Finland, the land of branches : the landscape of the Nordic banking sector
Savolainen, Eero; Tölö, Eero (29.05.2017)
Volyymi
91Numero
2/2017Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2017
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201706051326Tiivistelmä
The Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish banking sectors have broadly similar strengths and weaknesses. Their profitability is strong, capital adequacy solid, and loan losses have been at historically low levels for a long time. On the other hand, the national banking sectors are large and concentrated and their systemic risks relate largely to lending to the residential and commercial real estate markets.