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matheusmoreira
on March 12, 2023
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Yellen says government will help SVB depositors bu...
If it hadn't become insolvent in the first place, there would have been no need to liquidate its real assets in order to pay off liabilities.
baq
on March 12, 2023
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Of course but the point still stands. If it lost it all we’d all be in serious trouble. It lost ~10% and there’s a nonzero chance depositors will be made whole anyway (with zero taxpayer money involved).
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