Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense (benefit)

Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was as follows: 

	Three Months Ended  September 30,				Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Income tax expense (benefit) for the period	$	$ 5,895	$	($4,831)	$	$ 16,822	$	($1,757)
Effective Tax Rate		34.1%		35.0%		34.8%		33.3%