Number of Banks and Percentage of Problem Banks Over Time

Most understand the "too big to fail" banks have gotten bigger and bigger over time as they swallow up smaller banks bit by bit.

Here is the concept in picture form courtesy of reader Tim Wallace. Click on any chart for sharper image.

Number of Banks Over Time  by Type



Total Number of Banks



Percent of Banks Vs. 1990 Total



Problem Banks as Percentage of All Banks



Anyone feel any safer by this?

Mike "Mish" Shedlock
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com