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2015 anchor. this descriptive movement does not define a legal banking market, identify a cause, or measure every banking product. annual state and national branch-deposit rows using the same ownership-grouping and june 30 vintage rules. state-level organization, branch, leading-share, and nominal-deposit paths beneath the aggregate movement. ownership-reporting, branch-booking, entry, exit, acquisition, divestiture, and charter records for large state changes. local product and geographic evidence before treating any statewide or county screen as an antitrust market.","connectionCount":2},{"id":"topic:business-dynamism","kind":"topic","label":"Business Dynamism","shortLabel":"Business Dynamism","description":"Where are establishment entry, exit, job flows, and reallocation changing, and what evidence can distinguish competitive mechanisms from co-movement?","href":"/research/topics/business-dynamism","metricLabel":"Publication memberships","metricValue":"2","detail":"AR-T05 / 0 issue 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