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| David Morimoto Andrew, yes, we are pleased with the margin performance right within management's prior guidance |
| Our asset quality remained strong in the third quarter with nonperforming assets at 9 basis points of total assets and criticized loans at 1.09% of total loans |
| Our liquidity, capital and credit remains solid, and our teams continue to be focused on building relationships and serving our community |
| Strong construction activity in Hawaii continues to drive economic growth |
| With the current higher for longer interest rate forecast, the pay fixed received float interest rate swap that we put on last year continues to increase in value and will support our future earnings |
| We are grateful that we have great customer relationships and we've been fortunate to deepen some of those relationships, while we have been able to grow some new relationships, and we expect that to continue |
| While it will be a long road to recovery, Maui is strong and resilient |
| During the third quarter, we continued to strengthen our balance sheet and liquidity positions with a quarter end cash position in excess of $400 million and total deposit growth of $69 million |
| So as Arnold mentioned, nice repricing opportunities in the asset side of the balance sheet |
| Overall, given our strong risk management culture and history of conservative underwriting policies, our loan portfolio remains well positioned to withstand the near term pressures from the environment |
| In the third quarter, we continue our focus on growing relationship based deposits and I'm pleased that we were once again successful in growing total deposits |
| We remain nimble and well positioned for future opportunities when the operating environment improves |
| As part of our strong risk management focus, we continue to moderate loan growth |
| 47% of single family homes sold at or above original asking price in September, an indication of the sustained demand and strength of Hawaii real estate despite mortgage rates reaching levels higher than we've seen in the last 20 years |
| The rest of the portfolio continues to do well |
| But I think the wildcard there will be our ability to stabilize deposit balances and have it start to grow more consistently and start to see growth in more core deposit categories |
| So if we can stabilize and start growing core deposits, that may give us the opportunity to grow the loan portfolio a little more, returning to more normal type of loan growth and that will help the NIM expand |
| We were fortunate that our Lahaina branch was unimpacted by the fires and reopened late August, which enabled us to help meet the needs of the community |
| Thank you for your continued support and confidence in our organization |
| Average total deposit balances also grew by $63 million sequential quarter |
| But with that said, our loan portfolio churn is resulting in favorable repricing and deposit costs continue to be managed at levels lower than our peers |
| While home sales volumes continue to be down year-over-year, there is still strong demand and limited inventory with properties staying on the market for a median of 20 days |
| The positive there is we see the rate of change starting to moderate, starting to slow |
| Is that kind of the right place to look at it here, continued pay-offs of the Mainland book based on pretty good production locally in Hawaii |
| So I think the repricing from that aspect as well as just the overall repricing of our loan portfolio will help us over the next few quarters |
| In summary, we continue to execute on our strategies as we navigate the current environment |
| Real estate values in Hawaii continue to hold up firmly |
| Our loan portfolio continues to be well diversified by loan type and industry sectors |
| Hawaii statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued to decline to 2.8% in September and is outperforming the national unemployment rate of 3.8% |
| The wildfire in Lahaina, Maui in August was devastating, and I want to first thank our employees, customers and all of you for your continued support |
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| The Hawaii tourism industry has been affected by the Maui wildfires with a significant drop in visitor arrivals to Maui in August compared to a year ago |
| And I think that's what gives us some cautious optimism on the net interest margin |
| Net interest income for the third quarter was $51.9 million and decreased by $0.8 million from the prior quarter, primarily due to higher funding costs |
| Total statewide hotel occupancy in August was 74%, down 3% from a year ago, with an average daily rate of $370, down 4% from a year ago |
| The net interest margin was 2.88% in the third quarter, a decline of 8 basis points sequential quarter |
| In the month of August, a total of 769,000 visitors came to the State of Hawaii, which was down 7% from a year ago and 83% of prepandemic levels |
| The US Mainland loan portfolio declined in the third quarter to 16% of total loans, which included a continued decrease in the Mainland consumer portfolio to $345 million or 6% of total loans as of September 30th |
| Third quarter other operating income was $10 million, which decreased by $0.4 million from the prior quarter, primarily due to lower BOLI income driven by equity market volatility and offset by lower deferred compensation expense |
| The quarter-over-quarter decrease in net interest income continues to narrow as assets reprice up and the pace of deposit cost increases upside |
| With government officials now encouraging visitors back to Maui, we hope the negative impacts will be short lived and Maui visitor counts will return to normal |
| Fortunately, we continue to see increases in visitors to the other islands, and overall, the Hawaii state economy is expected to have limited impact |
| I think the guidance for the next couple of quarters, we're lowering the guidance range by a nickel, so $2.75 to $2.85 range, but we're cautiously optimistic that we can stay above 280 |
| Total visitor spending was $1.58 billion in August, down 9% from a year ago, and up 5% from August 2019 |
| Our CRE office and retail exposure remains low at 3.5% and 4.5% of total loans, respectively |
| Again, it's being cautious and we're hopeful that we can stay above 280 |
| So the risk of migration is diminishing |
| In the third quarter, we recorded a $4.5 million provision for credit losses on loans primarily due to net charge-offs |
| We are continuing to moderate loan growth |
| We believe the losses are leveling off due to the seasoning of the portfolio and the performance remains within our original expectations |
| We remain on hold with our Mainland unsecured consumer portfolio as we continue to monitor the national economic outlook and the ongoing performance of consumer lending |
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