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China has been doing something to get rid of that. Joel this is called the europe the dog. What we will be talking about is deleveraging. The debt pile up in china is enormous. Theres been a number of people. For years, people have been calling for, something is going to give. It will be bad for the global economy. All eyes on this in general. Where our story picks up on that is talking about, the number is 30 trillion. Thats how much we are talking about here. Its massive. The number people pick up on is gdp. What do you do about that . This will be deleveraging will be with us is about. Julia still providing credit to companies that they are not concerned about, but they are also cracking down on big corporates that have been spending. Its not even called corporate. Its conglomerate. Real estate from years ago, theyre selling it off and doing it the big way, 4 billion. Thats part of the story, cracking down on these conglomerates that may be overreached, bringing them back in. Its al
Asia, that bears close watching. Business week has been writing about the debt pile up in china. Everybody has been watching this. China has been doing something to get rid of debt . Joel this is called the year of the dog. What we will be talking about is deleveraging. The debt pile up in china is enormous. Theres been a number of people. For years, people have been calling for, something is going to give. It will be bad for the global economy. All eyes on this in general. Where our story picks up on that is talking about, the number is 30 trillion. Thats how much we are talking about here. Its massive. The number of people actually pick up is 259 of gdp. What do you do about that . The message about deleveraging is what this will be all about. Julia still providing credit to companies that they are not concerned about, but they are also cracking down on big corporates that have been spending. Its not even called corporate. Its conglomerates. Is one thats making news now. Its going of
Carol we are here with the editorinchief of Bloomberg Businessweek joel weber. Lets start with remarks in asia, that bears close watching. Businessweek has been writing about the debt pile up in china. China has been doing something to get rid of that. Joel this is called the year the dog. What we will be talking about is deleveraging. The debt pile up in china is enormous. Theres been a number of people the further away you get from china, the more bearish you get on china, apparently, but for years, people have been calling for something is going to give. It will be bad for the global economy. All eyes on this in general. Where our story picks up on that is talking about, the number is 30 trillion. Thats how much we are talking about here. Its massive. The number people pick up on is 2. 5 gdp. What do you do about that . President xi this year will be about deleveraging, which is what this is about. Julia still providing credit to companies that they are not concerned about, but they