 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
           
BANKING PROFILE
Largest Deposit Markets (from 2010 Summary of Deposits) Institutions in Market Deposits ($ millions)       Asset Distribution Institutions
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 144 169,838   < $100 million 24 (14.5% )
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 36 47,918   $100 million to $250 million 39 (23.6% )
Springfield, MA 26 11,959   $250 million to $1 billion 73 (44.2% )
Worcester, MA 40 11,570   $1 billion to $10 billion 28 (17% )
Barnstable Town, MA 14 6,026   > $10 billion 1 (0.6% )
           
 
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