China’s economy is seen as more sustainable because it is deflating its bubbles and raising productivity, while the US is doing the opposite – feeding the Bernanke bubble and hoping for an AI cure for falling productivity. The “twin cancers” plaguing China’s economy are a property bubble plus a shadow …
Read More »Fed: U. S. Economy at Risk by China’s Collapsing Real Estate
The Federal Reserve Bank warned on Monday that stresses in the Chinese real estate sector posed risk to the US financial system, pointing out that the impact of the heavily indebted property companies like Evergrande could be a potential source of worldwide contagion.“Given the size of China’s economy and financial …
Read More »Fed’s Quarles to Resign Before 2022
Paving the way for Biden’s Administration to take further steps in the path remaking the Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Governor Randal Quarles said he will step down from his post around the end of the current year. The resignation announcement has come a little over a month after ending …
Read More »Evergrande’s collapse will impact banks
On Monday, Evergrande’s stock price fell 10.2% in Hong Kong, the latest blow impacting the Chinese property giant that has been on a downward curve for 8 months. Today’s selloff reflects growing concerns expressed by investors that Evergrande will default on part of its $300 billion debt this week—$120 million …
Read More »Why is Chinese Evergrande close to collapse?
Debt and crisis are the two key word while understanding why Evergrande Group, once China’s second-largest real estate developer, is approaching a collapse that could be catastrophic.Debts are mainly due to deposits from about 1.5 million people against new houses that have not been built yet, this is why Evergrande …
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