Repo Watch Looking for the Next Economic Crisis

This article was first published by me on Talkmarkets: https://talkmarkets.com/content/financial/repo-watch-looking-for-the-next-economic-crisis?post=146100&uid=4798 Repo watching is an important economic indicator. If repos don't roll over, credit freezes up. It is sort of like looking at a giant glacier, waiting for the big collapse on the edges. You watch and watch and watch, until you are bleary eyed, but then the action happens in a split second. There are a couple of websites that deal with repo watching, including here at Talkmarkets. Jeffrey Snider, contributor to this website, is a serious repo watcher. Looking into how the system works in simple terms can help understand the economic indicator effect of repo rollovers. There are comments below about how Steve Mnuchin fits into this process. Trump Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin But briefly we can look at the history of repo watching, as Bear Stearns was the ultimate victim of not rolling over repos