Risk Management Manual of Examination Policies - FDIC

REPORT OF EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS Section 16.1
DATES:
Report Standard: A comma precedes and follows the year when the month and day precede the year.
However, when the date consists only of month and year, commas are not necessary.
Examples: The examination that began on December 2, 1998, was completed in two weeks.
NUMBERS:
The report is due in January 1999.
General Rule: Write out numbers below 10. Use figures for numbers 10 or above.
Regardless of the number’s size, use figures if they are followed by a unit of measure.
Write out numbers that begin a sentence.
If a sentence begins with a very large number, rewrite the sentence.
Examples: The bank employs five people.
The examiners cited 14 deficiencies.
7 acres of land
Twenty-six examiners attended the field office meeting.
SPELLING:
Report Standards: installment totaling totaled
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