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393: SVB's Risky Bailout and The Bank Run “Domino Effect”

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Is There a Risk That Smaller Banks Will Fail?

Right now, the problems do seem to be isolated to smaller banks. A lot of the risk comes from people and fear, not from the banks like balance sheets or anything at all. These situations are really hard to predict because bank runs are more about depositor psychology rather than financial performance. The worst possible outcome is if people across the US start to panic, that starts a bigger bank run causing a domino effect.

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