China’s debt problem bigger than thought?

27 January 2016

 

  Harvard University economics professor and chess grand master, Ken Rogoff, has estimated that China’s banks are carrying bad debts of around four to five times the official numbers of 1.5% (of bank assets). Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Professor Rogoff said China’s financial stability was at risk and that China could be the last big domino to fall as the “global debt super cycle” unwinds. He...

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