
Bonus: Sen. Phil Gramm on Banking Deregulation
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Why Silicon Valley Bank Fail
Sen. John McCain: Silicon Valley Bank looked more like a money market fund than a bank. He says it was paying substantially more than the market interest rates to attract these deposits. But when inflation occurred and interest rates went up, the value of those securities that were paying a fixed rate went down,. And the bank did not have sufficient capital to cover the difference.
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