China Economy Podcast
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingThis show focus on Chinese current economic affairs. What happened on Chinese stock market? Should we be worried about Chinese debt level? Is China a currency manipulator? What's the situation of Chinese banks? If you are interested to answer those questions, this show inspired by Planet Money and Science VS is for you!
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#4.2 Will China face a banking crisis? Part 2
December 28, 2016 00:00 - 13 minutes - 15.5 MBchinaeconomypodcast.com Part 2 of our episode on the Chinese banking system. We have seen in the first part that the level bad debt (NPL) in the Chinese banking sector has increased in later years. The Chinese NPL level is actually low by international comparison. However, this is due to a large extent to the differences in accounting standards that tend to underestimate NPL level in China. Another risk measurement method indicates that the level of risk in the sector is actually hig...
#4.1 Will China face a banking crisis? Part 1
December 05, 2016 00:00 - 17 minutes - 19.6 MBTo visualize data go to chinaeconomypodcast.com In 2016, China has gradually started to unveil details of a restructuring plan of the national banking sector. The amount of bad debt on banks’ balance sheet has continued to rise as the economy is slowing down. Many commentators have shown concerns about rising risk in the banking sector. There is a precedent, in the 90’s the banking sector balance sheet was particularly alarming and the sector was entirely restructured to avoid a ban...
#3 Mr Trump, is China a currency manipulator?
October 17, 2016 00:00 - 22 minutes - 24.6 MBYou’ve probably noticed that during the first US presidential debate, besides “China” you can quite often hear the world “currency manipulator”. Indeed, besides claiming that China was ”stealing US jobs”, Donald Trump’s condemns China as a currency manipulator. Well is China a currency manipulator? Let’s find out. In this episode of China Economy Podcast we will answer the following questions: 1) What is a currency manipulator? And what does that imply for the US and China? 2) How d...
#2 How the Chinese stock market ruined my vacation
October 08, 2016 15:04 - 26 minutes - 31.8 MBIn June 2015 Chinese stock market has entered in a period of strong volatility triggering concerns in China and worldwide. After a year of strong increase, the market crashed two times in six months. I was about to take a week of vacation when all that began… We will answer in this episode of China Economy Podcast the following questions: 1) What was going on this summer? 2) What has triggered the market crash? 3) Why on the first trading day of 2016 did the market crash a second ti...
Bonus: China Economy Podcast needs you
October 07, 2016 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.47 MBDear listeners, China Economy Podcast needs your help. If Chinese economics and podcasting are interesting and fun for you, the show is looking for producers and co-hosts. If you are located in Beijing and would be interested to work together on the project, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Best, Jie
#1 Should we be worried about Chinese debt level?
October 02, 2016 08:10 - 2 minutes - 24.6 MBChinese debt level is the most important issue regarding China’s economy future. China’s debt level is high and has been growing at a fast pace in recent years. Corporate debt seems to be among other important. We will answer in this episode of China Economy Podcast the following questions: 1) How high is the debt level? 2) How did it the debt level evolved? 3) What are the risk behind the increase in leverage? 4) What the government can and will do about the debt level?