The share of U.S. deposits held by the largest financial institutions has exploded from 8 percent in 1994 to 52 percent in 2018, as these...
The total number of commercial banks in the U.S. began a period of dramatic decline in the late 1980s and early 90s. … Read More
As these six graphs show, bank market share has changed dramatically between 1994 and 2018 as giant banks have come to dominate the banking sector.…...
In 2018, community-based financial institutions made 52 percent of all small business loans, even though they controlled only 16 percent of banking assets.… Read More
In the past decades, both total bank assets and total deposits have concentrated at the giant banks, those with over $100.2 billion in assets.… Read...
Small and mid-sized financial institutions devote a greater share of their assets to small business lending than big banks.… Read More
New power plant capacity expanded across the country in 2018, but steady growth in local, small-scale solar and other renewables was overshadowed by a significant...
Earlier this year, ILSR released its 2019 Community Power State Scorecard, revealing the best and worst states for local clean energy across the country. In...
Released earlier this year, ILSR’s 2019 Community Power State Scorecard revealed new rankings of states that support local clean energy. How do states perform when...
As investments in renewable energy grow, more states are prioritizing solar. But how much of that solar is coming from smaller, distributed sources that help...
In the 2019 Community Power Scorecard, four states excelled, 11 states and the District of Columbia saw above average scores, 15 were mediocre, and 20...
Original maps from eight U.S. cities show how numerous dollar stores have become in urban America and reveal a striking pattern between dollar store locations...
Roughly 5 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online during the third quarter of 2018, as illustrated in a new quarterly update from ILSR’s...
A large amount of new power generation capacity was added during the second quarter of 2018, but not in the form renewable or distributed generation...
How efficient are buildings in your community? That depends a lot on the building code, which states (and sometimes cities) can use to set minimum...