A shrinking book
Its loans fell 17%, from 96 to 80, while similar lenders (state non-member banks making between half and twice as many loans) grew 9%. Only about one in seven of them grew more slowly. The fall continues a longer slide. The bank made 331 loans in 2020 and 308 in 2021, then 114 in 2022. The fall may reflect weaker demand in its towns or a choice to lend less; the figures do not say which.