Banks are able to hold those bonds until they mature, this chart is a nothingburger.

Banks hold bonds, and when interest rates rise, the value of those bonds in the secondary market decreases, leading to a reduction in their book value. This results in banks showing unrealized losses in their portfolios. However, unlike stocks, bonds, when held to maturity, recover their full value as the bond issuer returns the original …

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