ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Banks generally make money by borrowing money from depositors and compensating them with a certain interest rate. The banks will lend the money out to borrowers, charging the borrowers a higher interest rate and profiting off the interest rate spread.

Detailed explanation-2: -They make money from what they call the spread, or the difference between the interest rate they pay for deposits and the interest rate they receive on the loans they make. They earn interest on the securities they hold.

Detailed explanation-3: -How the Banking Sector Makes a Profit. These companies hold their customers’ cash in accounts that pay out set interest rates below short-term rates. They profit off of the marginal difference between the yield they generate with this cash invested in short-term notes and the interest they pay out to customers.

Detailed explanation-4: -An increase in demand deposits or other liabilities of a bank increases the bank’s reserves. Bank can make loans equal to its excess reserves. Loans made by increasing demand deposits. The loan check is spent, deposited in a different bank, and CLEARS.

Detailed explanation-5: -Interest effects the overall price you pay after your loan is completely paid off. For example, if you borrow $100 with a 5% interest rate, you will pay $105 dollars back to the lender you borrowed from. The lender will make $5 in profit.