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Silicon Valley Bank, Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Silicon Valley Bank, Fed Chair Jerome Powell
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Good Morning. I'm Jason Ma, writing to you from Los Angeles. Between fighting inflation or the bank crisis, the Federal Reserve leaned toward the former. Not only did policymakers raise rates by another quarter point, dashing some hopes for a pause in tightening, the so-called dot plot of their forecasts indicated another increase is coming later this year.

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A photo illustration of PacWest's logo. Pacific Western Bank is a California-based lender.
Regional banks like PacWest have been hit with deposit outflows.
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There is a crucial Fed decision looming today. It's the next big input for markets after weeks of turmoil that saw three US banks fail and a large European bank taken over in an emergency deal brokered by the government and regulators. All that while inflation is hovering at 6% on an annual basis here at home. 

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Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS, Colm Kelleher and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse, Axel Lehmann attend a news conference on Credit Suisse after UBS takeover offer, in Bern, Switzerland, March 19, 2023.
Colm Kelleher, the chairman of UBS, looks to shake hands with Axel Lehmann, his counterpart at Credit Suisse, on Sunday.
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Good morning, readers. Markets reporter George Glover here, writing to you from London while my colleague Phil Rosen is off on a well-deserved vacation.

You've probably already clocked that the biggest story in markets right now is happening on this side of the Atlantic, with investors still mulling over UBS's $3 billion rescue of its old foe Credit Suisse.

Today, I'm unpacking the biggest winners and losers from the takeover.