Using a unique bank-level data set on the Ugandan banking system during 1999-2005, the authors explore the factors behind consistently high interest rate spreads and margins. While foreign banks charge lower interest rate spreads, they do not find a robust and economically significant...

The 2023 banking turmoil had limited effects on banks in the euro area and the EU. Nevertheless, there are important lessons to be learned Business models matter. Specific banks in the US were hit, with a funding structure relying on sectorally concentrated large and related depositors Bank runs...