AMMAN— The
ratio of the total assets of licensed banks in Jordan to the
GDP amounted to
about 192 percent, according to indicators of the financial depth of the
banking sector for the year 2022, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
Indicators of the financial depth issued by the
Association of Banks in Jordan indicated that the total deposits with licensed
banks in the Kingdom amounted to 125 percent of the GDP, while the total credit
facilities granted by banks to the GDP amounted to 95.7 percent.
The association said the indicators include licensed
banks, according to the bulletin issued by the
Central Bank of Jordan at the
end of last March.
GDP at the current prices for the year 2021 amounted
to approximately JD32.123 billion, according to the data of the Department of
Statistics.
The net after-tax profit of banks operating in
Jordan last year amounted to JD550 million, compared with JD328 million in
2020. Returns on assets were valued at 1 percent, while the return on
shareholders’ equity was 8.3 percent.
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