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Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for FEDS Paper 2012-53

Bank Capital Ratios and the Structure of Nonfinancial Industries

Seung Jung Lee and Viktors Stebunovs

Figure 1. Commercial Bank-Merger Intensity

Year Commercial Bank-Merger Intensity (Percent)
1976 0.3602158434
1977 0.5358904484
1978 0.7333660577
1979 0.801585247
1980 0.9577965898
1981 2.7998359807
1982 2.2730382229
1983 2.5667464878
1984 2.3343725553
1985 2.3286666591
1986 3.3815215678
1987 3.6057627303
1988 6.9688045054
1989 3.6619786305
1990 7.1257408883
1991 6.5161326204
1992 9.0781271657
1993 4.5200496908
1994 6.5421166924
1995 5.6646033171
1996 12.25888775
1997 14.150023053

Figure 2. Selected Capital Ratios

qdate Equity to Assets Ratio Primary Capital Ratio Adjusted Captial Ratio Leverage Ratio
1976q1 6.28819      
1976q2 6.302662      
1976q3 6.334176      
1976q4 6.131629      
1977q1 6.207057      
1977q2 6.184197      
1977q3 6.144795      
1977q4 5.941141      
1978q1 6.048085      
1978q2 5.982222      
1978q3 5.99936      
1978q4 5.81696      
1979q1 5.952707      
1979q2 5.882208      
1979q3 5.817223      
1979q4 5.759266      
1980q1 5.878251      
1980q2 5.877547      
1980q3 5.918081      
1980q4 5.799945      
1981q1 5.920317      
1981q2 5.912592      
1981q3 5.925903      
1981q4 5.834309      
1982q1 5.96424      
1982q2 5.973617      
1982q3 5.995396      
1982q4 5.86899      
1983q1 6.029324   5.979396  
1983q2 6.0267   5.973583  
1983q3 6.107993   6.049858  
1983q4 6.001185   5.966824  
1984q1 6.093766   6.023295  
1984q2 6.064264   5.983155  
1984q3 6.252829   6.171529  
1984q4 6.13836   6.051571  
1985q1 6.294192   6.204946  
1985q2 6.273685 6.958227 6.178002  
1985q3 6.319507 7.019382 6.213766  
1985q4 6.187908 6.911116 6.089166  
1986q1 6.336788 7.11359 6.236238  
1986q2 6.325231 7.118809 6.206336  
1986q3 6.396213 7.209046 6.270823  
1986q4 6.183145 6.995024 6.044938  
1987q1 6.430825 7.275475 6.292  
1987q2 6.016491 7.405396 5.866055  
1987q3 6.132549 7.504881 5.975093  
1987q4 6.022454 7.447479 5.869963  
1988q1 6.071287 7.50215 5.921284  
1988q2 6.149957 7.524872 5.995322  
1988q3 6.246524 7.597235 6.087875  
1988q4 6.279671 7.543893 6.123704  
1989q1 6.411392 7.645458 6.255984  
1989q2 6.445113 7.625424 6.288329  
1989q3 6.338911 7.735949 6.182024  
1989q4 6.209192 7.579979 6.03606  
1990q1 6.385594 7.683007 6.179046 6.264456
1990q2 6.437322 7.614766 6.189224 6.292093
1990q3 6.454051 7.674582 6.192797 6.277277
1990q4 6.453851 7.730598 6.158297 6.21339
1991q1 6.660261 7.920459 6.346379 6.380506
1991q2 6.714243 7.939358 6.390729 6.498395
1991q3 6.706234 7.896038 6.365521 6.596712
1991q4 6.753756 7.971845 6.419287 6.520687
1992q1 6.961343 8.188493 6.620718 6.723822
1992q2 7.2262 8.391601 6.837246 6.983646
1992q3 7.391633 8.530132 7.000341 7.180471
1992q4 7.514934 8.603005 7.102313 7.243788
1993q1 7.790403 8.846271 7.362745 7.506881
1993q2 7.890241 8.902487 7.454607 7.599605
1993q3 7.953892 8.939291 7.52229 7.670599
1993q4 8.004107 8.922692 7.553982 7.754723
1994q1 7.83031 8.715458 7.386457 7.622828
1994q2 7.839993 8.673656 7.357306 7.705151
1994q3 7.95465 8.7396 7.421361 7.742004
1994q4 7.794479 8.526015 7.236007 7.651651
1995q1 7.883479 8.570642 7.289068 7.675363
1995q2 8.038231 8.708857 7.439035 7.605198
1995q3 8.148234 8.782527 7.521641 7.741021
1995q4 8.117809 8.705325 7.464342 7.619459
1996q1 8.234873 8.784912 7.541911 7.705775
1996q2 8.326309 8.685987 7.409908 7.747316
1996q3 8.337028 8.682064 7.4181 7.802114
1996q4 8.226701 8.567626 7.30806 7.665448
1997q1 8.534451 8.728011 7.418649 7.796207
1997q2 8.569779 8.726908 7.455286 7.772103
1997q3 8.658069 8.790502 7.528815 7.767259
1997q4 8.45195 8.535253 7.297518 7.552006

Figure 3. Adjusted Capital Ratios and Loans as Percentage Deviations from Trend

qdate Loans (Percent Deviation from Trend) Adjusted Capital Ratio (Percent Deviation from Trend)
1976q1 -1.561822 0.3873674
1976q2 -1.256983 1.180079
1976q3 -2.019981 1.68716
1976q4 -2.183898 1.427812
1977q1 -2.643265 0.7346082
1977q2 -1.654457 0.9581522
1977q3 -0.3739995 0.3237624
1977q4 0.0334245 -0.1262259
1978q1 0.5580874 -0.307261
1978q2 1.898871 -0.8180761
1978q3 3.155591 -0.5594887
1978q4 3.997545 -0.918968
1979q1 4.033195 -0.6645886
1979q2 4.95663 -1.331583
1979q3 6.229556 -2.568615
1979q4 5.266276 -1.136579
1980q1 4.432186 -1.214061
1980q2 1.420551 -0.8266592
1980q3 -0.7758444 -0.4502147
1980q4 -0.9768331 -0.3231446
1981q1 -2.104469 -0.3712396
1981q2 -2.266143 -0.1678725
1981q3 -2.414325 -0.5213992
1981q4 -2.961487 -0.1133048
1982q1 -2.655846 0.0568674
1982q2 -2.077783 0.5056538
1982q3 -2.568188 0.0533544
1982q4 -3.387053 -0.2005623
1983q1 -4.359085 -0.2917084
1983q2 -4.990821 -0.0376524
1983q3 -4.578615 0.1778399
1983q4 -3.747969 0.7134899
1984q1 -3.193332 -0.253405
1984q2 -1.428833 -0.4678934
1984q3 -0.4053855 1.516816
1984q4 0.536186 1.463044
1985q1 0.566909 2.200254
1985q2 0.1207166 2.297136
1985q3 0.7107714 1.815625
1985q4 0.8108491 1.684773
1986q1 1.47355 2.461107
1986q2 0.9912567 2.420164
1986q3 0.8663573 2.716381
1986q4 0.957652 0.7669027
1987q1 1.850196 3.249792
1987q2 1.626013 -3.525637
1987q3 0.3257338 -2.176654
1987q4 0.539879 -2.453658
1988q1 0.4247923 -3.280351
1988q2 1.234503 -2.207571
1988q3 1.528872 -0.9207407
1988q4 1.744209 0.735007
1989q1 2.172004 0.9351947
1989q2 2.660659 0.9378016
1989q3 3.925028 -0.9284492
1989q4 4.352096 -2.595992
1990q1 3.950864 -2.454808
1990q2 3.744015 -3.117295
1990q3 4.156903 -3.293848
1990q4 3.738019 -3.513981
1991q1 2.720122 -2.942905
1991q2 1.634372 -3.247017
1991q3 -0.0867032 -4.122981
1991q4 -1.190897 -3.171775
1992q1 -1.683601 -2.524675
1992q2 -2.729394 -0.3698401
1992q3 -4.115004 1.292189
1992q4 -4.317156 2.939119
1993q1 -5.06242 4.480253
1993q2 -4.945105 4.917058
1993q3 -4.324949 5.057835
1993q4 -3.935888 6.009883
1994q1 -3.77705 1.967688
1994q2 -3.71756 1.036448
1994q3 -2.685242 1.17008
1994q4 -1.667761 -0.4372998
1995q1 -0.3299242 -0.9865269
1995q2 0.8700005 0.8438144
1995q3 1.656002 1.208028
1995q4 1.184481 1.883214
1996q1 0.6807382 1.839469
1996q2 -0.0002691 0.097982
1996q3 -1.192171 -0.4842074
1996q4 -1.212734 -0.1262246
1997q1 -1.388054 0.386534
1997q2 -0.6097696 1.136963
1997q3 -0.0180128 1.421404
1997q4 -0.5291008 0.4658529

Figure 4. Adjusted Capital Ratio for Selected States

Date California New York Texas
1976 4.531336 5.267195 5.719001
1977 4.629593 4.837248 5.255422
1978 4.487094 4.822785 5.135496
1979 4.459724 4.552611 5.110121
1980 4.373147 4.404176 4.94001
1981 4.447018 4.3769 5.027085
1982 4.575206 4.489734 5.08295
1983 4.645248 4.583273 5.236082
1984 4.821489 4.819109 5.327073
1985 5.099474 5.013726 5.596642
1986 5.123075 5.038427 5.481299
1987 5.354128 5.299728 5.300619
1988 4.918708 4.549291 4.080031
1989 5.274613 5.248245 4.753284
1990 5.482712 4.972234 5.063033
1991 5.672704 5.253057 5.185388
1992 5.65261 5.491832 5.301453
1993 6.82339 6.630599 6.466065
1994 6.882916 6.486281 6.423533
1995 6.683762 6.251791 6.051121
1996 7.024502 6.532154 6.407726
1997 6.717548 6.239808 6.238712

Figure 5. Average Size of Establsihments (as measured by employees in industries not dependent on external finance)

Date California (Employees per Establishment) New York (Employees per Establishment) Texas (Employees per Establishment)
1977 32.50247 33.07285 42.43605
1978 34.82349 34.74958 45.81104
1979 37.29047 36.96269 48.12641
1980 37.59328 36.65641 47.55468
1981 36.35189 35.82471 46.15815
1982 34.70555 35.14256 44.78199
1983 29.90338 31.51336 37.78061
1984 31.89875 32.72178 37.63611
1985 31.2986 31.92518 36.42521
1986 31.36172 32.22202 35.96879
1987 30.06502 31.59416 33.12814
1988 34.39451 34.41372 37.69003
1989 34.61389 34.98425 38.20021
1990 32.58669 32.53795 35.32655
1991 31.43193 31.66163 35.0273
1992 29.68614 30.01093 33.41099
1993 29.93928 29.46403 33.76155
1994 28.89014 28.71938 33.89831
1995 29.60622 29.16503 33.98867
1996 29.66725 28.33486 33.77049
1997 30.3601 28.14703 34.52142

Figure 6. Average Size of Establsihments (as measured by employees in industries dependent on external finance)

Date California (Employees per Establishment) New York (Employees per Establishment) Texas (Employees per Establishment)
1977 55.29459 68.74793 69.90718
1978 58.30743 71.9897 72.52841
1979 62.60592 76.15624 78.26274
1980 65.7192 75.77595 79.11379
1981 63.49799 73.08644 78.31381
1982 62.36066 68.81565 77.0212
1983 54.54318 61.78405 62.04916
1984 58.31223 65.69662 62.21353
1985 58.56602 65.8284 61.59916
1986 58.84674 67.36971 60.2732
1987 55.43119 64.41475 58.4777
1988 54.53354 61.04718 59.02828
1989 56.74554 60.67754 60.89727
1990 52.88968 57.5447 58.33345
1991 49.94051 54.42082 57.56589
1992 46.26917 53.59968 54.65742
1993 44.49606 52.07075 52.90594
1994 42.76799 52.09404 52.47779
1995 43.82673 53.27944 54.48237
1996 44.25666 52.1145 53.32204
1997 45.30219 49.49038 54.50005

Figure 7. Number of Establsihments (in industries not dependent on external finance)

Date California (Number of Industries) New York (Number of Establishments) Texas (Number of Establishments)
1977 21468 21923 8742
1978 21568 21248 8700
1979 21455 20398 8520
1980 21494 19887 8632
1981 21865 19625 8979
1982 22676 19346 9463
1983 24912 20547 10192
1984 24800 20153 10418
1985 25650 20261 10870
1986 25771 19629 10703
1987 27839 19355 11191
1988 27434 18677 10701
1989 27684 18225 10634
1990 29627 18641 11300
1991 29148 17729 11247
1992 29650 17843 11864
1993 29149 17542 11948
1994 28910 17030 12096
1995 29115 17003 12269
1996 29262 16592 12492
1997 29606 16310 12556

Figure 8. Number of Establsihments (in industries dependent on external finance)

Date California (Number of Industries) New York (Number of Establishments) Texas (Number of Establishments)
1977 17132 6768 6766
1978 17308 6602 6917
1979 17778 6458 7102
1980 17849 6378 7373
1981 17894 6305 7769
1982 18466 6325 8017
1983 19918 6594 8422
1984 19889 6520 8397
1985 20197 6556 8542
1986 19901 6340 8232
1987 20703 6305 8384
1988 19944 6041 8026
1989 19583 5858 7963
1990 20405 5917 8511
1991 20139 5658 8560
1992 20314 5573 9052
1993 19550 5555 9165
1994 19146 5434 9320
1995 19207 5350 9445
1996 19477 5284 9769
1997 19640 5300 9887
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