The money network:

The money network:

Why crowdfunding threatens traditional bank lending

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?

March 2008

Credit ratings: Baltics and Balkans in Fitch firing line

Central and eastern Europe is by no means immune to financial woes, strong economic growth levels notwithstanding.


"The negative outlooks reflect the heightened downside risk of an abrupt slowdown in capital inflows and a costly macroeconomic adjustment"
Edward Parker, Fitch

That’s the conclusion of Fitch Ratings, which is warning that widening current account deficits in several countries in the region pose a threat to their economic stability.

The London-based ratings agency recently slashed the outlooks on its ratings for Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Romania from stable to negative, principally as a result of growing trade imbalances. In December,...


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