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Food Costs Soar, Banks Collapse

The Backbench

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Silicon Valley Bank's Monocle

Silicon Valley Bank took deposits and made loans to debt companies. When interest rates rise, those bonds get less valuable. The bank now has a bunch of call it paper that it's holding that is worth less today than it was yesterday. That sparks a bank run in the Silicon Valley tech scene.

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