Table 2.

Pairwise correlations between deployed variables

Variables(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)
(1) Loan price1.000         
(2) EPU SCMP median−0.173***1.000        
(3) Inflation0.003−0.063**1.000       
(4) Interest expense to liabilities0.813***0.097***−0.042*1.000      
(5) Non-interest expenses to assets0.074***−0.398***0.130***−0.070***1.000     
(6) LLP to gross loans0.075***0.312***−0.147***−0.008−0.067***1.000    
(7) Equity to assets−0.0050.131***−0.065***0.0160.080***0.140***1.000   
(8) Loan to deposits−0.150***0.045*0.0290.023−0.143***−0.077***0.068***1.000  
(9) Bank size−0.175***0.123***−0.005−0.093***−0.302***−0.027−0.170***0.189***1.000 
(10) GDP growth0.019−0.763***0.189***−0.120***0.276***−0.310***−0.170***0.042*−0.073***1.000

Note(s):

***, ** and *indicate 1, 5 and 10% levels of significance, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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