Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense (benefit)

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was as follows: 

	Three Months Ended  March 31,
	2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Income tax expense for the period	$	$ 3,942	$	$ 1,057
Effective Tax Rate		35.3%		36.5%