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Metadata Glossary

CodeGFDD.EI.01
Indicator NameBank net interest margin (%)
Short definitionAccounting value of bank's net interest revenue as a share of its average interest-bearing (total earning) assets.
Long definitionAccounting value of bank's net interest revenue as a share of its average interest-bearing (total earning) assets. Raw data are from Bankscope and Orbis. The formula applied to Bankscope is data2080[t] / ((data2010[t] + data2010[t-1])/2) and a comparable approach is applied to Orbis. Numerator and denominator are aggregated on the country level before division. Note that banks used in the calculation might differ between indicators. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope and Orbis. The result is not reported if a country-year has less than 3 bank-level observations.
SourceBankscope (2000-14) and Orbis (2015-21), Bureau van Dijk (BvD)
TopicEfficiency
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