Declines in Loan Values Are Widespread Among Banks, Lenders could face pressure on earnings or liquidity, or to pay higher rates for deposits.
From the WSJ: When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last month, the core problem was a giant hole in its bond portfolio. When depositors started fleeing First Republic Bank pointing triangle soon afterward, the concern mainly was about a hole in its loan book. Nearly every publicly traded bank in the country is sitting on loans … Read more