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China’s new bank loans plummet in July amidst COVID fare-ups, property jitters
Analyst warned that new lending may continue to disappoint in the near term.
Property woes, unemployment threaten structure letting Chinese banks offload bad loans
NPL securitisations allows banks to sell NPLs to a vehicle.
Mortgage boycott threatens Chinese banks’ loan quality
This highlights the need to tighten regulatory oversight of escrow accounts, Fitch said.
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