How Banks Make Money: The Spread Explained

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Marcus Chen's revenue stations have students compute Liberty Community Bank's loan interest, deposit cost, and net interest income from real dollar figures, then stress-test what a competitor's 4 percent savings rate does to that spread before a board memo.

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