SVB shockwaves pound bank stocks gripped by contagion fears
Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB’s) collapse continued to pound global bank stocks on Tuesday as investors fretted over the financial health of some lenders,
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Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB’s) collapse continued to pound global bank stocks on Tuesday as investors fretted over the financial health of some lenders,
Assurances from Joe Biden and other US policymakers do little to calm markets
Stocks futures edge higher as SVB collapse echoes through global markets; February inflation report in focus as Fed rate bets crumble; First Republic rebounds as regional banks fight to assure
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.