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China’s economy grew 6.2% year-on-year in the second quarter this year, down from 6.4% growth in the first quarter, official data showed Monday. The growth rate met the median forecast of a 6.2% gain for the period by economists polled by Bloomberg. In the first half of this year, China’s economy grew 6.3% year-on-year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Fixed-asset… → Read More
China’s Manufacturing Shrinks for First Time in Four Months: Caixin Survey → Read More
Chinese regulators have finished dealing with Baoshang Bank’s debts to large corporate and interbank clients, and will now verify the bank’s assets before restructuring, the central bank-backed newspaper Financial News reported on Sunday. By June 7, large corporate and interbank clients had transferred all their creditor’s rights to a company set up by People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on the same… → Read More
China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7% year-on-year in May, hitting the highest level since last February, official data showed Wednesday. The reading was up from 2.5% growth in April, marking the third straight monthly increase. The producer price index (PPI) rose 0.6% year-on-year in May, down from a 0.9% increase in the previous month, according to data from the National Bureau of… → Read More
China’s trade surplus swelled last month, based largely on a sharp fall in imports. The country’s export of goods edged up 1.1% year-on-year in dollar terms in May, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. The reading beat the Bloomberg median forecast of a 3.9% decrease. Imports declined 8.5% year-on-year last month, a larger decrease than the Bloomberg… → Read More
Manufacturing Grows for Third Straight Month: Caixin Survey → Read More
The recent government takeover of a private Chinese bank was a one-off case and won’t be followed by further takeovers in the near future, China’s central bank has said, in a bid to ease market panic. Regulators assumed control of Baoshang Bank on May 24, in the country’s first direct takeover of a commercial lender in 20 years, prompting fears about broader risks for other Chinese lenders. But… → Read More
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. That’s true for economic growth as well. A recent study by two of China’s government think tanks says that the country’s better-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter came at the cost of surging debt. China’s ratio of outstanding debts in the real economy to nominal gross domestic product increased to 248.83% at the end of the first quarter, the… → Read More
China’s industrial companies’ profits dropped in April following a surge in the previous month, official data showed Monday, adding to concerns over the recovery of the country’s economic growth. Profits of industrial enterprises dropped 3.7% year-on-year in April, significantly down from a 13.9% increase in March, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The drop… → Read More
China’s only rural policy bank has become the first non-government issuer to sell a listed bond to retail investors through Hong Kong’s major exchange. The Agricultural Development Bank of China issued a one-year yuan-dominated bond worth 2 billion yuan ($289.4 million) on Wednesday, of which 200 million yuan was sold to retail investors, Hong Kong Exchanges (HKEX) said in a press release. The… → Read More
How to Find Illegal Lenders? Watch Who’s Taking Cases to the Courts → Read More
Troubled Hong Kong-listed brokerage Freeman FinTech, which owes more than $100 million to a unit of China Construction Bank (CCB), has reached a preliminary agreement to raise HK$300 million ($38.2 million) by selling shares to an unnamed party as part of a plan to keep the company afloat, according to a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday. Freeman FinTech aims to raise at least… → Read More