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RBA Glossary definition for Net interest margin
Net interest margin – A measure of the difference between a bank�s interest earnings and interest expenses, expressed as a proportion of their interest-earning assets.
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Measuring Credit Losses
31 Dec 2015
RDP
2015-06
It is often also used for lending where a high loss rate is expected and built into the interest margin (credit card lending is one example). ... It is the net impact of credit risk on profitability, so is the most economically relevant measure.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2015/2015-06/mea-cre-losses.html
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The Australian Framework for Implementing Monetary Policy
1 Jul 1997
RDP
9703
In June 1997, the Bank announced its intention to increase this margin to 25 basis points. ... net obligations arising from unsettled cheques. Because the interest rate paid on the float was based on the average cash rate for the week, a change in policy
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1997/9703/australian-framework-implementing-monetary.html
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Historical Background
1 May 2000
RDP
2000-03
This represented a significant threat to the market share and operating income of the banking sector, which depended heavily on interest income from loans to non-financial corporations. ... By the end of the decade, the banks – whose interests the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2000/2000-03/historical-background.html
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Introduction
1 Dec 1995
RDP
9511
While these initiatives continue to expand superannuation coverage and have increased the flow of household saving into superannuation funds, the net effect on aggregate household saving is not clear. ... They may have less information and less effective
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1995/9511/introduction.html
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Trends in the Financial System
31 May 1999
RDP
1999-05
As long as the growth in asset prices persisted, lending seemed profitable even at high real rates of interest. ... This has placed downward pressure on housing loan interest rate margins, with the margin between the standard rate paid on mortgages and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1999/1999-05/trends-in-the-financial-system.html
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Trends in Saving and Investment
1 Aug 1990
RDP
9004
Net saving rates are calculated by deducting from income the estimated depreciation of the capital stock. ... Gross Saving. Corporate Investment. Deposits. Assets Abroad. Minus Bank Advances. Minus Other Net Borrowing.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1990/9004/trends-in-saving-and-investment.html
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Asset Prices and Credit Cycles in Australia
31 Dec 2010
RDP
2010-06
By reducing nominal interest rates, lower inflation worked to ease this constraint by reducing initial repayments. ... Mortgage interest rate margins were compressed significantly, by about 160 basis points over the second half of the 1990s (Figure 4).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2010/2010-06/asset-prices-credit.html
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The Next 25 Years
1 Dec 2015
RDP
2015-09
For example, targets could be defined in terms of the rate of increase in labour earnings net of productivity gains (unit labour costs). ... Furthermore, such a measure would abstract from the important role that changes in margins play in the inflation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2015/2015-09/next-years.html
Some Empirical Evidence
1 Nov 1993
RDP
9311
The interest rate margin shown in Graph 5 is the difference between these two rates. ... In addition, changes in interest margins are affected by changes in operating costs and fee income.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1993/9311/some-empirical-evidence.html
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Business Credit and Investment
1 Jul 1992
RDP
9208
As the economy enters a downturn corporate net worth falls, raising agency costs and hence the loan rate relative to the riskless interest rate. ... Such outcomes are theoretically plausible, because loan demand is influenced by the level of interest
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1992/9208/business-credit-and-investment.html
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