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Monthly Archives: November, 2017

80 Chinese Cities See YoY Decline in Housing Inventories for 27th Consecutive Month

Central government policies intended to reduce housing inventories continue to take effect, with the total floorspace for 80 Chinese cities dropping to a more...

Banking Regulator Sets Its Sights Upon Commercial Municipal Lenders

The China Banking Regulatory Commission has warned municipal lenders that it plans to step up scrutiny of the rapidly-expanding sector, as part of efforts...

China Defenceless Against Debt Crisis If Financial Sector Opened: Michael Pettis

A leading expert on the Chinese economy says opening of the finance sector could leave regulators defenceless against a debt-induced crisis. China's central government has...

Reuters Says China’s Debt Still Rapidly Expanding Despite Deleveraging Drive

A new Reuters analysis claims that Beijing's much-vaunted deleveraging campaign is doing little to contain rapid growth in the country's debt levels. The analysis of...

Underground Bank Chanelled $3bn Past Beijing’s Capital Controls

Chinese authorities have busted an underground bank that funnelled several billion dollars past Beijing's strict capital controls. Police have arrested seven individuals believed to be...

Will Crackdown on Asset Management Sector Destabilize Chinese Finance?

China's latest move to deleverage the economy and crack down on the shadow banking sector could prove to have too much of a destabilising...

Chinese Banking Sector Assets See 10% YoY Growth in October

The value of Chinese banking sector assets saw a 10% year-on-year increase in October to reach 241.58 trillion yuan (USD$36.61 trillion) according to official...

Record Low Growth in M2 Money Supply Won’t Have Major Negative Impacts: People’s Daily

An opinion piece in the flagship news publication of the Chinese Communist Party claims that the easing growth in China's M2 money supply won't...

Curbs on Housing Speculation Are Warping the Market: Chinese State Media

An opinion piece just published by the Xinhua News Agency calls for doubling down on reforms designed to head off speculative investment in China's...

Corporate Leverage Is On The Decline: China’s Statistics Bureau

China's National Bureau of Statistics says that the latest data for October points to a decline in the corporate sector's levels of leverage. Official NBS...

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