SunTrust's net interest income rose $ 5 million to $ 1.24 billion from a year ago while
net interest margin rose to 3.25 percent from 3.19 percent because of loan growth and an additional day in the quarter.
Not exact matches
The interplay between these dynamics will play out over 2018, but as rates eventually
rise, financial stocks could be poised to benefit given the long term relationship between
interest rates and banks»
net interest margins (NIMs).2
China's biggest lenders are in the midst of a revival, posting faster profit growth and generally healthier
net interest margins after years of
rising bad debt as economic growth slowed down.
The volume of customer loans grew by 2.2 % to $ 83.3 billion ($ 107 billion), and fee and commission income
rose from $ 1.47 billion to $ 1.52 billion, but
net interest income declined marginally to $ 47 billion as
margins eroded across the region.
Slowing loan growth has been offset in recent periods by
rising net interest margins, as a result of the repricing of
interest only and investment property mortgage rates.
The result is a
rising net interest margin, which is a key component for earnings growth for banks.
A low rate or falling rate environment tends to expand the
net interest margins of mREITs, while a
rising rate environment tends to shrink their
margins.