Evergrande Domestic Debt Deal Calms Immediate Contagion Concern

Evergrande Domestic Debt Deal Calms Immediate Contagion Concern
The logo of China's Evergrande Group seen on the Evergrande Center in Shanghai, on Sept. 22, 2021. Aly Song/Reuters
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SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI—China’s Evergrande agreed to settle interest payments on a domestic bond on Sept. 22, while the Chinese central bank injected cash into the banking system, temporarily soothing fears of imminent contagion from the debt-laden property developer.

Evergrande, Asia’s biggest junk-bond issuer, is so entangled with China’s broader economy that its fate has kept global stock and bond markets on tenterhooks as late debt payments could trigger so-called cross-defaults.