BofA’s Consumer Profit Jumps as Customers Boost Borrowing
U.S. consumers are levering up again, and Bank of America Corp. is using that, along with cost cuts and lower taxes, to boost profit. The company’s consumer unit posted its highest earnings in more than eight years in the second quarter, helping the lender top analysts’ estimates. Total household debt in the U.S. hit a record this year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.