NEW YORK, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Higher credit costs are expected to serve as a modest headwind to U.S. bank earnings this year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence's newly released U.S. Bank Market Report. U.S. bank earnings are expected to dip 2.8 percent year-over-year, excluding the purchase gains associated with the three failed bank acquisitions in 2023, as modest margin pressure and notably higher credit costs prevent earnings growth. "Even as interest rates are expected to fall in th ...