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Net Interest Margin: YF explains

Banks will soon be in the news again and not only for the recent banking failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), and others.

With bank Q1 earnings season upon us, major banks like JPMorgan (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), and others are expected to come out with their quarterly results in mid-April.

During bank earnings season, there's a phrase you're probably going to hear a lot, and that is Net Interest Margin. But what does it mean for investors? Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman decodes the phrase in layman's terms.