Bankstorm 2023 has arrived…

Bank failures since 2001

observablehq.com/@mbostock/bank-failures

And a similar graph adjusted for inflation:

 

S**t Just Hit The Fan Across Markets, Regional Banks Crashing

Weak JOLTS?, Poor factory orders, hot EU inflation, surprise RBA rate-hike, a sudden realization of the urgency and seriousness of the debt ceiling debacle, Europe back from vacation, or just pre-FOMC jitters?

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Or was it this!?

Who knows to be frank but everything went just a little bit turbo, starting with a total collapse in regional banks…

And despite the Biden admin claiming that FRC was just another ‘outlier’ business model, PacWest, Western Alliance, and Zions (among others) are in a freefall…

Looks like we are back to “who’s next” after yesterday’s Milken Conference. Here’s a guide…

But the ‘big banks’ are also getting slammed…

 

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