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Last Updated: June 30, 2021

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Most Recently Published Staff Studies

Private-Equity-Backed Acquisitions of Failed Banks, 2008–2013

Staff Studies Report No. 2021-01
George French, Donald Hamm, Scott Leifer, Derek Sturtevant, Ann Taylor, and Catherine Topping

Economies of Scale in Community Banks

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-06
Stefan Jacewitz, Troy Kravitz, and George Shoukry

FDIC Resolution Tasks and Approaches: A Comparison of the 1980 to 1994 and 2008 to 2013 Crises

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-05
Lynn Shibut and George de Verges

Measurement of Small Business Lending Using Call Reports: Further Insights From the Small Business Lending Survey

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-04
Jacob Goldston and Yan Y. Lee

Analyzing the Community Bank Leverage Ratio

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-03
Bert Loudis, Daniel Nguyen, and Carlo Wix

Two Crises: A Comparison

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-02
Lee Davison

A History of Risk-Based Premiums at the FDIC

Staff Studies Report No. 2020-01
Edward Garnett, LaVaughn Henry, Daniel Hoople, Ashley Mihalik
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