Global banking stocks rout deepen as Silicon Valley Bank collapse stokes crisis fears
Assurances from Joe Biden and other US policymakers do little to calm markets
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Assurances from Joe Biden and other US policymakers do little to calm markets
Major US banks lost around $90b in stock market value on Monday.
SVB's customers were given access to all their deposits on Monday.
Biden's efforts to reassure markets and depositors came after emergency U.S. measures to shore up banks by giving them access to additional funding failed to dispel investor worries about potential contagion to other lenders worldwide. Banking stocks in Asia extended declines on Tuesday, with Japanese firms hit particularly hard as anxiety about systemic risk sparked a wider rout in markets.
US priorities are not always in step with the World Bank and other international financial institutions