摘要：EU banks’ prof itability continued to improve
in 2004 and the f irst half of 2005, extending
the positive trend started in 2003, although
the interpretation of 2005 data is clouded by
the start in the adoption of the International
Financial Reporting Standards. Moreover,
prof itability also improved in those national
banking sectors that had reported weaker results
in 2002 and 2003. At the same time, net-interest
margins continued to remain under pressure in
nearly all national banking sectors.
