Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
by whatshisface on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:24PM
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They're allowed to borrow from the federal reserve which is allowed to lend an infinite amount.
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
by acjohnson55 on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:49PM
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Banks aren't allowed to borrow infinite amounts of money from the Fed. If they could SVB would still be ticking.
Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
by runlaszlorun on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:16PM
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They can borrow easily but it’s still a liability, right? I think people here the borrowing part and don’t know the liability part.
They borrow and repay with interest, so the don't borrow unless they have some use for the money that will return value to the borrower, and some profit to the bank, in order to repay the loan the bank got.