FORM 10-Q 	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 	Washington, D.C. 20549 (Mark One) [ X ] 	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended					 June 30, 2000 [ ] 	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to For Quarter Ended June 30, 2000 Commission file number 0-25454 	 WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. 	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Washington 91-1661606 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 	 425 Pike Street Seattle, Washington 98101 	(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code) 	 (206) 624-7930 	(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 	(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. (1) Yes X . No . (2) Yes X . No . 	APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. Title of class: JULY 31, 2000 Common stock, $1.00 par value 52,065,944 shares 	WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 	PART I Item 1.	Financial Statements The Consolidated Financial Statements of Washington Federal, Inc. and Subsidiaries filed as a part of the report are as follows: Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2000 and September 30, 1999 			Page 3 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 		Page 4 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 		Page 5 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 		Page 6 Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations							Page 7 	PART II Item 1.		Legal Proceedings									Page 11 Item 2.		Changes in Securities									Page 11 Item 3.		Defaults upon Senior Securities							Page 11 Item 4.		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Stockholders					Page 11 Item 5.		Other Information									Page 11 Item 6.		Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K							Page 11 Signatures										Page 12 	WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 	(UNAUDITED) June 30, 2000 	September 30, 1999 (In thousands, except per share data) ASSETS Cash		$ 27,363 	$ 25,037 Available-for-sale securities		1,186,028 	 1,169,917 Held-to-maturity securities 		301,152 	324,752 Loans receivable		4,780,987 	4,378,728 Interest receivable		38,186 	36,521 Premises and equipment, net		50,600 	50,110 Real estate held for sale		17,118 	16,679 FHLB stock		114,444 	108,844 Costs in excess of net assets acquired		43,042 	47,583 Other assets		 6,481 	 5,332 	$6,565,401 	$6,163,503 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Liabilities Customer accounts Savings and demand accounts		$3,312,221 	$3,291,857 Repurchase agreements with customers		 88,336 	 87,645 	3,400,557 	3,379,502 FHLB advances		 904,000 	1,454,000 Other borrowings, primarily securities sold under agreements to repurchase 		1,415,127 	454,257 Advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance		16,179 	26,107 Federal and state income taxes		45,881 	52,504 Accrued expenses and other liabilities		 51,390 	 47,110 	5,833,134 	5,413,480 Stockholders' equity Common stock, $1.00 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 62,260,705 and 62,191,540 shares issued; 52,059,803 and 54,232,061 shares outstanding		62,261 	62,192 Paid-in capital		785,335 	785,031 Valuation adjustment for available-for-sale securities, net of taxes		 (11,000) 	5,000 Treasury stock, at cost; 10,200,902 and 7,959,479 shares		( 190,504) 	( 146,186) Retained earnings		 86,175 	 43,986 732,267 	 750,023 	$6,565,401 	$6,163,503 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Stockholders' equity per share		$ 14.07	$ 13.83 Stockholders' equity to total assets		 11.15%	12.17% Loans serviced for others		$ 39,992 	$ 48,198 Weighted average rates at period end Loans and mortgage-backed securities		 7.86%	 7.66% Investment securities*		 7.83 	8.03 Combined rate on loans, mortgage-backed securities and investment securities 7.86 	 7.68 Customer accounts		 5.32 	4.71 Borrowings		 6.30 	5.40 Combined cost of customer accounts and borrowings		 5.72 	4.96 Interest rate spread		 2.14 	2.72 *Includes municipal bonds at tax equivalent yields 	WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS 	(UNAUDITED) 	Quarter Ended June 30,	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2000 	 1999 	 2000 	 1999 (In thousands, except per share data) INTEREST INCOME Loans		$ 97,195 	$ 87,458 	$282,606 	$264,732 Mortgage-backed securities		23,907 	20,348 	 71,544 	60,230 Investment securities		 4,209 	 4,471 	 13,023 	 14,969 	125,311 	112,277 	367,173 	339,931 INTEREST EXPENSE Customer accounts		43,500 	39,544 	126,014 	120,032 FHLB advances and other borrowings		 32,990 	 19,842 	 88,970 	 61,628 76,490 	 59,386 	214,984 	 181,660 Net interest income		48,821 	52,891 	152,189 	 158,271 Provision for loan losses		 ---- 	 301 	 --- 	 684 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 	 48,821 	 52,590 152,189 	 157,587 OTHER INCOME Gain on sale of securities		1,110 	 1,403 	2,826 	 2,747 Other		 1,585 	 1,626 	 4,382 	 7,194 	2,695 	3,029 	7,208 	9,941 OTHER EXPENSE Compensation and fringe benefits		6,727 	6,659 	20,225 	20,138 Federal insurance premiums		174 	 461 	 831 	 1,361 Occupancy expense		 1,009 	 967 	3,095 	2,975 Other		 3,406 	 3,421 	 11,340 	 10,565 	11,316 	11,508 	35,491 	35,039 Gain on real estate owned, net		 147 	 10 	 754 	 104 Income before income taxes		40,347 	44,121 	124,660 	132,593 Income taxes		 14,059 	 15,373 	 43,943 	 47,000 NET INCOME		$ 26,288 	$ 28,748 	$ 80,717 	$ 85,593 PER SHARE DATA Basic earnings per share		$ .51 	$ .53 	$ 1.53 	$ 1.54 Diluted earnings per share		$ .50 	 $ .52 	$ 1.52 	$ 1.53 Cash dividends		$ .25 	$ .23 	$ .73 	$ .67 Weighted average number of shares outstanding, including dilutive stock options		52,546,731 	55,219,596 	53,092,594 	56,053,157 Return on average assets		1.63% 	2.01% 	1.70%	2.01% 	WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 	(UNAUDITED) 	 	 Nine Months Ended June 30, 	 2000 1999 (In thousands) CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net Income		$ 80,717 	$ 85,593 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities Amortization of fees, discounts and premiums, net		 (12,695)	(20,315) Amortization of costs in excess of net assets acquired 		 4,541 	4,542 Depreciation		 1,710 	1,710 Gain on investment securities and real estate held for sale		(3,580) 	(2,851) Decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable		 (1,665) 	2,226 Increase in income taxes payable		 2,377 	 2,475 FHLB stock dividends		(5,600)	( 5,841) Decrease (increase) in other assets		 (1,149) 	 3,896 Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities		 4,280 	 (1,406) Net cash provided by operating activities		 68,936 	 70,029 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Loans and contracts originated Loans on existing property		(661,810)	(768,425) Construction loans		(352,180)	(303,742) Land loans		( 80,937)	( 73,792) Loans refinanced		 ( 19,434)	(148,717) 	(1,114,361)	(1,294,676) Savings account loans originated		( 2,324)	( 3,183) Loan principal repayments		 723,361 	1,194,042 Increase (decrease) in undisbursed loans in process		(4,105)	 15,410 Loans purchased		( 1,499)	( 452) Purchase of available-for-sale securities		(169,574)	(423,749) Principal payments and maturities of available-for-sale securities 		 97,879 	262,033 Sales of available-for-sale securities		34,467 	 22,726 Purchase held-to-maturity securities		(4,010)	--- Principal payments and maturities of held-to-maturity securities 27,992 	 104,128 Proceeds from sale of real estate held for sale 		 8,240 	10,082 Premises and equipment purchased, net 		(2,200)	(2,938) Net cash used by investing activities		 (406,134)	 (116,577) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net increase in customer accounts		 21,055 	204,243 Decrease (increase) in short-term borrowings		610,870	(62,735) Repayments of long-term borrowings		 (200,000)	--- Proceeds from exercise of common stock options		 755 	 972 Proceeds from employee stock ownership plan		3,573 	 669 Treasury stock purchased		(48,485)	 (43,808) Dividends		( 38,316)	( 36,753) Decrease in advance payments by borrowers for taxes and insurance		( 9,928)	( 10,874) Net cash provided by financing activities		 339,524 	 51,714 Increase in cash		2,326 	 5,166 Cash at beginning of period		 25,037 	 22,215 Cash at end of period		$ 27,363 	$ 27,381 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION Noncash investing activities Real estate acquired through foreclosure		$ 7,925 	$ 12,768 Cash paid during the period for Interest		214,021 	184,364 Income taxes		42,518 	 44,022 NOTE A - Basis of Presentation The consolidated interim financial statements included in this report have been prepared by Washington Federal, Inc. ("Company") without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation are reflected in the interim financial statements. The September 30, 1999 Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition was derived from audited financial statements. NOTE B - Cash Dividend Paid Dividends per share increased to 25 cents for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 compared with 23 cents for the same period one year ago. On July 28, 2000 the Company paid its 70th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. NOTE C - Comprehensive Income On October 1, 1998, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income". The standard requires that comprehensive income and its components be disclosed in the financial statements. The Company's comprehensive income includes all items which comprise net income plus the unrealized holding gains or (losses) on available - -for-sale securities. In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 130, the Company's total comprehensive income for the quarters ended June 30, 2000 and June 30, 1999 totaled $29,288,000 and $13,748,000, respectively. The total comprehensive income for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 and June 30, 1999 totaled $64,717,000 and $60,593,000, respectively. The difference between the Company's net income and total comprehensive income equals the change in the net unrealized gain or loss on securities available-for-sale during the applicable periods. NOTE D - Earnings per Share SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share"(SFAS No. 128)" was issued in February, 1997. Under SFAS No. 128, the Company is required to present both basic and diluted EPS on the face of its statement of operations. The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted computations. Income	 Shares 	 Per-Share (Numerator)	(Denominator)		Amount Basic EPS	$80,717,000	 52,837,191		$1.53 Dilutive effective of common stock options	 255,403 Diluted EPS	$80,717,000	 53,092,594		$1.52 GENERAL Washington Federal, Inc. (the Company) is a savings and loan holding company. The Company's primary operating subsidiary is Washington Federal Savings (the Association). INTEREST RATE RISK The Company assumes a high level of interest rate risk as a result of its policy to originate fixed-rate single family home loans which are longer term in nature than the short-term characteristics of its liabilities of customer accounts and borrowed money. At June 30, 2000 the Company had a negative one year maturity gap of approximately 45% of total assets. The interest rate spread declined to 2.14% at June 30, 2000 from 2.72% at September 30, 1999. The decline was, in large part, due to a narrowing of the interest rate spread as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates four times during the last nine months. During this phase of the interest rate cycle the Company chose to leverage the balance sheet and increase its asset size. As a result, FHLB advances and other borrowed money increased to an equivalent of 35.3% of total assets at June 30, 2000, compared to 31.0% of total assets at September 30, 1999. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES The Company's net worth at June 30, 2000 was $732,267,000 or 11.2% of total assets. This is a decrease of $17,756,000 from September 30, 1999 when net worth was $750,023,000 or 12.2% of total assets. The decrease in the Company's net worth included $38,316,000 of cash dividends paid, $16,000,000 of reduction in the after-tax market valuation of available-for-sale securities and stock repurchases of $48,485,000 during the nine months ended June 30, 2000. Net worth increased by $80,717,000 from net income and $4,328,000 of proceeds received from the exercise of common stock options and the purchase of stock by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan(ESOP). During the nine months ended June 30, 2000, 2,464,022 shares of common stock were repurchased at an average price of $19.68 under the Company's ongoing common stock repurchase program. During the quarter ended December 31, 1999, the Board of Directors authorized an additional 2,600,000 shares available for repurchase. This leaves a total of 2.9 million shares available for repurchase under all authorizations as of June 30, 2000. The Company's percentage of net worth to total assets is among the highest in the nation and is approximately three times the minimum required under Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) regulations. Management believes this strong net worth position will help protect earnings against interest rate risk and enable it to compete more effectively for controlled growth through acquisitions and increased customer deposits. The Company's cash and investment securities amounted to $170,490,000, a $3,700,000 increase from nine months ago. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES(continued) The minimum liquidity levels of the Association are governed by the regulations of the OTS. Liquidity is defined as the ratio of average cash and eligible unpledged investment securities and mortgage-backed securities to the sum of average withdrawable savings plus short-term (one year) borrowings. Currently, the Association is required to maintain total liquidity at four percent. At June 30, 2000, total liquidity was 5.90%. CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities. The Company purchased $139,574,000 of mortgage-backed securities and $30,000,000 of investment securities during the nine month period, all of which were categorized as available-for-sale. The Company purchased $4,010,000 of investment securities during the nine month period which were categorized as held-to-maturity. As of June 30, 2000, the Company had unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities of $11,000,000, net of tax, which were recorded as part of stockholders' equity. Loans receivable. Loans receivable increased (9%) during the nine month period to $4,780,987,000 at June 30, 2000 from $4,378,728,000 at September 30, 1999. The Company measures loans that will not be repaid in accordance with their contractual terms using a discounted cash flow methodology or the fair value of the collateral for certain loans. Smaller balance loans are excluded with limited exceptions. At June 30, 2000, the Company's recorded investment in impaired loans was $9.1 million which had allocated reserves of $2.1 million. Loans of $5.3 million did not require reserves. The average balance of impaired loans during the quarter was $13.3 million and interest income (cash received) from impaired loans was $76,000. For the nine months ended June 30, 2000 the average amount of impaired loans was $10.9 million and interest income (cash received) from impaired loans was $207,000. Costs in excess of net assets acquired. The Company periodically monitors costs in excess of net assets acquired for potential impairment of which there was none at June 30, 2000. The Company will continue to evaluate these assets and, if appropriate, provide for any diminution in value of these assets. Customer accounts. Customer accounts increased $21,055,000, or 1% to $3,400,557,000 at June 30, 2000 compared with $3,379,502,000 at September 30, 1999. FHLB advances and other borrowings. Total borrowings increased to $2,319,127,000. See Interest Rate Risk above. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Net interest income decreased $4,070,000 (8%) to $48,821,000 for the June 2000 quarter from $52,891,000 a year ago, while net interest income decreased $6,082,000 (4%) to $152,189,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 from the $158,271,000 for the same period of 1999. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in the net interest spread to 2.14% at June 30, 2000, compared to 2.62% at December 31, 1999 and 2.78% at June 30, 1999. Interest income on loans increased $9,737,000 (11%) to $97,195,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 from $87,458,000 for the same period one year ago. For the nine months ended June 30, 2000 interest on loans increased $17,874,000 (7%) to $282,606,000 from $264,732,000 for the same period one year ago. The increase is primarily due to the increase in the average balance of loans from $4,154,993,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 to $4,544,548,000 (9%) for the nine months ended June 30, 2000. Average interest rates on loans increased to 8.07% at June 30, 2000 from 7.80% one year ago. Interest income on mortgage-backed securities increased $3,559,000 (17%) to $23,907,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 versus the $20,348,000 for the quarter one year ago. Interest on mortgage-backed securities increased $11,314,000 (19%) to $71,544,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 compared with the $60,230,000 for the same period one year ago. The average balance of mortgage-backed securities increased to $1,320,405,000 (20%) for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 from $1,098,724,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 as the Company purchased $139,574,000 in mortgage-backed securities to supplement current loan production. The weighted average yield of 7.11% at June 30, 2000 was up from the 7.05% at June 30, 1999. Interest on investments decreased $262,000 (6%) to $4,209,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 versus the $4,471,000 for the same quarter one year ago. Interest on investments decreased $1,946,000 (13%) to $13,023,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 compared with the $14,969,000 for the same period one year ago. The average balance of investments decreased to $254,822,000 (12%) for the nine month period ended June 30, 2000 from $288,591,000 for the nine month period ended June 30, 1999. The weighted average yield was 7.83% at June 30, 2000 compared to 8.04% at June 30, 1999. Interest expense on customer accounts increased $3,956,000 (10%) to $43,500,000 for the June 2000 quarter from $39,544,000 for the June 1999 quarter. Interest expense on customer accounts increased $5,982,000 (5%) to $126,014,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 versus $120,032,000 for the same period one year ago. The increase related to the increase in average customer accounts from $3,276,599,000 to $3,406,188,000 (4%) for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and 2000, respectively, and to the average cost of customer accounts which increased to 5.32% at June 30, 2000 compared to 4.70% one year ago. RESULTS OF OPERATION(continued) Interest on FHLB advances and other borrowings increased $13,148,000 (66%) to $32,990,000 for the June 2000 quarter compared with the $19,842,000 for the June 1999 quarter. The nine-month figures increased $27,342,000 (44%) to $88,970,000 compared with the $61,628,000 for the same period one year ago. The increase was partially due to the increase in the average total borrowings from $1,540,820,000 to $2,035,093,000 (32%) for the nine months ended June 30, 1999 and June 30, 2000, respectively, and to the average cost of borrowings which increased to 6.30% at June 30, 2000 compared with 5.30% at June 30, 1999. Other income decreased $334,000 (11%) to $2,695,000 for the June 2000 quarter compared with the $3,029,000 for the June 1999 quarter. Other income decreased $2,733,000 (27%) to $7,208,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 versus $9,941,000 for the same period one year ago. Gains on the sale of available - -for - -sale securities totaled $1,110,000 and $2,826,000 for the quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2000, respectively. Gains on the sale of available-for-sale securities totaled $1,403,000 and $2,747,000 for the quarter and nine months ended June 30, 1999. The decrease in other income resulted from a gain of $600,000 on the sale of a branch location and several non-recurring transactions that resulted in a gain of $1.8 million during the nine months ended June 30, 1999. Other expense decreased $192,000 (2%) for the quarter ended June 30, 2000 compared to the June 30, 1999 quarter. Other expense increased $452,000 (1%) for the nine months ended June 30, 2000 compared to the same period one year ago. Other expense for the quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2000 equaled .70% and .75%, respectively, of average assets compared to .80% and .82%, respectively, for the same periods one year ago. The number of staff, including part-time employees on a full-time equivalent basis, were 686 at June 30, 2000 and 696 at June 30, 1999. Income taxes decreased $1,314,000 (9%) and $3,057,000 (7%) for the quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2000, respectively, when compared to the same period one year ago. The effective tax rate was 35.25% for the nine month period ended June 30, 2000 and 35.5% for the same period ended June 30, 1999. IMPACT OF INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES The Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes presented elsewhere herein have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. Unlike many industrial companies, substantially all of the assets and virtually all of the liabilities of the Company are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on the Company's performance than the general level of inflation. Over short periods of time, interest rates may not necessarily move in the same direction or in the same magnitude as inflation. PART II - Other Information Item 1.	Legal Proceedings From time to time the Company or its subsidiaries are engaged in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, none of which are considered to have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. Item 2.	Changes in Securities Not applicable Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities Not applicable Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Stockholders Not applicable Item 5.	Other Information Not applicable Item 6.	Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K Not applicable 	SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. /s/ Guy C. Pinkerton August 14, 2000	GUY C. PINKERTON Chairman and Chief Executive Officer /s/ Ronald L. Saper August 14, 2000	RONALD L. SAPER Executive Vice - -President and Chief Financial Officer /s/ Joseph R. Runte August 14, 2000	JOSEPH R. RUNTE Vice - -President and Controll er 	WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES