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BoE economists outline model of liquidity-solvency spirals

Model aims to test banks against the sort of interactions that led to collapse of SVB and Credit Suisse

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Economists at the Bank of England have developed a new model of how liquidity and solvency interact in a crisis – one which is designed to reflect the factors that caused the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Credit Suisse in 2023.

Authors Giovanni Covi and Tihana Škrinjarić note that rapid withdrawals of funds from both SVB and Credit Suisse led to the banks’ failures. SVB was declared bankrupt in March 2023, and Credit Suisse was acquired by UBS later that month.

The staff working paper

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