Amid all the talk of remarkably subdued levels of volatility, signs of potentially severe stress are emerging from one of the most – if not the most – vulnerable areas in global financial markets: China’s…
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China Toughens Shadow Banking Controls
China’s government is struggling to control its financial sector as an economic growth spurt raises concern about off-book bank loans. Last month, official media initially cheered after the government announced better-than-expected economic figures showing ……
China Finance Minister Leaves Japan For 'Emergency Meeting'
At least one thing is clear. Xiao’s unexpected departure had nothing to do with ongoing tensions between Beijing and Tokyo. The trilateral discussion went forward on Friday with China represented by a deputy finance minister…
Global Markets Feeling Effects of China’s Financial Crackdown
China’s new impetus to rein in its financial sector has been underway for more than three months. The effects are already being felt in the financial markets, impacting short-term borrowing rates and the global commodities…
Why Hollywood’s box office is banking on Beijing
Movie revenues in China are forecast to surpass the U.S. this year as Hollywood looks to the east to boost box office. The smashed-up cars in the Fate of the Furious were a hit at…
Deposits seen as key factor as Chinese banks’ results diverge
It is the difference between interest a bank gains on its assets – loans and investments – and the interest it pays out on its liabilities – its deposits – as a proportion of its…
China can deflate the world’s largest credit bubble in an orderly fashion
Moreover, we view the recent appointment of Guo Shuqing as head of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) as a clear sign that authorities are intent on accelerating NPL resolutions and unwinding excess leverage in…
China's banking regulator eases bad loan rules to help lenders: sources
SHANGHAI China’s banking regulator on Wednesday relaxed the rules for the transfer of non-performing loans, allowing lenders to sell soured debt in bundles of three from the previous 10, three sources with direct knowledge told…
China forex chief says no intention of competitive currency devaluation
BEIJING China has no intention and no need to carry out competitive currency devaluations, the head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator said. In a weekend piece in the Chinese magazine Modern Bankers, Pan Gongsheng…
Kushner family in Beijing: 'Invest $500,000 and immigrate' to US
BEIJING (CNNMoney) – The Kushner family hopes to lure investments from wealthy business owners in China with the promise of American visas. Nicole Kushner Meyer, the sister of White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law…
World Bank warns of China debt risk from backdoor local borrowing
The World Bank has warned that Chinese local governments remain addicted to off-budget borrowing, despite Beijing’s efforts to impose fiscal discipline on localities and curb ballooning debt. Runaway growth of local government debt is widely…
Japan, China to boost financial ties amid protectionist, North Korean tensions
YOKOHAMA, Japan Japan and China agreed to bolster economic and financial cooperation, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance and tension over North Korea weigh on Asia’s…
Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul vow to combat financial instability
TOKYO: East Asia’s three biggest economies vowed Friday to work together to help prevent market instability as tensions run high over Pyongyang’s weapons program. North Korea’s efforts to develop an arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles have…
