FDIC Reports Record Drop in US Bank Deposits, Causing Banking Crisis and Stock Tumbles.
The US banking system saw a decline in total deposits in Q1 2023, even as insured deposits rose, due to withdrawals of uninsured deposits amid the banking crisis caused by the failures of three regional banks. The decline in overall deposits was driven by depositors with uninsured balances in excess of the FDIC’s $250,000 limit on insured deposits. The FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) saw its balance decline by $12.1 billion from the end of Q4 2022 to March 31, 2023, when it stood at $116.1 billion. The decline was due to loss provisions for actual and anticipated bank failures.

