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(AF) Contagion from the Evergrande crisis has spread to riskier Asian dollar-denominated bonds, sending yields soaring to 12% from...
China’s troubled real estate firm agreeing an interest payment plan on a critical bond was a boost for the markets but all eyes are now on the Fed awaiting news about when it will begin tapering its pandemic stimulus programme
China wants to show it can manage financial crises prudently without damaging fundamental trust in its governance or markets, says S&P Global.
Hong Kong-listed real estate firms, which plunged more than 10% in the wake of the Chinese property giant’s continuing troubles, edged back up but traders remain twitchy
With US equities priced at historic highs and an unwind of the Fed's easy money policies looming, some worry that a drop in risk appetite could leave global markets vulnerable to a major sell-off
Shares of Tata Steel dropped about 10%, while JSW Steel lost 7.2%, after a month of softening iron ore prices due to the real estate slowdown drastically eroding demand in China
Hong Kong led the equity sell-off as the struggles of China’s second biggest property developer sends shockwaves across the region’s trading floors
One bank is said to be making provisions for non-payment of loan while others prepare to roll over some of their near-term debt obligations
Evergrande's financial woes have potentially destabilising consequences for the banking and financial system that may reverberate through the economy.
Asia’s investors struggled to keep up with Wall St amid Covid fears, the Evergrande debt crisis and China’s regulatory crackdown draining the enthusiasm on trading floors
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