Panic on Wall Street | First Brands’ Credit Shockwave & Trump’s 100% China Tariff Threat

This Monetary Matters episode is brought to you by Fiscal.ai. Sign up for a 2-week free trial and get 15% off any paid tier at: http://fiscal.ai/mm  Jack Farley & Max Wiethe react to the weakness in the credit markets upon the large (>$10 Billion) bankruptcy of First Brands and the banks and financial entities that have exposure to it, such as Jeffries, UBS, and others. They also discuss President Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on China substantially, which he later specified as 100%, which sent the stock market and other risk assets tumbling on October 10.  Gymkhana Partners’ (a client) piece on India and tariffs: https://www.gymkhanapartners.com/dispatches/missing-the-forest-for-the-trees Follow Jack Farley on Twitter https://x.com/JackFarley96  Follow Max on Twitter: https://x.com/maxwiethe  Follow Monetary Matters on:  Apple Podcast https://rb.gy/s5qfyh  Spotify https://rb.gy/x56dx5  YouTube https://rb.gy/dpwxez