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Aarschotdachaubucha t1_jddwgvr wrote

They're moving it from one bank to another in most cases. In the cases where its being spent down (i.e. a lot of the startups that are burning VC cash on payroll, OPEX/CAPEX, etc.) that money was going into the economy either way, regardless of which bank it sat at.

What is happening though is a bunch of banks are getting defacto taxed to cover SVB and Signature's shortfalls on asset sales just to make sure those depositors can move banks, and that money that gets taxed will be replenishing the empty FDIC piggy bank for insurance. For the banks not affected by SVB, they're recapitalized with the funds they've borrowed, and then pay it back with minor interest to Treasury which gets to use it against the US budget anyways.

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mattenthehat t1_jddy6tf wrote

Right, and the new bank will just deposit it back at the fed, not loan it out or buy treasuries, right? ...right?

The whole thing just adds a layer of obfuscation.

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Aarschotdachaubucha t1_jde5pbr wrote

They literally can't. The new bank is using it to meet capital requirements in a tight market. The fear that other banks are failing might infect them makes them not want to lock up funds in investments.

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mattenthehat t1_jdegsjx wrote

Shouldn't or can't?

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Aarschotdachaubucha t1_jdehz9n wrote

The "can" scenario involves them getting bailed out then immediately killing the tool that stops them from being insolvent. If they want to suicide, they can just do nothing for the same effect.

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