The Troubling Future of Silicon Valley Bank and its Impact on the Economy

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The Troubling Future of Silicon Valley Bank and its Impact on the Economy
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Traders were pricing in a Fed rate hike of 50 basis points at its March 22 meeting, but after the fear-mongering over Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), it is unclear what the Fed will do. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proclaimed that the feds wouldn’t bail out SVB, but on Sunday, they announced they were bailing out SVB’s depositors while insisting it wasn’t a bailout at all. SVB's main problem was its depositor base was way too concentrated in firms and employees from the venture capital realm.

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