Last month’s credit crunch should be seen as part of Beijing’s effort to restrain runaway credit growth and investment and encourage consumption spending, according to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation. The ...
Chinese banks' recent credit crunch has impacted the LED industry. More than 100 LED manufacturers have defaulted as a result in Eastern and Southern China this year. Taiwanese LED manufacturers have emerged as the beneficiaries of the ...
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Finance segments experienced some growth, driven by emerging markets, but the capital markets and commercial banking remained cautious, according to the latest study by the Financial Services Competence Center at Roland Berger Strategy ...
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What does it take to shake the Chinese market? If stock turmoil in Shanghai and talk of bank default don't strike fear in the heart of the nation, images of a metropolis falling into a chasm will perhaps do the trick. An image from the ...
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China edged its way toward a credit crunch last week, spooking investors, businesses, analysts – and perhaps more than anyone – the banks themselves. Liquidity in the country's money market appeared to suddenly dry up after a ...
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China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
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Foreign banks continue selling stake in Chinese lenders due to uncertainties of the Chinese economy. Sources said recently that HSBC would sell an eight percent stake in Bank of Shanghai, a city-level commercial lender in the Chinese ...
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The Australian dollar fell sharply today after China announced a tightening of controls on high-yielding financial products that form a key part of the country's shadow-banking system. Traders said the announcement highlighted risks that ...
Tags: Financial Rules, Australian Dollar, high-yielding financial products