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    Why is the US financial system so fragile? 

    The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reports some 565 bank failures since 2001 with total assets of over $319 billion.  Furthermore, although accounts are fully insured up to $250,000, recovery on uninsured deposits has rarely been 100 percent

    Sashi Sivramkrishna
    March 21, 2023 / 08:32 IST
    The sheer size of the US economy and some of its financial institutions and the US dollar at the centre of global trade and capital flows makes US banks particularly fragile.
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