Banking in Germany

Bankenviertel in Frankfurt – The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, many corporate headquarters of large German banks and representation offices of foreign banks are located there.

Banking in Germany is a highly leveraged industry, as its average leverage ratio (assets divided by net worth) as of 11 October 2008 is 52 to 1 (while, in comparison, that of France is 28 to 1 and that of the United Kingdom is 24 to 1); its short-term liabilities are equal to 60% of the German GDP or 167% of its national debt.[1]

  1. ^ Norris, Floyd (10 October 2008). "The World's Banks Could Prove Too Big to Fail – or to Rescue". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.