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ARTICLE · 20 MARCH 2023

Observations On Bank Rescue And Funding Program

In a surprising and ground-breaking Joint Statement issued late Sunday afternoon, March 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Board of Governors...

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In a surprising and ground-breaking Joint Statement issued late Sunday afternoon, March 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly approved actions enabling the FDIC to complete its resolution of one recently failed bank "in a manner that protects all depositors." At the same time, the agencies announced a similar systemic-risk exception for Signature Bank (New York, NY), which the New York Department of Financial Services closed earlier on Sunday. As a result, the agencies announced that all depositors of these two institutions will be "made whole"—with depositors of the failed bank in California having access to all of their funds starting Monday, March 13, 2023 (it was unclear when depositors of Signature Bank would have access to their funds). The Joint Statement emphasized that:

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