CHART: The Largest 0.2 Percent Of Banks Control 69 Percent Of Bank Assets

From ThinkProgress Mon Jan 28 2013, 14:30:43

As the nation slowly ground its way out of the Great Recession, the biggest banks in the country (whose malfeasance played a large role in creating the downturn) grew even larger. According to data from the Dallas Federal Reserve, the largest 0.2 percent of all banks now control nearly 70 percent of all banking assets: [...]

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