Name the world’s biggest banks

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 2:10 PM Share

I was surprised when I saw this Financial Times chart passed along by the ever-inquisitive Nirav Patel. (Use the Y axis slider to move it from 1999 to the present-and watch the rise of Asian banks.) I was surprised to see how the relative size of American banks has shrunk.

EXPLORE:EAST ASIA, FINANCE
 

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March 27, 2009

Biggest Banks

Would be more interesting to see by asset size, market cap is more like the line in Vegas than anything else,

 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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