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Rising macroeconomic uncertainty and Trump's tariffs have sparked fears of a global market crash. Why are experts warning a situation like Black Monday of 1987? Black Monday stock market crash 2025: The rising macroeconomic uncertainty, escalation of trade war, and fear of the US economy falling into recession induced by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on several nations have rattled stock markets across the globe, leading to predictions of Black Monday 2.0 like what happened on Black Monday in 1987.
What Was Black Monday Of 1987? The term Black Monday is trending on X as netizens are predicting the same situations forming when global markets like the US crashed by 20 per cent. At that time the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) sank by 22.6 per cent in just one day – the biggest one-day percentage drop in its history.
It was triggered by several factors including program trading, overvaluation, global uncertainty, and panic selling. Before the Black Monday of 1987, markets had seen ominous signs including drops of up to 10 per cent across the globe. What Are Fears Of Black Monday 2.
0? Jim Cramer, a financial analyst, has forewarned that the global market is heading towards a situation like Black Monday 2.0 as he worried over global tensions and policy decisions including sweeping tariffs by President Donald Trump. He believed if Trump hadn’t taken any constructive action to ease off the situation, the global market would suffer one of the worst falls.
As Trump isn’t backing off, the possibility of Black Monday 2.0 is becoming a reality. On Monday in early trade, major Asian stock indices plunged by 8 per cent.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell by 8 per cent over fears of a global market meltdown. Last week, the US market experienced meltdown after China announced new tariffs on the US as retaliation for Trump’s tariffs. Nasdaq and the Dow Jones fell by 5-6 per cent, with investors losing $1.
8 trillion in 2 days. Is It Black Or Orange Monday? Netizens quip on X that it is becoming ‘Orange Monday’. One meme said ‘Orange is the New Black Monday’.
The term ‘Orange Monday’ has gained traction on social media as a satirical reference to potential stock market turmoil linked to recent tariff announcements by President Donald Trump. This phrase is a play on ‘Black Monday’, the infamous stock market crash of 19 October 1987..
