3.1.5 LIQUIDITY
Liquidity refers to a bank's ability to meet depositors’ withdrawals, maturing liabilities and loan requests without delay (Teck, 2000). Liquidity is important because banks need to meet short term financial obligations and satisfy customer loan demand. While the banks might be desperate to borrow short term funds and emergency loans at an excessive interest rate to cover the need for immediate cash, doing so leads to reduction in earnings. The soundness of
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liquidity management will lead to good bank performance. Thus, it may be postulated that:
H5: There is a significant relationship between liquidity and bank performance.