Registration is required for in-person attendance for Princeton University ID holders and invited guests. Livestream open to the public. The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure came as a surprise to many economic observers and triggered a chain of events that revealed broader risks in the banking sector and the economy. SVB was among several U.S. financial institutions including Silvergate, Signature, First Republic that were shuttered by federal regulators within days of each other. All this was quickly followed by the demise of Credit Suisse, a major international bank. What does this episode reveal about the risks within the banking sector and potential risks to global financial stability? Join us for a panel with three distinguished Princeton scholars to discuss what happened, the policy responses, and longer-term economic impacts. Speakers Pallavi Gogoi is a Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Council and Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. She is managing editor
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According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the “Great Recession” officially ended four years ago. Nonetheless, job growth remains anemic. Many economists have struggled to explain its prolonged weakness.[1] Neither weak demand nor mismatches between workers’ skills and job requirements can fully account for it. An overlooked cause may contribute to the problem: reduced labor supply.