This week, Michael Ericson President of the Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank & Dan Siciliano Chair of the Council of FHLBs and independent director of the San Francisco FHLB join the show for a discussion on the current health of the banking system.
At the end of the year in 2023, 9 months after the March banking panic, Dan & Michael make a case that the U.S banking system if more healthy & stale than earlier this year. We deep dive into the collapse of SVB, how the FHLB operates & what to expect looking ahead to 2024. To hear all this & more, you'll have to tune in!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:09 What Is The FHLB?
04:12 Strength Of The Banking System
17:27 Does The FHLB Have Credit Risk?
28:04 The Collapse Of SVB
37:24 Role Of The FHLB vs The Fed
47:05 Bank Credit Worthiness
01:03:40 Lessons Learned From The March Bank Panic
01:08:48 Silvergate Bank
01:16:02 Silicon Valley Bank
01:19:50 Operational Expenses Of The FHLB
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