#SVB: US #regulators have generated “a #MoralHazard#SiliconValleyBank suddenly collapsed just one week after making it to #Forbes’ America’s #BestBanks list, turning one of those best banks into the second-largest #BankFailure in US history. This immediately led to a storm in the #GlobaFfinancialSystem What was so striking is just how classic a #BankRun it was. https://www.thebanker.com/World/Americas/US/SVB-US-regulators-have-generated-a-moral-hazard See also Liquidity ransformation and Fragility in the US Banking Sector
https://www.nber.org/papers/w27815
SVB: US regulators have generated “a moral hazard”

While the collapse of SVB might have been predictable, what was surprising was the US regulators’ response and the precedent it sets.