Feb 22, 2024 / 03:30PM GMT
Unidentified Analyst -
Delighted to welcome from East West. We have CFO, Chris Niles. So Chris, thank you so much for being here.
Christopher J. Del Moral-Niles - East West Bancorp, Inc. - Executive VP & CFO
Delighted to be here. Thank you for having us.
Unidentified Analyst -
And maybe just to kick it off. Obviously, you provided a bit of an update last night, give us -- so if you don't mind running through it with regards to what you're seeing in terms of the trend so far this quarter.
Questions and Answers:
Christopher J. Del Moral-Niles - East West Bancorp, Inc. - Executive VP & CFOYes. No. So I think the -- largely, the year has kicked off as we expected. And I think as we communicated in our January earnings call, we expected to see transaction levels in commercial real estate in particular, take a bit of a pause. And we continue to see that, and we continue to expect that to be more muted from an overall growth perspective.