Photo: Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on March 9, 2023. Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on March 9, 2023.

U.S. authorities took extraordinary measures to shore up confidence in the financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), introducing a new backstop for banks that Federal Reserve officials said was big enough to protect the entire nation’s deposits.

The Sunday announcement by the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) followed a frantic weekend that saw the surprise closure of New York’s Signature Bank, along with mounting concerns about spillover effects to other regional lenders and the wider economy.

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