WARNING: A Trillion-Dollar Repo Crisis May Have Just Begun
Source: YouTube · Eurodollar University · published Dec 29, 2025 · 21:25
The video explains how recent financial market turmoil, particularly the explosion in repo failures reaching 573 billion 3:06-3:14, stems not from Fed policy but from a systemic reevaluation of risk in credit markets following exposure of widespread fraud and lack of due diligence.
Key Takeaways:
• Repo fails have surged to the highest level since 2022, hitting 573 billion in mid-December, exceeding even the worst week of the March 2020 crisis 3:06-3:17
• The trigger for market instability was negative payroll figures that prompted a complete reevaluation of risk in what was previously thought to be a strong economy 1:14-1:35
• Dealers have been hoarding Treasury coupons and bills in anticipation of collateral shortages, with holdings reaching record highs 11:28-12:08
• The Triricolor scandal exposed how major banks funded shadow banks based on fraudulent Excel spreadsheets without basic verification 16:34-17:25
• KKR's bad loan rate jumped to 5% (effectively 14% including strategic defaults), revealing deeper problems in private credit markets 19:18-19:35
The fundamental issue in financial markets is not Fed policy but the erosion of trust following exposure of widespread fraudulent lending practices and lack of basic due diligence throughout the system.
Sources:
- 3:06-3:17 Repo fails surge to highest level since 2022
- 1:14-1:35 Negative payroll figures trigger risk reevaluation
- 11:28-12:08 Dealers hoarding Treasury coupons and bills
- 16:34-17:25(https://www.youtube.com/watc
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repo fails again just exploded even more than they already had coming in at the highest weekly total since 2022. And this is mid December. We're not even talking about the year end yet. It's the flat beverage economy and how it continues to expose the cracks, the cockroaches, and especially the garbage and credit markets. And along those lines, we've got a major update on the triricolor debacle, which is uncovering not just those cracks, but also well, what's in it will knock your socks off. But at the same time, it will explain a lot about what we're seeing in liquidity and money markets and the tightening that goes on across the Euro dollar system. And that also includes more big borrowing at the Fed's repo window as we do approach the end of the year. What we're seeing in very big pictu…