Bank Profitability: Financial Statements of Banks 2010
OECD Banking Statistics
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 nationally
aggregated financial statements of banks data for 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. Times series available vary according to country, but generally
the last five years of available data are shown.
Published on May 25, 2011
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