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How Banks Make Money: The Spread Explained

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Short questions define the interest rate spread in plain terms, calculate net interest income for a bank with $700M in loans at 6 percent against $850M in deposits at 1.5 percent, and name the typical share of revenue the spread drives. A separate loan-and-deposit example closes out the section.

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