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Spiros Bougheas, Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham

What is systemic risk and how does it lead to a banking crisis?

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The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a regional US bank that funded start-up companies in the technology and innovation sector, has created a worldwide wave of financial instability.

Despite the efforts of US financial regulators to contain the potential damage by immediately providing full protection to the bank’s depositors, the collapse triggered a global dip in banking share prices.

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