The savings banks and co-operative banks argue that they have mutual arrangements for risk-sharing and bail-outs, which make interbank loans within their sectors equivalent to loans to domestic subsidiaries.
Here atmospheric excitation functions χA are computed in equal area sectors (equivalent to 5°×10° boxes at the equator) for the period 1983 2000, based on the reanalyses of the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Between 2008 and 2013, $421bn worth of private sector money – equivalent to 20% of Russian GDP – has flown out of the country.
Shifting the analogy a little but sticking with health, Levine goes on to say: "What we have in the aid sector is equivalent to a completely independent ambulance service with no connection whatsoever to a hospital.
He argued the UK needed to look to other countries for opportunities including in China, where planned growth in the automotive sector is "equivalent to adding the whole UK car industry, every year".
NHS CO2 emissions constitute 25% of all public sector emissions, equivalent to 3% of the UK total.
As of June this year it estimated that global debt, excluding the financial sector, was equivalent to 245% of total global economic activity or GDP.
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations has estimated that voluntary grants and donations make up 10.7% of Scotland's voluntary sector income, equivalent to £470m in 2010.
