SQUAWK BOX, FRIDAY 31ST MARCH, 2023

UBS and Credit Suisse are reportedly facing interest payments of CHF10bn as the cost of last week’s emergency lifeline emerge. We are live on the shores of Lake Como, Italy where Ambrosetti managing partner Valerio De Molli tells CNBC the banking crisis is still far from over. In the U.S., the Biden administration hopes to tighten rules on mid-sized banks while bypassing Congress. Regional bank shares close lower as a result. European equities, however, shrug off banking sector contagion fears and are set to see off the month in the green. Non-manufacturing PMI in China for March grows at its fastest pace in a decade but factory activity remains sluggish. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted by a NY grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.