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any moment now, president biden will address the nation from that podium right there amid concerning questions about potential contagion in the u.s. banking sector. what does that mean for your money? a very good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. president biden expected to try to calm fears in a matter of moments when he does make his way to that podium, this amid the failure of two u.s. banks. we re talking about silicon valley bank, which you ve heard a lot of this weekend, as well as signature bank. the biden administration is taking emergency action here and there is the president. let s listen in. for california. i want to briefly speak about what s happening to silicon valley bank and signature bank. today, thanks to the quick action of my administration over the past few days, americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. small businesses across the country that depo ....
Get into twehe weeds too much, t by raising rates, bond prices went down, that increased the assets that silicon valley bank was relying on for its balance sheet here, but bigger picture, has the fed raised rates so quickly to spark this bank panic here? oh, absolutely. the problem here goes right back to the fed rapidly raising interest rates. this bank did what in other times would have been a very solid investment. they invested in american bonds, the u.s. government bonds. their miscalculation was how rapidly the fed was raising the interest rates, which de-valued the bonds that they held. and then that led to the run. they had to sell those bonds at a loss. and now suddenly, we ve got a bank that s upside down. yes, the fed has to be very careful here. if they do another very rapid and they re talking about it, rate increase, it s going to ....