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Mission,
Activities, and Administrative Actions
- 2003 Annual Report of the FDIC
Narrative report of operations, legislation, regulations, and statistics on closed banks
and deposit insurance.
- Community Reinvestment Act Ratings and Evaluations
CRA performance information for FDIC regulated institutions. Performance ratings [1990 -
present] and evaluations [1996 - present] are available on Internet. Archived evaluation
reports [1990 - 1995] may be obtained by contacting the Public
Information Center.
- FDIC Enforcement Decisions and Orders
The full-text of the FDIC's enforcement decisions and consent decrees along with other
orders and opinions -- searchable by state, financial institution, party subject to the
action, type of action, year, docket and paragraph number.
- Letter to Stakeholders
This quarterly report summarizes the FDIC's workload and performance in meeting our
priorities.
- Merger
Decisions: Annual Report to Congress: Approval of bank absorptions when the resulting
bank is a state nonmember bank.
- Office of Inspector General
Semiannual Reports to Congress
- Speeches, Testimony & Articles
From 1995 to present available on the Internet. Archived issues available by contacting
the Public Information Center.
- Strategic Plan, 2001-2006
The plan includes the Corporation's mission, vision and values statements. It also
provides an overview of the FDIC and the banking industry; an overview of the corporate
planning process; and a brief summary of strategic plans developed by other FDIC divisions
and offices.
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Manuals, Guides for Bankers, Regulations
Manuals
- Compliance Examination Manual
Job performance aid for field examiners conducting Compliance and CRA examinations and
Regional Office and Washington Office Staffs processing examination reports and related
documents.
- FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook
Interagency guide to assist regulatory examiners in examining information systems
operations in financial institutions and independent service bureaus.
- Manual of Examination Policies
Developed primarily for the benefit of the field examiner. Sets forth in a concise,
understandable and usable format those policies and examination objectives of the
Corporation and the Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection which pertain to the safety and soundness
banking examination.
- Trust Examination Manual
Designed both to assist the field examiner in planning and conducting examinations of
trust departments, and to provide comprehensive reference material on trust concepts,
principles, statutes, and regulations.
Guides for Bankers
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Regulations
Consumer Publications
Who is the FDIC?
Pamphlet describing why and how the FDIC fulfills its mission and where to turn to get
help.
Your Insured Deposits
Pamphlet in Q&A format providing guidance on FDIC insurance coverage of various types
of accounts commonly held by depositors in FDIC-insured banks.
Your Investments: Consumer Facts about
Investments
Pamphlet on consumer information about investments that are not deposits and not insured
by the FDIC.
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Policy Research, Data, and Analysis
Research Studies and Analyses: Promote and contribute to critical
banking policy research
One-time Studies
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Brief History of Deposit
Insurance
- Government Studies on Deposit
Insurance and Bank Failures
A listing of major U.S. government studies related to deposit insurance and bank failures
as compiled by the FDIC Library. Many of the studies touch upon issues related to
depositor protection including the causes of bank failures, "too-big-to-fail"
and moral hazard.
- History of the Eighties
Published in 1997, this two-volume study provides a detailed analysis of the complex
combination of causes that led to the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s
and early 1990s.
- Managing the
Crisis: The FDIC and RTC Experience
Published in 1998, this two-volume study reviews the resolution and asset disposition
strategies developed and implemented by the FDIC and RTC in response to the banking crisis
of the 1980s and early 1990s. It also reflects on the effectiveness of these methods and
the lessons learned.
- Resolutions
Handbook
A compilation of the lessons that the FDIC learned as it managed the banking crisis of the
1980s and 1990s.
- Resolution of Banking Crises: A Review - PDF 157k (PDF Help)
This paper, published in the Bank of England Financial Stability Review, describes some of the principles that authorities should and do consider when resolving banking crises, and possible resolution options. It also assesses the resolution practice in recent systemic banking crises.
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Risk Analysis: Emerging trends and risks in the banking industry
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F Y I
An electronic bulletin summarizing FDIC analysis of emerging issues in
banking and the economy.
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FDIC State Profiles
Banking and economic conditions described for each
state, listed by FDIC region. Updated quarterly.
- FDIC Outlook
(Quarterly) Discussions of events and trends affecting insured depository institutions from a regional perspective. Regions included are Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Memphis, New York and San Francisco.
Analytical Data and Reports: Timely and reliable banking industry data
- Failed Bank Cost Analysis:
(Annual) Summarizes an eight-year period of FDIC's resolution activity. Data is organized
and presented in a variety of ways in order to respond to recurring questions or requests
for information about failed banks.
- FDIC/OTS Summary of Deposits
(Annual) Summary of deposits in all FDIC insured commercial and savings banks, savings
associations (S&Ls) and U.S. branches of foreign banks. Survey results are compiled by
geographic area in a series of six volumes. Each volume contains tables for a group of
states organized by state and by county for each bank and banking office. A seventh volume
includes totals for consolidated metropolitan statistical areas and states and counties.
- Historical Statistics on Banking
Year-by-year statistical information on the banking industry (beginning in 1934 for
commercial banks and in 1984 for savings banks and savings institutions). Historical
Statistics on Banking provides comprehensive lists of individual banks and thrifts that
failed or received financial assistance from the FDIC or the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation (FSLIC).The national tables are now available as downloadable pdf
files in three volumes.
- Quarterly Banking Profile
(Quarterly) Statistical compilation of aggregate industry financial data combined with a
brief discussion focusing on current developments and trends. Published within 75 days of
the end of the reporting period, providing the earliest release of industry-wide aggregate
data. Issues from 1995 to present available on Internet. Archived issues may be obtained
by contacting the Public Information Center. [To be
renamed FDIC QBP - Quarterly Banking Profile]
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Regional Economic Conditions (RECON)
- Statistics on Banking
(Annual, Updated Quarterly on Internet) Statistical profile of the U.S. banking industry.
Includes the total number of banks and branches, and aggregate information on the assets,
income, and liabilities of insured banks.
- Trust Assets of Financial Institutions
(Annual) Year-end data on trust assets for the 500 financial institutions with trust
powers.
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Information for Contractors
Archive of
Discontinued Publications
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