A version of this article was originally featured in The Financial Brand on April 4th, 2016
When the Fed raised its benchmark rate last December, it signaled to the market that 2016 was finally going to be the year when U.S. banks could go back to doing what they do best: earning interest spread on a “normal-looking” rate curve. But global market volatility and economic uncertainty has spurred the Fed to scale back forecasts for its rate-hiking path.
So what can banks do to increase earning....