S&P report warns of coming Chinese debt problem

15 October 2018

 

A report just released by S&P Global Ratings has warned of a rise in defaults by entities used by Chinese local governments to issue bonds. These entities, known as local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), have been used by Chinese local governments to keep debt off their balance sheets while financing the building of infrastructure or the implementation of social projects. S&P estimates between RMB30 trillion-RMB40 trillion (USD$4.5 trillion to USD$6...

read full story