Monthly Archives: July, 2017

RMB Property Loans Up 24.2% YoY in June

CBNEditor - July 13, 2017 0

Chinese property loans continue to expand at a robust rate despite easing growth since the start of 2017. The latest credit data from the Chinese...

Caixin Survey Sees M2 Money Supply Rising 9.5% in June

CBNEditor - July 12, 2017 0

Caixin's latest survey of leading economists has produced an average forecast of 1.2 trillion yuan for new lending in the month of June. The average...

Standard & Poor’s Questions Whether China’s Deleveraging Can Tame Financial Risk

CBNEditor - July 12, 2017 0

China's ongoing deleverage campaign confronts "significant obstacles" as a result of conflicting policy imperatives, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's. In a...

Derivatives Heighten Lustre of Chinese Debt for Offshore Investors

CBNEditor - July 11, 2017 0

Rapid growth in derivatives for Chinese bonds is helping to enhance the appeal of China's $10 trillion debt market to offshore investors. A sharp decline...

Local Government Bond Issuance Set to Accelerate in Second Half of 2017

CBNEditor - July 11, 2017 0

The volume of debt issuance by local governments is expected by domestic analysts to rise dramatically in the second half of 2017 following the...

China’s Central Bank Turns Spigot Back on After 12 Day Absence

CBNEditor - July 11, 2017 0

The People's Bank of China has resumed open market operations to offset a wave of maturing repo agreements following a 12 day spell of...

China’s Urban Population Rate Hit 57.4% at the End of 2016

CBNEditor - July 11, 2017 0

The latest official data indicates that China's urban population surpassed 57% of the total as of the end of last year. Figures released by China's...

Yu Yongding Asks If Deleveraging Will Derail Chinese Economy

CBNEditor - July 10, 2017 0

One of China's leading economists and monetary policy experts asks if China's heavy-handed deleveraging drive is fully justified, and whether or not it could...