What's behind the recent wave of bank failures?

The Explainer

Is this 2008 all over again? As we watch a wave of banking failures, Brooke Masters from the Financial Times joins us on this week's episode to explain exactly what is going on. What caused the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank? How did it cause ripple effects across the world? And although we're hearing a lot about venture capital, how worried should Joe and Jane Doe be about their savings?The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/

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