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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by mlyle on Sunday March 12, 2023 @02:20PM (#35123992)
FDIC has to make a decision about risk. There's no way they have done enough diligence to have a complete picture of liabilities (e.g. to find any non-public problems).

FDIC should pay early (Monday-Tuesday, not anytime "next week" as they've indicated so far) and should pay a big chunk, even though it's not completely safe.

Every day that goes by with uncertainty, the cost of the fear grows.

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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by justeleblanc on Sunday March 12, 2023 @06:02PM (#35126884)
Why wouldn't there be a way? They're a government corporation with a $2bn budget, thousands of employees, whose only purpose is to oversee this kind of event. And it's not like they've been overwhelmed with work recently. The bankruptcy was only made public Friday, but they've been working on it for longer than that. Yes, they've certainly done their due diligence.
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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by mlyle on Sunday March 12, 2023 @06:53PM (#35127542)
> The bankruptcy was only made public Friday, but they've been working on it for longer than that.

Not much longer. It's only Thursday's run that tipped SVB into insolvency.

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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by FireBeyond on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:12PM (#35127866)
> It's only Thursday's run that tipped SVB into insolvency.

What triggers in their holdings do you think started the run?

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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by mlyle on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:49PM (#35128365)
I think we understand that differing mark-to-market rules between GAAP and banking regulations were important here.
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