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Banking in very uncertain times

Mar 14, 2023·~46 minutes·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

Over the last week, three U.S. banks have failed. More banks are under extreme stress. This stress is not new and was not unknown but is becoming common knowledge rapidly. We may be in the early stages of a banking crisis.

1:11

Why are banks failing?

3:04

A useful heuristic from bond math

3:57

Maturity transformation

6:27

Liquidity problems are the proximate cause of bank failures

2:19

Trying to forestall a banking crisis

4:19

Deposit insurance expansion

3:39

Deposit insurance also some legacy issues

4:09

What would happen if my bank were to go into receivership this weekend?

8:08

What should users of the banking system do?

4:51

Description

We may be in the early stages of a banking crisis: why, what we're doing to avoid it, and what we may not get about it.

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Duration

~46 minutes (44K characters)

Release date

Mar 14, 2023