PBOC’s Attempt to Exit Crisis Mode Faces a $500 Billion Test

#China’s banks need $500 billion in fresh #liquidity this month to roll over existing #debt and buy government bonds, complicating the PBOC’s efforts to exit crisis measures.
#recession

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-04/pboc-s-attempt-to-exit-crisis-mode-faces-a-500-billion-test?sref=GCzETbXp
China’s central bank is buying government debt?

Clearing data suggest that central bank bought sovereign bonds. #PBOC hasn’t spelled out its intentions on government debt.
#China #recession #debt

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-12/china-s-bond-data-hint-central-bank-is-buying-government-debt?srnd=economics-vp&sref=GCzETbXp
🇨🇳 China brace for record defaults as delinquencies are accelerating. Dangerous new phase for the nation’s $4.1 trillion corporate bond market.

“Government has neither the firepower nor the will to backstop it all”
#China #debt #bonds #recession

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-23/china-investors-brace-for-record-defaults-in-risky-end-to-2020?srnd=economics-vp&sref=GCzETbXp
China 🇨🇳
"Current economic situation is complex and severe”

People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang urged banks to support smaller companies through innovations in financial services and products.
#China #PBOC #recession

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-23/pboc-s-yi-urges-china-banks-to-support-smaller-companies?sref=GCzETbXp
🇨🇳 Big four #China banks see a surge in loan losses, been told to forgo profits to support the #economy

“Profitability in the banking sector will continue to face relatively large pressure in the coming one to two quarters as risks may further increase”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/bad-debt-wave-drags-china-s-big-banks-to-their-worst-profit-drop?sref=GCzETbXp
🇨🇳 Warning signs are flashing for China’s $45 trillion banking industry

Profits are plunging at the fastest pace in at least a decade, bad debt has hit a record and capital buffers are eroding.
#China #recession #debt #banks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-02/beijing-pushes-its-big-banks-to-weakest-health-in-a-decade?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&sref=GCzETbXp
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