Economic Report
Commercial and industrial loans down $68 billion over past two weeks, Fed data show
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank triggered a brief run on bank deposits at smaller financial institutions.
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The numbers: Deposits at U.S. banks rose slightly in the last week of March, but lending to businesses declined for the second week in a row.
Deposits rose at both large and small banks, according to data released Friday by the Federal Reserve.
The deposit figures are unadjusted.
There…