The US has a lot of banks. Like, weirdly silly numbers of them. And in case you’re studying this it most likely gained’t have escaped your discover that a few of them have been going by a powerful time.
Financial institution failures this yr appear suspiciously Californian, so I assumed it will be good to take a look at whether or not US banking extra usually is Californian.
It isn’t. However alongside the best way, a lot enjoyable was had creating geospatial information visualisations that it appeared a disgrace to not share them.
The interactive map beneath exhibits the placement of each FDIC-insured financial institution, besides the Federated Financial institution of *checks notes* Micronesia, sized by December 2022 belongings. As you’ll be able to see, fairly East Coast-heavy.
Financial institution failures since 2000 have been fairly geographically dispersed, though possibly considerably East Coast-lite:
This remaining dataviz animates financial institution failures within the type of the good Nineteen Eighties Matthew Broderick nuclear hacking flick Conflict Video games. I believe you’ll agree that is fairly cool, in case you like this kind of factor.
The abruptness and dimension of the Silicon Valley Financial institution, Signature and First Republic failures actually pops out right here. It is going to be fascinating to see if this may fizzle out now, or proceed to fester.
From throughout the pond the very notion {that a} financial institution may fail can invoke panic. However in addition to an unreasonable numbers of banks, the US has critically enviable experience in financial institution decision.
With out drama, this has remodeled banks which have shut damaged on a Friday right into a financial institution that opens functioning on a Monday with out skipping a beat. Actually tons of of occasions. Chapeau FDIC staffers!
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