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Economic Commentary

Local Thrift Competition and Bank Earnings

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Economic and legislative changes have clearly eroded differences between commercial banks and thrift institutions. Commercial banks traditionally offered a unique cluster of products that were not available from other institutions.Because of the expanded powers of thrift institutions in the early 1980s, however, thrifts have been operating more like commercial banks, providing a wide range of financial services, including checking accounts and business loans.

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Watro, Paul R. 1987. “Local Thrift Competition and Bank Earnings.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 11/1/1987.

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