NEW YORK — Citigroup said Friday its second-quarter net income dropped 10 percent to $2.7 billion even as its losses from failed loans fell. The drop in income reflects the bank's sale a year ago of the Smith Barney brokerage, which inflated its earnings at the time.
Citigroup Inc. joined JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. in reporting earnings that rose in the April-June period as loan losses fell. That's a positive sign for the economy, because it indicates that consumers are having an easier time paying their debts. But Citigroup, like the other banks, also had a decline in trading revenue because of the stock market's plunge this spring.
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NEW YORK — Bank of America said Friday its second-quarter net income rose 15 percent to $2.78 billion as improvements in the company's consumer loan businesses made up for a drop in trading revenue.
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