Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has collapsed and now Credit Suisse is in trouble. Should we be worried about Global Financial Crisis 2.0? Have the policy responses been sensible? Economics Explored host Gene Tunny provides his initial thoughts.
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has collapsed and now Credit Suisse is in trouble. Should we be worried about Global Financial Crisis 2.0? Have the policy responses been sensible? Economics Explored host Gene Tunny provides his initial thoughts.
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Links relevant to the episode:
Chris Joye's article on SVB:
https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/why-silicon-valley-bank-died-updated-2
NPR Indicator episode:
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/1163157993/silicon-valley-banks-three-fatal-flaws
Sebastian Merkel's paper on narrow banking:
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/merkel/files/narrow_banking.pdf
World Bank paper on Bank Runs and Moral Hazard:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/548031537377082747/pdf/WPS8589.pdf
Bloomberg article on policy response:
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