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US bank failures ‘very different’ from 2008 crisis, Yellen says

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says government intervention after failure of two banks aimed to 'protect the broader US banking system' [File: Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters]

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the United States banking system is “sound”, stressing that recent American bank failures are “very different” from the global financial meltdown of 2008.

Speaking at the American Bankers Association on Tuesday, Yellen said the US government’s intervention in the wake of this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank helped contain the fallout.

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