OECD Banking Statistics: Financial Statements of Banks 2012
Trends in bank profitability and factors affecting it are major indicators of changes
in the state of health of national banking systems. This publication provides information
on financial statements of banks in OECD member countries. The coverage of banks is
not the same in each country, though the objective is to include all institutions
that conduct ordinary banking business, namely institutions which primarily take deposits
from the public at large and provide finance for a wide range of purposes. Some information
on the number of reporting banks, their branches and staff is also included, as well
as structural information regarding the whole financial sector. Moreover, ratios,
based on various items of the financial statements of banks in percentage of some
specific aggregates, are supplied to facilitate the analysis of trends in bank profitability
of OECD countries.
Published on October 02, 2012Also available in: French