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Tag: Debt risks

Posted inChina

China’s next dilemma: surging household borrowing

by William Pesek August 2, 2019February 18, 2020

The next wave of debt worries to spook global markets will come from Chinese households. The number 18 says it all. That’s how much in percentage terms Fitch Ratings calculates Chinese household debt grew in 2018 alone. In 2008, meanwhile, the ratio of China’s consumer IOUs to gross domestic product was 18%. By the end […]

Posted inBeijing, China, World

Shadow banking warning highlights China’s ‘debt time bomb’

by Gordon Watts April 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Laos, Maldives, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Looming ‘debt risks’ threaten Belt and Road countries

by Gordon Watts March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

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