(August 26, 2008)--The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday banking profits fell 86 percent in the second quarter, while the number of troubled banks rose to the highest level in about five years.
The FDIC said the roughly 8,500 banks and thrifts also set aside a record 50 billion dollars to cover losses from soured mortgages and other loans in the second quarter.
The FDIC said 117 banks and thrifts were considered to be in trouble in the second quarter, up from 90 in the prior quarter.
Total assets of troubled banks jumped from $26 billion to $78 billion in the second quarter.
Some $32 billion of the increase came from IndyMac Bank, which failed in July.
The FDIC doesn't disclose the names of institutions on its internal list of troubled banks.
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