the various bank tax regimes enacted around the world. PwC observed: • Bank taxes reduce economic growth by causing a reduction in bank assets. • Banks tend to respond to bank taxes on liabilities by decreasing their leverage. • The cost of bank taxes is transferred, at least in part, to borrowers in the form of increased interest rates More @Wikipedia
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