Executive Summary - First Quarter 2024
The attached report highlights the FDIC’s financial activities and results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
- During the first quarter of 2024, the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) balance increased to $125.3 billion as of March 31, 2024, up $3.5 billion from the December 31, 2023 balance of $121.8 billion. The quarterly increase was primarily due to $2.0 billion in assessment revenue and a reduction in the provision for insurance losses of $1.2 billion. The negative provision for insurance losses primarily resulted from a net decrease in estimated losses for the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank resolutions due to valuation updates and asset adjustments.
- The reserve ratio—the fund balance relative to insured deposits—increased by two basis points in the first quarter to 1.17 percent.
- Through March 31, 2024, overall FDIC Operating Budget expenditures were below the year-to-date budget by about $71.6 million, or ten percent. This was due to underspending of $78.2 million in the Ongoing Operations budget component, with spending below 90 percent of the YTD budget in every non-salary expense category. Receivership Funding expenditures exceeded the YTD budget by $7.6 million (13 percent), largely due to 2023 expenses recorded in 2024 related to the three large regional bank failures.