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> Probably since Friday they have assessed that the depositors can be covered once the assets can be liquidated, and that they may even be able to make money doing it.

The same assets that are yielding <4% interest against a market rate of 5%+ or 7%+ or whatever it is? Seems like it's going to take a long while before those papers are trading at or above cost when you account for inflationary devaluation and their yield horizon.

There is certainly a cost here. The insolvency of the paper is the entire reason the bank failed in the first place.




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