Maxfield on Banks

Maxfield on Banks

PREVIEW: THE SILLY VALLEY PANIC OF 2023

What caused it? What have we learned? What comes next?

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John Maxfield
May 02, 2023
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The U.S. banking industry has experienced nine major banking panics in its 233-year history. That equates to a panic besieging the U.S. economy every quarter century.

Each is different, yet all are the same.

Years of prosperity are punctured by the failure of a seemingly impregnable financial institution.

  • In 1857, it was the Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Com…

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