Bank margins and related profitability in South Africa20 November 1998
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Contents1 Introduction and scope of study
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2 How the banking industry works
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2.1 An overview
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2.2 Banking risks
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2.3 Bank profitability
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2.4 Minimising interest rate risks
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2.5 Interest rates are key to bank profits
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2.6 How to analyse a bank
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3 Interest rate formation
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3.1 What is an interest rate?
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3.2 Forms that interest might take
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3.3 Markets for credit
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3.4 Changes in the supply and demand for credit
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3.5 The changing value of money
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3.6 The role of risk in determining interest rates
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3.7 The role of the Reserve Bank in determining interest rates
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3.8 Interest rate margins
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4 Determinants of bank interest margins and profitability
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4.1 Background
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4.2 The data
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4.3 Empirical results
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4.4 Conclusions
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5 Banking in South Africa
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2 Overview
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5.3 Capital
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5.4 Return
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