Debt Crisis Looms as China’s Housing Market Continues to Slump

Debt Crisis Looms as China’s Housing Market Continues to Slump
A man walks in front of a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Beijing on Oct. 21, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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The deepening debt crisis at Chinese developers like Evergrande Group, along with Beijing’s efforts to rein in property speculation, has stifled housing demand and hit the country’s economy.

The output from the real estate sector fell 2.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter, according to a supplemental report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on the country’s GDP.