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Are actually rising rates good for banks? Didn't SVB fail due to rising rates? And the other banks might also have issues. They got deposits. They lend out money, but they locked the loans to certain rate. Now the depositors can get better offers from elsewhere, but they can't always renegotiate the old rates. Thus they end up with possibly losing the deposits.


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