Focus on Worldwide Bank Deposits
This handout provides instructions on building the map below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.
From the FRED Blog
The post “How to gauge the world’s banking markets? Look to the World Bank” discusses a way to measure the degree of banking competition reported by the World Bank.
Quiz Yourself on the Economics of Banking
The FRED map above shows the number of bank branches per 100,000 adults by nation in 2019.
Q1. In 2019, what nation had the largest number of branches per 100,000 adults in the world?
Q2. In 2019, what nation had the smallest number of branches per 100,000 adults in North America?
The FRED graph above shows the number of commercial banks in the US between 1984 and 2019.
Q1. Between 1984 and 2019, when was the number of commercial banks in the US the highest?
Q1. As the number of commercial banks in the US decreases, is the banking industry becoming more concentrated or less concentrated?
The FRED graph above shows banks’ returns on assets by nation in 2020.
Q1. Name two nations reporting negative bank returns on assets in 2020.
Q1. If the reported bank returns on assets are negative, is the banking industry in that nation profitable?
You can share these graphs with your students using this dashboard. To customize this dashboard, just click the “Save to My Account” button at the top of the dashboard.