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Bailing Out Uninsured Deposits Encourages Bank Runs

03-23-2023 • https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger

In the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, U.S. officials decided to cover all the uninsured deposits in both banks -- that is, deposits that exceeded the $250,000 insurance coverage of the FDIC.