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May 13, 2009

Top 10 Banks Hold 41% of U.S. Banking Deposits

Filed under: Banking — admin @ 12:03 am

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The above charts show the extent to which U.S. banking deposits have become increasingly concentrated within a few large banks in recent years.  Four words:  “too big to fail.”  In my book the ability to fail should be a basic human (and corporate) right.

Data source:

FDIC

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