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Yellen on Watch for Banks Tightening Credit After SVB Meltdown

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her department is monitoring for a potential contraction in credit in the US following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which sparked the danger of contagion across the banking system.

A Fast and Furious Year by the Fed That Blindsided Everyone

It was March 16, 2022, when Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues finally began to take on the surge in inflation they had thought would fade, eventually moving faster and more furiously than anybody expected.

Credit Suisse Default Swaps Widen, Bonds Sink as Optimism Fades

The crisis enveloping Credit Suisse Group AG showed few signs of easing Thursday as its bonds fell deeper into distress and the cost to insure the debt against default continued to climb. Early gains prompted by the lender saying it would tap Switzerland’s central bank for fresh funds were erased.

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