The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors has released the latest semiannual update on the Restoration Plan for the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF), with staff projections indicating the DIF reserve ratio remains on track to reach the statutory minimum of 1.35 percent ahead of the September 30, 2028 deadline. Since the prior semiannual update, the reserve ratio increased by 6 basis points, from 1.22 percent as of June 30, 2024 to 1.28 percent as of December 31, 2024, reflecting growth in the DIF balance and slower-than-average insured deposit growth. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act requires the FDIC Board to adopt a restoration plan when the reserve ratio falls below 1.35 percent, and the current plan was established on September 15, 2020 after extraordinary deposit growth in the first half of 2020 pushed the ratio below the statutory minimum.