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2007 Annual Report Highlights

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II. Financial Highlights

 

Deposit Insurance Fund Performance

The FDIC administers the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF), which fulfills the obligations of the former Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) and the former Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). The following summarizes the condition of the DIF. (See the accompanying tables on FDIC-Insured Deposits and Insurance Fund Reserve Ratios.)

For the twelve months ending December, 31, 2007, DIF’s comprehensive income totaled $2.2 billion compared to $1.6 billion for the previous year, an increase of 38 percent. Excluding the recognition of exit fees earned of $345 million (a one-time adjustment) from the 2006 results, comprehensive income rose by $1.02 billion, or 84 percent, from a year ago. This year-over-year increase was primarily due to a $611 million increase in assessment revenue, a $299 million increase in interest revenue, a $298 million decrease in the unrealized loss on AFS securities, offset by a $42 million increase in operating expenses and a $147 million increase in the provision for insurance losses.

The $611 million increase in assessment revenue resulted from significant changes to the risk-based assessment system beginning in 2007. For 2007, DIF recognized $643 million in assessment revenue representing $3.7 billion in gross premiums due from insured depository institutions net of $3.1 billion in assessment credits used. Assessment revenue increased from $94 million in the first quarter to $245 million in the fourth quarter. The increased revenue each quarter primarily resulted from a reduction in the assessment credits used by financial institutions to offset gross assessments. This trend toward higher assessment income is expected to continue as institutions deplete their available credits. Of the $4.7 billion in one-time assessment credits granted, $1.6 billion (34 percent) remained as of December 31, 2007.

FDIC-DIF Insured Deposits (estimated 1960 - 2007)*d
Deposit Insurance Fund Reserve Ratios (Fund Balances as a Percent of Estimated Insured Deposits)d
 

A Continuing Record of Prudent Stewardship

The FDIC relies primarily upon interest earned on the investment of the Deposit Insurance Fund for its operations. It is notable that the Corporation has reduced its operational spending even as the interest earned on the DIF (and its predecessor funds) has increased significantly. As a result, the FDIC’s annual spending has dramatically declined as a percentage of interest revenue on the DIF. The combined interest earned by the DIF and FRF grew to $2,696 million in 2007 ($2,540 million for DIF and $156 million for FRF), while combined operating and investment budget spending fell to 37.6 percent of interest revenue, down from 49.4 percent in 2003.

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2008 Corporate Operating Budget

Although its staffing realignment was essentially completed in 2006, the FDIC will continue to emphasize control of spending in 2008 and future years. In December 2007, the Board of Directors approved a 2008 Corporate Operating Budget of approximately $1.142 billion, including $1.067 billion for ongoing operations. The approved 2008 budget is 3.1 percent higher than the 2007 Corporate Operating Budget. This limited budget increase was required for negotiated employee pay increases and included funding for a number of major new initiatives, including additional staff for risk management and compliance examinations, as well as increased funding for resolution preparedness. The Corporation realigned its spending priorities and reduced costs in other areas to address these priority initiatives while limiting the size of the overall 2008 budget increase. In 2008 and future years, the FDIC will continue to rigorously review its workload and staffing and seek operational efficiencies through continuous improvement of its business processes.
 

Investment Spending

The FDIC instituted a separate Investment Budget in 2003. It has a disciplined process for reviewing proposed new investment projects and managing the construction and implementation of approved projects. All of the projects in the current investment portfolio are major IT system initiatives. Proposed IT projects are carefully reviewed to ensure that they are consistent with the Corporation’s enterprise architecture. The project approval and monitoring processes also enable the FDIC to be aware of risks to the major capital investment projects and facilitate appropriate, timely intervention to address these risks throughout the development process. An investment portfolio performance review is provided to the FDIC’s Board of Directors quarterly.

The Corporation undertook significant capital investments during the 2003-2007 period, including construction of a major expansion of its Virginia Square facility and the implementation of 11 major new IT systems. Investment spending totaled $234 million during this period, peaking at $108 million in 2004. Spending for investment projects in 2007 totaled approximately $12 million. In 2008, investment spending is estimated to total $17 million.

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