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Objectively the study examines the effect of liquidity and solvency on the performance of
Ethiopian commercial banks. The study adopted a quantitative research approach with
explanatory design. The profitability of banks was measured and analyzed using ROA and
ROE. The explanatory variables used in the study were current ratio, total deposit to total asset
ratio, loan to deposit ratio, liquid asset to total asset ratio, debt to equity ratio and debt to asset
ratio. And also two control variables GDP and inflation were included to investigate their
effect on banks profitability. Secondary data was collected in panel form for 10 purposively
selected commercial banks from NBE and audited financial statements of commercial banks for
11 years (2013-2023). Multiple linear regression models were adopted to examine the
relationship.
Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential analysis using E-views 10
software. The finding reveals that Loan to deposit ratio (LOD), and Liquid asset to total asset
ratio (LA-TA) have positive and significant effect on (ROA). CR, TD-TA and GDP have
negative and significant effect on (ROA,) On the other hand debit to equity ratio (DER), debit
to asset ratio (DAR) and inflation have negative and insignificant effect on (ROA).The study
also concludes that current ratio (CR) and debt to equity ratio (D-E) have a positive and
significant effect on ROE. Total deposit to total asset ratio (TD-TA), (LO-D), (LA-TA), and debt
to asset ratio (D-A) has a negative and significant effect on ROE. GDP and Inflation have
negative and insignificant effect on ROE.The study recommends that Banks should improve
current assets, preserve cash and reduce current liabilities and manager should know how and
what liquidity and solvency structure will influence their performance. |
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