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‘Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe’
Updated On: 14 March, 2023 08:11 AM IST | New York | Agencies
President Joe Biden tells the US to have confidence in banks after two of them collapse
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Staff outside the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters in Santa Clara, California Friday. Pic/AFP
President Joe Biden on Monday told Americans the nation’s financial systems were safe, seeking to project calm following the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a broader upheaval.
“Your deposits will be there when you need them,” he said. US regulators closed the Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it experienced a traditional bank run, where depositors rushed to withdraw their funds all at once. It is the second largest bank failure in US history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual. But the financial bloodletting was swift; New York-based Signature Bank also failed.
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