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Credit Quality

Lurking in the Shadows -- the Risks From Nonbank Intermediation in China

Nigel Chalk | Posted 01.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Macroeconomic Control, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Credit Quality, Imf, Economic Growth, Financial Liberalization, Global Financial Crisis, Administrative Controls., Financial Regulation, Bank Lending, Nonbank Intermediation, Financial Supervision, Short-Term Lending, Imfdirect, Nonbanks, Business News
Nigel Chalk

In the 12 months to June, over RMB 600 billion poured into China from short-term lending by nonresidents to Chinese corporations. These developments are worrying for four broad reasons.

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U.S. Banks Finally Increasing Lending In Good Sign For Investors

Posted 09.05.2011 | Business
Read More: Mortgage Bond, Wells Fargo Bank, Dodd-Frank, Bonds, Credit Quality, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Solaris Group, Bank Lending, BB&T, Barclays Capital, The Federal Reserve, Banks, Economic Recovery, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup, Video, Business News

Major U.S. banks appear to be finally opening the lending spigot. Second-quarter earnings reports due this month are likely to reveal a slight ...

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Regulators Investigate Whether Banks Formed Cartel To Manipulate Interest Rates

Posted 06.14.2011 | Business
Read More: Ubs, Major B Anks, Bank of America, Libor, Credit Quality, Borrowing Costs, Financial Crisis, US Regulators, Citigroup, Banks Collusion, Interest Rate, Business News

U.S. regulators are probing whether some major banks colluded to manipulate a global benchmark interest rate before and during the financial crisis,...

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Asia: Leading the Global Recovery

Anoop Singh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Capital Flows, Global Recession, Exchange Rates Inflation, Commodity Exporters, Exports, Credit Quality, India, China, Domestic Demand, Japan, Home News
Anoop Singh

I am in China this week to present our new Asia-Pacific Regional Economic Outlook in Shanghai. I remain as impressed as ever by China's energy and vib...

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Why China Is Dangerous for Your Money

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Fitch Ratings, Jim Grant, Jill Schlesinger, CBS MoneyWatch.Com, Larry Swedroe, China Economy, Nathan Hale, Credit Quality, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

You don't quadruple loan volume during a recession by tightening lending standards. Loose lending leads to inflation or defaults or both. And if any country's banking system has too much of it, the end isn't pretty.

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