Tracking Bank Failures
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On September 27, 2010 @ 3:00 pm In Bailouts,Credit,Digital Media | Comments Disabled
As a follow up to our weekly FDIC bank closing charts [1], the WSJ has an article [2] with accompanying interactive graphic (below) showing the progress of bank closings over the past 2 years.
They note that since WaMu fell, 279 lenders have collapsed; where the closings are concentrated was somewhat unexpected:
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click for interactive graphic
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courtesy of WSJ [3]
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This is a static version that also shows the distribution of failures:
click for larger map
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Source:
Banks Keep Failing, No End in Sight [2]
RANDALL SMITH And ROBIN SIDEL
WSJ, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704760704575516272337762044.html
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URLs in this post:
[1] bank closing charts: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/09/fdic-bank-failures-7/
[2] article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704760704575516272337762044.html
[3] Image: http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/info-Failed_Banks-sort.html
[4] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/BANKFailure-US-2010-09-26.jpg
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