'This time is different': SVB collapse symptom of easy money rather than systemic banking issues

Collapse is not an echo of 2008

James Baxter-Derrington
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is not an early indicator of a 2008-style economic crisis, experts have said, instead arguing the fall of the institution is a symptom of the end of a period of “free-and-easy money”.

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