>97% of these MBS were 10+ year duration with average yield of 1.56% >with FED’s interest rate of ~4.5% and increasing in 2023 > customers with deposits who were earning little less than 1.56% (bank spread) can now purchase govt backed sec with >4.5% yield By Abhay On March 10, 2023 In Twitter [Microblog] >97% of these MBS were 10+ year duration with average yield of 1.56%>with FED’s interest rate of ~4.5% and increasing in 2023> customers with deposits who were earning little less than 1.56% (bank spread) can now purchase govt backed sec with >4.5% yield — Abhay 🇸🇬🇮🇳 (@Abhay08) March 10, 2023 Previous https://t.co/nxpHNJWt3M Next >In 2021 SVB saw deposits jumped from $61.76bn to $189.20bn – read free cash startups got to grow >to generate better yield they purchased a large amount, ~ $80bn! in mortgage backed securities (MBS) with customer deposits – Yes the same dreaded instrument that cause 2008 crash