Jamus Lim doesn't believe recent bank failures are symptomatic of bigger banking crisis but warns of vulnerabilities in Asian economies - Singapore News

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“The massive devaluation due to a currency crisis could lead to higher import prices that give rise to an inflation crisis, for example, or make interest payments on external debt unbearable, giving rise to a sovereign debt crisis,” he added.

SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party Member of Parliament Jamus Lim wrote in a Facebook post on Mar 23 that in spite of the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, he does not believe this is “symptomatic of the beginning of a more generalized banking crisis,” though he noted that this could be a case of “famous last words.”

Assoc Prof Lim added that should these weaknesses be triggered, this could give rise to a graver problem.Assoc Prof Lim was invited recently to deliver a guest lecture as part of the distinguished speaker series in Economics and Society at the College of Integrative Studies at the Singapore Management University.

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