• COMMERCIAL BANKS’ INVESTMENT IN LOANS AND TREASURY BILLS AND THEIR OVERALL PROFITABILITY IN UGANDA


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT Investigating  the  determinants of  profitability  of  commercial banks has been one of  the more  popular  topics  among  researchers  in  banking  studies.  Hence,  to  contribute  to  the existing knowledge, this study sought to analyze the extent to which investment in loans and  treasury  bills  influence  the  overall  profitability  of  commercial  banks  in  Uganda, using  a  data  set  comprising  95  observations  for  15  commercial  banks  over  the  period 1998-2005.  The  study  used  a  longitudinal  research  design,  ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Thus,  the  conventional  wisdom  in  the  Ugandan  banking  industry  is  that  investment  in TBs  is  an  alternative source of  risk  free  income.  TBs  are  a  short-term  monetary  policy instrument used by BOU  to control liquidity in  the  economy.  However, it  is  also a  risk free asset for investors, attracting commercial banks to use it as an alternate investment to loans. As at December 2003, the volume of commercial banks investment in TBs stood at Shs 886 billion, exceeding the volume of loans for the same period, which stood at Shs 847 billion ( ... Continue Reading