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Table 4: Estimated subsidy for UK banks and building societies (£bn) and global banks ($bn)<br />

2007 2008 2009 Average (2007–09)<br />

Subsidy<br />

Subsidy<br />

/ Total<br />

liabilities<br />

Subsidy<br />

Subsidy<br />

/ Total<br />

liabilities<br />

Subsidy<br />

Subsidy<br />

/ Total<br />

liabilities<br />

Subsidy<br />

Subsidy<br />

/ Total<br />

liabilities<br />

UK<br />

Big 5<br />

Medium<br />

Small<br />

Sample<br />

Total<br />

11 59 107 59<br />

Total 9 52 103 55<br />

Average 2 0 10 1 26 2 13 1<br />

Total 1 7 3 4<br />

Average 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2<br />

Total 0 1 1 1<br />

Average 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1<br />

Global<br />

Big 5<br />

Sample<br />

Total<br />

37 220 250 169<br />

Total 18 83 71 57<br />

Average 4 0 17 1 14 1 12 1<br />

See footnotes for tables 2 and 3 for details on sample.<br />

Source: Moody’s, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bankscope published by Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing and Bank calculations<br />

Chart 1: Average assets relative to GDP of US commercial banks (a)<br />

0.014<br />

Average Assets per Commercial Bank as a a<br />

percentage of Nominal GDP<br />

0.012<br />

0.010<br />

0.008<br />

0.006<br />

0.004<br />

0.002<br />

0.000<br />

1934<br />

1938<br />

1942<br />

1946<br />

1950<br />

1954<br />

1958<br />

1962<br />

1966<br />

1970<br />

1974<br />

Year<br />

1978<br />

1982<br />

1986<br />

1990<br />

1994<br />

1998<br />

2002<br />

2006<br />

Average Asset Size of Commercial Banks scaled by Nominal GDP<br />

(a) Blue vertical line represents the 1982 Garn-St Germain Act, green vertical line represents the 1994 Riegle-Neal Act,<br />

red vertical line represents the Riegle-Neal Act coming into effect in 1997.<br />

Source: FDIC and www.measuringworth.org<br />

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