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Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

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Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#21

How exactly are they guaranteeing all deposits? They claim to not be bailing them out and they haven't found a seller. I'm smelling bullshit.

Dipping into the FDIC pool beyond what's needed to cover the $250k. That, combined with the ability to sell of SVBs assets must give confidence to cover all deposits without burdening taxpayers.

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#22
post #8

> No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer. i'm out of touch with how much of this works, can someone explain how this is paid without burden to the taxpayer?

Mentioned later in the announcement.

> Any losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be recovered by a special assessment on banks, as required by law.

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#24
post #8

> No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer. i'm out of touch with how much of this works, can someone explain how this is paid without burden to the taxpayer?

Not an expert either, but this:

> Any losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be recovered by a special assessment on banks, as required by law.

suggests other banks will effectively pick up the bill?

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#25

How exactly are they guaranteeing all deposits? They claim to not be bailing them out and they haven't found a seller. I'm smelling bullshit.

My understanding is that all of the assets are still there. Moreover, many of them were expected to be safe for long term holding, such that anyone that can play a long game with a diversified portfolio could welcome these assets onto the books.

Problem, of course, is that they were some massive assets and adding them to a book without unbalancing it is going to be difficult to do.

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#26
post #8

> No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer. i'm out of touch with how much of this works, can someone explain how this is paid without burden to the taxpayer?

Mentioned later in the announcement. > Any losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund to support uninsured depositors will be recovered by a special assessment on banks, as required by law.

which banks will recoup by higher interest rates/fees? :P

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#27
Incredible that this can just be done over a weekend. Is there a good writeup of (what I assume is a mountain-load of work) of how this works, and what happens during this process?

Also, will the FDIC just eventually feed SVB's MBSs back into its insurance fund once they mature?

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#28
post #3

Sort of burying the lede - also states that all SVB depositors will be made whole along with Signature depositors.

I could have sworn that was already posted here, my bad. Can mods change the thread title?

It's early enough that you might still be able to do so yourself. I'm not sure, though. Cmd-f (or ctrl) edit! :)

Re: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC

#29
post #6

“After receiving a recommendation from the boards of the FDIC and the Federal Reserve, and consulting with the President, Secretary Yellen approved actions enabling the FDIC to complete its resolution of Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California, in a manner that fully protects all depositors. Depositors will have access to all of their money starting Monday, March 13. No losses associated with the resolution of S…

This should stop the contagion, hopefully. No losses to depositors, so no risk of depositing at regional banks
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