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I'm being very specific here, they had ~175b in deposits. There assets may or may not have been more or less than deposits, that is immaterial. They were insolv
by KaiserPro 4y ago
I'm being very specific here, they had ~175b in deposits. There assets may or may not have been more or less than deposits, that is immaterial. They were insolvent because they did not have enough cash/credit/liquid capital to cover the predicted withdrawals. That is the why they are insolvent.
Long term, yes, the asset state would have been a problem, and would(should) have been marked up as a ~25% loss on the bonds that were being hammered by inflation.
but at no point would that have been a big issue for the stability of the bank. It would have hammered their share price, but not deposits. It probably would have required a change of management, but again, not fatal.
The issue here is that "asset insolvent" is rarely described like that, it normally at the point where you declare bankruptcy because no-one will buy you out because you liabilities are way more than your income.