The Internal and Macroeconomic Determinants of Bank Profitability in Egypt

Abstract

This research paper studied the impact of the internal and macroeconomic indicators which are (credit risk, liquidity risk, capital adequacy ratio, bank size, gross domestic product, interest rate and inflation rate) on the Egyptian banks profitability which was measured by (ROAA). The data was collected from the financial statements of the banks and annual reports of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) from 2015 ill 2021. To test the hypothesis, descriptive analysis and regression analysis were used. This analysis revealed that CAR has a positive significant impact on profitability while Bank size has a negative significant impact.