Banks and governments are both on the hook for property sector's excesses
BEIJING — China’s real estate slump has sucked in both banks and provincial governments, threatening a bigger impact on the world’s second-largest economy.
Defaults have soared over the past 12 months after property developers’ debt-fueled growth model lurched into reverse. Including delayed payments, 99 defaults on domestic debt occurred in the year through Aug. 8, 2.2 times as many as a year earlier, according to Shanghai-based Wind Information.
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