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Banks Might Be About to Ruin the Economy Again
Time ^ | 3/22/23

Posted on 03/23/2023 3:58:52 AM PDT by EBH

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cause the value of long-term bonds to decline precipitously.


I think this is an improved wording, but there is a technical term for this.

cause the premature sale value of long-term bonds to decline precipitously.


41 posted on 03/23/2023 3:11:54 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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It’s not only duration, but the proportions of the bank investments subject to this, as well as the disposition of many other investments.

This was a very oddly structured bank, from the viewpoint of its customers, its active investments, and its bond investments.


42 posted on 03/23/2023 3:15:22 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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