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    • To pad liquidity & investor confidence, Credit Suisse borrowing up to $54b from Swiss central bank. May help sustain high rate strain. First lifeline for major global bank since 2008. (reuters.com)
    • Ben Carlson asks 8 key questions about the crisis, including: Is it the Fed's fault? Why are rates collapsing? Is tech making world less stable? Is my money safe? (awealthofcommonsense.com)
    • Read Meta commerce & fintech lead Stephane Kasriel tweets 'winding down collectibles (NFTs) for now to focus on other ways to support creators' like FB messaging and IG Reels monetization (theverge.com)
    • Credit Suisse lost almost a quarter of its value on Wed 3/15, dropping to a new record low after its largest investor said it won't increase it's position above 10%. (reuters.com)
    • Banking crisis spreads to Europe, led by Credit Suisse trouble. In U.S., Wells, Citi and key regional bank stocks started selling again March 15 (cnbc.com)
    • On Dec 21, then Chairwoman Maxine Waters called for robust FTC review of proposed ICE acquisition of Black Knight. On March 14, she commended FTC 4-0 vote to block deal. (democrats-financialservices.house.gov)
    • A White House official told Reuters they’re carefully monitoring developments at First Republic and other smaller banks after Fed, Treasury, FDIC actions to protect depositors following SVB collapse (reuters.com)
    • CNBC's Jim Cramer talked to First Republic executive chairman Jim Herbert, and said they're not seeing massive outflows and the business was operating as usual. Here's CNBC report and reaction. (cnbc.com)
    • Barry Ritholtz points out that all crises reveal lots of information about impacted firms and sectors long after the crisis events. Here are key questions about SVB we don't know yet. (ritholtz.com)
    • Does the Fed's 2% inflation target even matter? (fivethirtyeight.com)
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