Company: HBAN
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000049196-25-000038
Chunk: 58

Company: HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC /MD/
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 58
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•Deliver our Culture, Purpose, and Vision through a Differentiated Operating Model;

•Build on our vision to be the leading People-First, Customer-Centered bank in the country;

•Deliver top quartile performance through sustainable long-term profitable growth;

•Differentiate our culture, brand, and customer experience through expanded product offerings to drive digital acquisition, deepening, and retention, and leveraging partnerships and technology to grow customers and market share;

•Leverage our regional banking model and national franchise to drive scale, growth, and expansion;

•Anticipate evolving customer needs to drive profitable growth;

•Maintain positive operating leverage and execute disciplined capital management; and

•Provide stability and resilience through disciplined risk management, while maintaining an aggregate moderate-to-low risk appetite. 

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Our quarterly results reflect continued execution of our growth strategy and leveraging the strength of our balance sheet, highlighted by growth in loan and deposit balances, expansion of our net interest income, and continued strong performance in fee revenue. We have continued our disciplined approach to managing credit quality consistent with our aggregate moderate-to-low risk appetite. We remain focused on delivering profitable growth and driving value for our shareholders and believe Huntington is well positioned to manage through the evolving economic outlook. 

Economy

We are entering a period of heightened economic uncertainty as markets have been adjusting to changes in tariff policies. Through the 2025 first quarter, the Federal Reserve has held rates steady as inflation remains above its 2% target. Tariffs have the potential to increase inflation, and it is unknown if that would be a transitory or longer lasting impact. On the national employment side, the data has held up well, although unemployment has ticked up modestly to 4.2%. Federal Reserve speakers, including Chairman Powell, have stated they can be patient at current inflation and unemployment levels to see how policy changes start to impact the data. 

Economic data remains mixed. Manufacturing continues to contract while the services sector expands, albeit at a slower pace than the previous two quarters. U.S. consumer spending appears to be slowing down. Focusing on backwards looking data, there are signs of a slowdown. Coupling that with forward looking expectations based on the uncertainty from tariffs, more economists are expecting the U.S. to enter a recession in the back half of 2025. The severity of the recession is likely dependent on tariff rates and a potential trade war escalation. 

Other Recent Developments

On April 17,