Another mini banking crisis looks unlikely

Although last week’s renewed underperformance of US regional banks and equity office REITs sparked fears of another mini banking crisis, a fairly steady decline in the option-adjusted spreads (OAS) of private label commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) and the Fed’s latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) on bank lending practices suggest there is not much need to worry.

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