28-Aug-2009

Item 1.03 – Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On August 14, 2009, Community Bank of Nevada, the principal operating subsidiary of Community Bancorp Inc. (the “Company”), was closed by the State of Nevada Financial Institutions Division, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was appointed as receiver of the bank.

In addition on August 14, 2009, Community Bank of Arizona, a subsidiary of the Company, was closed by the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, and the FDIC was appointed as receiver of the bank.

The Company intends to file a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas in the near future, seeking relief under Chapter 7 of Title 11 of the United States Code. The Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing is a result of the regulatory actions described above. Read the rest of this entry »

Consumer spending edged up in July with help from the Cash for Clunkers program, but household incomes, the fuel for future spending increases, were flat.

The Commerce Department reported today that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in July.Personal incomes were unchanged last month, a weaker showing than the expected 0.2 percent gain.

With incomes flat in July as spending rose, the personal savings rate dipped slightly to 4.2 percent from 4.5 percent in June. The savings rate was 2.6 percent a year ago.

The modest rise in spending last month followed a 0.6 percent jump in June, a gain driven by a surge in gasoline prices. Adjusting for inflation, spending rose 0.2 percent in July, and 0.1 percent in June. Read the rest of this entry »

Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reported an aggregate net loss of $3.7 billion in the second quarter of 2009, a decline of $8.5 billion from the $4.8 billion in profits the industry reported in the second quarter of 2008. Insured institutions earned $424 million in net operating income during this latest quarter even after a special assessment of $5.5 billion to bolster the FDIC’s insurance fund. However, one-time losses and other items totaling $4.1 billion pulled the industry results into negative territory.

Provisions for loan losses totaled $66.9 billion in the quarter, an increase of $16.5 billion (32.8 percent) over the second quarter of 2008. Extraordinary losses stemming from writedowns of asset-backed commercial paper totaled $3.6 billion, compared to extraordinary losses of $366 million a year earlier. Noninterest expenses were $1.7 billion (1.7 percent) higher, primarily due to increased FDIC deposit insurance premiums.

Indicators of asset quality continued to worsen during the second quarter. Both the quarterly net charge-off rate and the percentage of loans and leases that were noncurrent (90 days or more past due or in nonaccrual status) reached the highest levels registered in the 26 years that insured institutions have reported these data. Insured institutions charged off $48.9 billion in uncollectible loans during the quarter, up from $26.4 billion a year earlier, and noncurrent loans and leases increased by $40.4 billion during the second quarter. At the end of June, noncurrent loans and leases totaled $332 billion, or 4.35 percent of the industry’s total loans and leases. Read the rest of this entry »

The economy shrank at an annual rate of 1 percent in the spring, a better-than-expected showing and more evidence that the recession is drawing to a close.

The Commerce Department’s estimate for the change in the gross domestic product was unchanged from the initial figure it released last month. The drop, while representing a record fourth consecutive decline, was far smaller than the previous two quarters. It also was stronger than the 1.5 percent decline that private economists expected.

The new report found that businesses slashed their inventories more than first reported and cut back more sharply on investment in new plants and equipment. But those reductions were offset by revisions that showed smaller dips in consumer spending, exports and housing construction.

New home sales in July 2009 increased 9.6% from the prior month but declined 13.4% from the prior year, to 433,000.