China Banking
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Biggest China Banks' Bad-Loan Problem May Finally Be Easing
EghtesadOnline: The bad-loan challenge for China’s biggest banks, which worsened steadily over much of the first half of the decade, may finally be easing.
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PBOC Raises Interest Rates on Standing Lending Facility Loans
EghtesadOnline: China’s central bank raised interest rates for standing lending facility loans, aimed mainly at small- and medium-sized financial institutions, it announced Saturday.
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China to relax curbs on foreign investment in banking, securities - state planner
EghtesadOnline: China will focus on freeing up foreign investment in banking, insurance, securities and futures market trading firms as part of a wider opening up of the services sector, the…
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Another Financial Warning Sign Is Flashing in China
EghtesadOnline: Add another credit indicator to the financial warning signs flashing in China. The adjusted loan-to-deposit ratio, which includes a range of off-balance sheet items and is an…
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China Banking Distress a Reflection of Slow Growth
EghtesadOnline: For the past four years, analysts at Fitch Ratings and Wall Street banks have shared a consensus: a credit crisis will break out in China at any time.