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The effects of the stimulus spending binge and speculative behaviours of local governments and state owned companies, on the loans made by state owned banks.
Grouped Articles
Asia Goes on a Debt Binge as Much of World Sobers Up
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2013
China's 'Shadow Banks' Fan Debt-Bubble Fears
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
China's Silver Linings Playbook
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
China Central Bank Warns Banks on Liquidity
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Credit Warnings Offer World a Peek Into Chinaâs Secretive Banks
New York Times 06/24/2013
With surging credit growth this stimulus is smaller, and being financed by the federal government which has more leeway than local governments burdened with debt. The carefully calibrated credit growth is seen as a smaller risk- as China's credit growth has reached bubble proportions- than letting the economy grow below about the 7% needed to create 10 million new jobs. The investments are focussed on railways in southern and western China to support new export based industries, and on low income housing for shantytowns. This gives a chance for poorer regions and poorer sections of the population to catchup as the focus shifts to reforms, and new emphasis on pollution and other indicators of better living conditions.
Grouped Articles
China Stimulus Puts New Focus on Growth Target
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
China's Moment of Truth: Financial Reform or Growth?
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Economy Stumbles Into Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Central Bank Injects $81 Billion Into Top Banks to Counter Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Heard: China's Stimulus Has Short Legs
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/2014
A shift in policies of the central bank, the People's Bank of China, tightening credit in June 2013 to send a signal to banks to improve the quality of lending. This is part of the effort to control the surge in lending that is leading to hidden debt and large amounts of loans in default in the poorly regulated shadow banking system which poses serious risks to economic growth.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
China Central Bank Warns Banks on Liquidity
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Credit Warnings Offer World a Peek Into Chinaâs Secretive Banks
New York Times 06/24/2013
Distress Signs Test Beijing's Resolve
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
As Markets Seesaw, Chinaâs Central Bank Tries to Allay Concern on Tight Credit
New York Times 06/25/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2013
Grouped Articles
As China’s Economy Slows, the Pain Hits Home
New York Times 01/29/2014
China's Central Bank Injects $81 Billion Into Top Banks to Counter Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
China Lowers Growth Target to About 7%
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2015
Reform in China: The quiet revolution
Economist 04/18/2015
China’s True Growth Is a Mystery; Economists Weigh the Clues
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2015
Devaluation Hints at China’s Rising Distress Over Economy
New York Times 08/12/2015
The excess demand for labor in China in 2012 compared to the excess supply of labor during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. This has implications for stimulus spending plans, with the measured and selective response in 2012. Another factor is inflation with a 20% rise in wages in the manufacturing sector in 2011, according to the China statistics bureau, so that a large stimulus risks losing the benefits onf anti-inflationary steps taken in 2011-2012. High growth was intended to keep social stability, with excess demand for labor in 2012 this is less of a priority.
Grouped Articles
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
U.S. Stocks Shrug at China's Woes
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2013
I.M.F. Tells China of Urgent Need for Economic Change
New York Times 07/17/2013
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2014
In China, Beijing Fights Losing Battle to Rein In Factory Production
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2014
Chinese Steel Expert- N Way Out for Mills Caught in Crackdown
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2014
Grouped Articles
China Lends Some Credibility to Reform
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
China Think Tank Offers Reform Wish List
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
China's Moment of Truth: Financial Reform or Growth?
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Central Bank Injects $81 Billion Into Top Banks to Counter Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Grouped Articles
China's Moment of Truth: Financial Reform or Growth?
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Economy Stumbles Into Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Central Bank Injects $81 Billion Into Top Banks to Counter Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Reform in China: The quiet revolution
Economist 04/18/2015
China’s True Growth Is a Mystery; Economists Weigh the Clues
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2015
Devaluation Hints at China’s Rising Distress Over Economy
New York Times 08/12/2015
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