Due to ongoing real estate and local government debt issues, Moody’s has lowered China’s sovereign debt rating.
China’s Audit Commission announced on July 28 the formation of a new administration to audit all local government debt, expected to begin work in early August.
The debt owed by China’s corporations, in bonds and short-term loans, exceeds the GDP by over 50 percent, and is a credit bomb waiting to explode, experts say.
Due to ongoing real estate and local government debt issues, Moody’s has lowered China’s sovereign debt rating.
China’s Audit Commission announced on July 28 the formation of a new administration to audit all local government debt, expected to begin work in early August.
The debt owed by China’s corporations, in bonds and short-term loans, exceeds the GDP by over 50 percent, and is a credit bomb waiting to explode, experts say.