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Table 6 for testimony of Governor Laurence H. Meyer
Mergers and acquisitions in banking and other financial services
Before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
April 29, 1998

Table 6

 

 

Average Three-firm Deposit Concentration Ratio (in percent) based on

Insured Commercial Banking Organizations, 1976-1997

 

Year

 

Metropolitan statistical areas

 

Non-metropolitan counties

 

1976

 

68.4%

 

90.0%

 

1977

 

67.8

 

89.9

 

1978

 

67.2

 

89.9

 

1979

 

66.7

 

89.7

 

1980

 

66.4

 

89.6

 

1981

 

66.0

 

89.4

 

1982

 

65.8

 

89.3

 

1983

 

65.9

 

89.4

 

1984

 

66.3

 

89.4

 

1985

 

66.7

 

89.4

 

1986

 

67.5

 

89.5

 

1987

 

67.7

 

89.5

 

1988

 

67.8

 

89.7

 

1989

 

67.5

 

89.7

 

1990

 

67.5

 

89.6

 

1991

 

66.7

 

89.3

 

1992

 

67.5

 

89.2

 

1993

 

66.8

 

89.2

 

1994

 

66.6

 

89.0

 

1995

 

66.3

 

88.8

 

1996

 

66.9

 

88.7

 

1997

 

65.4

 

88.3

 

Source: Summary of Deposits, 1976-1997.

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