Startup founders scrambled to get their funds out of Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse.
Startup founders scrambled to get their funds out of Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse.
  • The federal government is bailing out Silicon Valley Bank's customers.
  • But it's not a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis, when the government stepped in to support the US banking system.
  • The US should be able to avoid a repeat of the Great Recession.

The US government is bailing out a bank's customers — but that doesn't mean another Great Recession is imminent.