In 2018, there was a change in banking regulations. It had been if you have 50 billion in assets or more, you're automatically considered systemically important. So they raise that threshold from 50 billion to 250 billion. And then over the weekend, the rationale the federal government gave for making depositors whole was actually it is systemicallyimportant. We need to do this because if we don't, there might be a broader banking crisis. I mean, banks are inherently fragile. Even good banks can blow up. You don't want the failure of a bad bank to take down perfectly sound bank. That's a hard problem.
(0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - UBS buying Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion - The ripple effects of everyone checking with their bank - Why Amazon's latest layoff announcement has him looking at the revenue-per-employee metric
(13:58) Ricky Mulvey catches up with Jacob Goldstein, host of the podcast "What's Your Problem?" to talk about bank runs, why they happen, and how businesses could potentially prepare for them.
Companies discussed: UBS, CS, AMZN, SIVB
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Jacob Goldstein Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd
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