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Trump’s Economy is CRASHING and NOTHING Can Stop it Now

2025-10-18 News & Politics
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Private Credit Failures Signal Systemic Liquidity Warning

Two major financial shocks—private credit defaults and sudden Federal Reserve intervention—signal potential systemic disaster. Assess the hidden risks in shadow banking before the system seizes up.

Short Summary

  • Private credit failures, evidenced by billions missing, suggest systemic risks beyond isolated fraud cases.
  • The Federal Reserve recently injected unexpected liquidity post-quarter-end, indicating severe organic market tightness.
  • A lack of immediate government coordination leaves critical "shadow banking" risks completely hidden from regulators.

This session unpacks Jamie Dimon's "cockroach" warning against stark evidence of liquidity failure in the repo market, focusing on dangers hidden off traditional bank balance sheets.

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Max from @UNFTR reports on two major developments in the financial markets. The first is the high profile private credit bankruptcies and the shocking case of $1.9 billion that has gone missing from one of these companies. The question now is whether these were isolated instances or something more systemic. As Jamie Dimon said in an earnings call, where there’s one cockroach there are usually more. The second development is the surprise liquidity shock this week that forced the Federal Reserve to step into the overnight settlement (repo) market. The worst part is that these two events might be correlated, which is a potentially catastrophic sign for the health of the U.S. economy. And the Trump administration is literally nowhere to be found. Sign up for the FREE weekly UNFTR newsletter https://www.unftr.com/newsletter Check out the MeidasMax Bookshop Collection https://bookshop.org/lists/the-meidasmax-collection Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@jackbarton4789 2025-10-18

This administration has made America weaker, poorer and more alone in the world.

1.3k 88 replies
@richietattersall2122 2025-10-18

Crashing the Economy has been a longstanding Republican tradition ever since and including, the Great Depression.

1.2k 88 replies
@EricDickerson-l1v 2025-10-19

Isn't Bessent, Secretary of Treasury, the guy who managed to lose 90% of his investors money while S&P went up 15%?

1.1k 11 replies
@lonelysloth-1611 2025-10-18

They crash the economy because they are super rich and can buy everthing back for cents on the dollar.

608 36 replies
@niclewis9610 2025-10-18

10 of the 11 recessions between 1953 and 2020 all began under Republican presidents. The party of "fiscal responsibility" SMH!

538 49 replies
@karenrogers9985 2025-10-18

What he told you - including cheaper eggs was not what he planned. He is getting what he planned; market manipulation for his benefit, no food or money to suppress the health and population numbers.

441 6 replies
@XX-qd6ke 2025-10-18

Donald Trump is creating distraction after distraction while they loot and gut our federal government. The four years of the entire Trump administration will be nothing but a complete smash and grab from the top down... The three branches of government are gone... all that's left is a crime syndicate.

348 12 replies
@sawcab 2025-10-18

Economist here. Absolutely brilliant analysis, and your communication skills are first rate.

241 2 replies
@benedicthlongwane7186 2025-10-18

Trump himself is well experienced in bankruptcy.

78 2 replies
@JohnBurroughs-h2t 2025-10-18

What could possibly go wrong when you elect a president that has been convicted of a fraud 34 times has six bankruptcies including two casinos what could possibly go wrong with that?

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