“…) although others described positive and significant link with them (Mahyoub, & Said, 2021;Beck, Piloiu, & Jakubik, 2015;Alexandri, & Santoso, 2015;Saba, Kouser, & Azeem, 2012). Furthermore, some of studies confirmed a insignificant association between GDP growth and non-performing loans (Žunić, Kozarić, & Dželihodžić, 2021;Dimitrios, Helen, & Mike, 2016;Tanasković, & Jandrić, 2015;Nor & Ahmad, 2015;Singh, Basuki, & Setiawan, 2021).…”