trouble in the valley? financial stocks slump as investors move to withdraw their deposits from silicon valley bank, a key lender to start ups. and the uk grows more healthily than expected injanuary but the government warns there s still a long way to go to restore stability. welcome to world business report, i m tadhg enright. we start in the us with a story causing some worries on financial markets. silicon valley bank has been trying to reassure its clients their money is safe after a 60 per cent collapse in its share price since wednesday. svb has been a key lender to many tech start ups the likes of airbnb and linkedin but questions have been raised about its financial health after it launched a huge share sale to raise money. joao da silva has the details. svb dropped massively overnight as the bank revealed it lost $1.8 billion and the folio of securities valued at around $21 billion. as a result of those losses, the bank was forced to rage cash by a huge share sa
to $1 billion, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. an urgency around these talks in switzerland to try and facilitate this takeover by ubs. this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all- this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all last - this takeover by ubs. yes, the i shares were sliding all last week and there was a period of a pause for a couple of days when markets have been shut till tomorrow morning, so this has given them time to sort this out
over the black sea. britain becomes the latest country to ban the chinese owned video sharing app tiktok from government mobile phones. the uk government has reached an agreement with health unions over a new pay dealfor nhs staff in england. the deal aims to bring to an end a winter of industrial action which has seen nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists all go on strike. the offer includes a rise of 5% for the next financial year starting in april and covers all nhs staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. for this year staff have been also offered a one off payment. members will now be consulted over the coming weeks and strike action paused. the uk health secretary steve barclay has been speaking in the last few minutes, here s what he had to say. the government has made a formal offer, just come at a meeting, i m pleased they ve agreed to recommend to their members, it will be for a 5% pay rise next year, 2023 24, but also an additional lump sum
on capitol hill, democrats unveil a new bill they say will prevent another bank collapse. we will speaker with senator bob menendez who helped introduce the legislation. battle over abortion rights in texas how one jeryl judge to block a medication used in abortions nationwide. the latest fallout after a russian fighter jet and u.s. drone collide in mid air now russia says it s intenting to recover the fragments of that drone. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on wall street where the dow jones continues to drop after shares of another major bank tumbled more than 20%. dow jones is down 552 points and 1.7% dropping this morning a swiss bank with large operations in the u.s. and around the globe is the center of the latest crisis in the banking sector that is affecting wall street. joining us now with more is cnbc sema mody. what is going on with the markets this morning and why can you hear me? let s try to reestablish communication with her on this we will k
shares of mufg, mizuho and smfg were all down around 8% in trading. the nikkei exchange was down over 2% overall. here in europe, we ve seen credit suisse drop another 5% in early trading. on monday, major us banks lost around $90 billion in stock market value, bringing their loss since svb s collapse to nearly $190 billion. many are now speculating the federal reserve will pause its plans to keep raising interest rates, designed to tame inflation. we re nowjoined by greg swenson, who is an international investment banker and founding partner at brigg macadam. good to have you with us. let s pick up good to have you with us. let s pick up on that thought about rate because that progressive increase increase in interest rates has been one of the things cost for the collapse in svb. will the federal reserve be looking at this closely? i think the key word is maybe. goldman sachs came out yesterday suggesting that they would pause and not raise rates at the next meeting, but tha