China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

The money network:

The money network:

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Iceland’s financial supervisory authority: Tight supervision

Iceland’s financial supervisory authority, the FME, has kept a close eye on the health of Iceland’s big three banks, says Jonas Fridrik Jónsson, director general.


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 “We monitor the banks’ various parameters on a monthly, quarterly and half-yearly basis and in our view they are well capitalized, have strong credit quality and have slowed the pace of their acquisitions and their credit growth recently. They have not exceeded any guidelines or broken any rules.”

One of the FME’s main tools in keeping banks on the straight and narrow are its stress...


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