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Mar 2023
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Is the current banking crisis similar to...

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21 March 2023. We cross live to San Francisco where our correspondent is Brandy Scott! She’s meant to be there on holiday, but has of course been covering the banking crisis. We also hear from Dr. Stefan Gerlach, chief economist at EFG Bank in Zurich & Steve Brice, Group Chief Investment Officer at Standard Chartered Private Bank about whether this is similar to the banking sector collapse of 2008 with the Lehman Brothers. Plus, we talk about the oil leak in Kuwait that has led to a state of emergency in the country with Matt Stanley of Kpler.

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