MODIFICACIONAUTORES
Spanish banks ahead of the return to positive interest rates
Now that interest rates are finally back in positive territory, banks have the opportunity to advance on the challenge of increasing profitability. However, prevailing macroeconomic conditions of uncertainty and pessimism, together with risks, both those carried over from the previous financial crisis and emergent ones, mean that translating rate increases into commensurate growth in banks’ earnings may not be so straight forward a task.