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| In addition to reducing interest expense, these actions reduced our balance sheet leverage and improved our capital position |
| On the next page, you see RevPAR or revenue per available room for the state, which continues to be a very positive story, and Mary has some slides a little bit further in the deck to support that further |
| These two factors continue to drive consistent, strong rental demand |
| In the third quarter, the strength of our deposits, reliable cash flows and strong liquidity position enabled us to remix our liabilities and reduce noncore funding by $2.2 billion, consisting of $1.2 billion of fixed rate FHLB advances, $575 million repurchase agreements and $377 million of public time deposits |
| We produced another solid financial performance for the third quarter |
| Average deposits grew nicely in the quarter |
| Expenses were well controlled, and we improved our capital levels meaningfully |
| Credit, as Mary will share with you, remains a very good story for us |
| The sale of the securities reduced our interest rate and credit risk exposures and will improve our net interest income |
| In addition to the hedges that we added in the third quarter, net interest income and margin continued to be supported by strong cash flow and overall asset repricing at higher rates |
| Where we benefit is if the Fed is on hold and keeps rates higher for longer, that's where you'll see a margin expansion |
| And we think there's -- we think that's a spot where we can deliver good value to customers seeking a little more flexibility in their funding, but at the same time, getting a quality rate and that translates back to us at a rate that is maybe a little bit more palatable than some of the higher end TCD levels |
| Grocery and drug-anchored retail continue to outperform |
| We continue to exercise the positive pricing discipline as evidenced by our deposit beta continuing to outperform that of peer banks |
| We take a unique market position within that marketplace and take really a brand or leading top of mind brand position within the market to generate meaningful pricing advantages over kind of the median midsized bank |
| In addition to the continued strength in our markets real estate fundamentals, we have just 8% of our commercial mortgage loans maturing prior to 2025, minimizing re-pricing risk in the portfolio |
| Performance is -- remained strong |
| Asset quality remained strong in the third quarter with net charge-offs of $2 million or six basis points annualized of total loans and lease outstandings, up $700,000 or two basis points for the linked quarter and up $900,000 or three basis points year-over-year |
| The visitor industry continues to do well |
| So year-to-date, the state has experienced nice growth, both in spending as well as arrivals, up 10% by spend and up 8% by arrivals |
| So in addition to having a very stable and strong deposit base over the year, we also have built quite meaningfully our tertiary or secondary sources of liquidity |
| And fortunately, we're happy to see Bank of Hawaii right up there at the top, really as a result of a lot of hard work over the past 125 years serving Hawaii's consumers, businesses and municipalities |
| I'm incredibly proud of and thankful for our Maui leadership team who immediately mobilized into action as the tragedy unfolded, providing support to our affected employees, our customers and the broader Maui community |
| Despite the protracted delay in the return of the Japanese visitors to pre-pandemic levels, flat inventory levels again helped to support occupancy and RevPAR levels |
| We continue to grow our capital from prior quarters and maintain healthy excesses above the regulatory minimum well-capitalized requirements |
| Comparing us to the broader national market of what H.8 deems as the small banks, you see that on a year-to-date basis, Bank of Hawaii has performed quite nicely versus the broader national competitor set |
| So at least from an employment standpoint, the state is performing quite nicely versus our US mainland marketplace |
| We are so fortunate that all of our employees on Maui are safe |
| Onto the funding side of deposits, really, we take what we believe is a very unique marketplace |
| These cash flows continue to be reinvested predominantly into new loans, which are yielding greater than 7% on average or held in cash at the Fed, which earns an attractive yield and preserves liquidity |
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| Linked quarter decreases in both net interest income and margin were primarily due to higher funding costs partially offset by higher asset yields as the inverted yield curve at higher short-term rates continue to pressure our income and margin |
| Margin continued to be pressured by the inversion in the curve, although we witnessed a material slowdown in margin erosion compared to the prior quarter |
| Net interest income was $120.9 million in the third quarter, a decrease of $3.4 million linked quarter |
| But I think the fact of the matter is the supply of labor will still be challenging relative to the overall demand |
| Net interest margin was 2.13%, a decrease of nine basis points linked quarter |
| Arrivals were down 57% |
| Unfortunately, our Lahaina branch was destroyed |
| Oahu's retail market, whether it's supply chain disruptions, manufacturing shutdowns, backlog seaports and inflation with vacancy and rents returning to pre-pandemic levels |
| This is particularly pronounced in the housing sector, where severely limited supply, again, in the gray bars, is compounded by the high cost of homeownership |
| Unemployment as of September was still down below that of the national average |
| And then finally I think what we've been reading or seeing is a bit of an uptick in sub-prime type lenders finding things a little bit more difficult |
| We were down 9% by expenditure and 7% by arrivals as basically Maui came to a standstill |
| And so really, I think what we'll experience on Maui is not so much a lack of worker demand, but just logistics and how they get workers into the right places |
| Our construction portfolio represents 2% of total loans, with the primary segment being low income or affordable housing, which continues to be chronically undersupplied in our markets |
| Tight market conditions also continue to persist in the Oahu industrial market with vacancy rates at historic lows sub 1% |
| But what's interesting is despite a pretty meaningful reduction in sales activity, inventory levels remain extremely low |
| The US market has moderated a bit as we were anticipating |
| Nonperforming assets were $11.5 million or eight basis points stable from the second quarter and down $2.3 million or two basis points year-over-year |
| The allowance for loan and lease losses was $145.3 million at the end of the quarter, down $100,000 for the linked period and down $1.2 million from the same period in '22 |
| Taking into consideration the rate environment and the reduction in our balance sheet from these changes, we expect net interest income will be modestly lower in the fourth quarter, but that net interest margin will increase three to five basis points |
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