{
    "id": 5849,
    "citation_title": "Bank Consolidation: A Central Banker's Perspective",
    "citation_author": [
        "<NAME>"
    ],
    "citation_publication_date": "1996-12-01",
    "issue_date": "1996-12-01",
    "revision_date": "None",
    "topics": [
        "Financial Economics",
        "Financial Institutions"
    ],
    "program": [
        "Economic Fluctuations and Growth",
        "Monetary Economics"
    ],
    "projects": null,
    "working_groups": null,
    "abstract": "\n\nThis paper looks at why bank consolidation has been taking place in the United States and what the structure of the banking industry might look like in the future.  It then discusses the implications of bank consolidation for the economy and the challenge it poses for central bankers.\n\n",
    "acknowledgement": "\n"
}