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The Recession Does Not Have to Happen
The Recession Does Not Have to Happen
Andrew T. An enormous round of layoffs has begun in the U.S. economy: over 200K tech workers have lost their jobs since 2022. This is despite the fact that most economic indicators are positive – or at worst neutral – and the supply chain shocks of both COVID and the Ukraine
The interesting thing about the United States’ system of capitalism is that it’s quite decentralized: the Fed only controls indirect levers of power like the base interest rate and other, private institutions use these simple signals as barometers for their collective action. When the Fed began raising rates last year, everyone downstream began tightening the screws on their investments, and so on. When interest rates rise, private equity and venture capitalists know that their capital pool will dry up and so they direct their portfolio companies to cut headcount, who then cut their suppliers and so on.
·redstarsf.org·
The Recession Does Not Have to Happen
Every Complex Banking Issue All At Once: The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank in One Brief Summary and Five Quick Implications
Every Complex Banking Issue All At Once: The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank in One Brief Summary and Five Quick Implications
Financial crisis nerds have had quite a weekend. In short order the one-of-a-kind Silicon Valley Bank began to reportedly be experiencing losses, and large uninsured depositors began loudly and aggressively “pulling” their deposits.
However, stock trading should always be looked at skeptically when analyzing financial issues
·crisesnotes.com·
Every Complex Banking Issue All At Once: The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank in One Brief Summary and Five Quick Implications