of liquid products sold in wall street, and when the property market went down, those products very quickly had to be revalued. china, most of its debt is held in these shadow banks and in some of the bricks and mortar banks so the rate of decline can be slowed a little bit. howeverthe decline can be slowed a little bit. however the biggest issue is debt. overall the debt in the property sector is huge. as much as 30% of bank assets, and that will take a long time to unwind, and the centre of government is very reluctant to step in and probably can t have enough cash. step in and probably can t have enough cash- enough cash. under the circumstances - enough cash. under the circumstances what - enough cash. under the circumstances what one j enough cash. under the - circumstances what one needs to be done? ., ., , ., be done? the garment has to make decisions be done? the garment has to make decisions on be done? the garment has to make decisions on allocatingl make decis
been chasing this property bubble, and in order to create this bubble, offering very very high returns and it works for quite a while because property prices were going up and everybody was sort of a win win for everybody. the everybody was sort of a win win for everybody- for everybody. the property developers for everybody. the property developers could for everybody. the property developers could throw - for everybody. the property developers could throw up i developers could throw up buildings that people thought that they needed, and investors would get the returns of ten or 15%. however, bubbles everywhere crashed, united states it happened in 2009, and that s what s happening now. so therefore all these investment products are no longer worth very much. it is a little surprising but the central government is making this into a criminal case because it s basically a lack of regulation. it is not necessarily that anybody who was stealing the money although that s al
the firm has a sizeable exposure to china s real estate industry that has been rocked by serious financial problems like evergrande and country garden. having a look at how this impacts the chinese economy i have been speaking to andrew collier, an expert on shadow banks. the bigger threat is not so much a meltdown like the united states had in 2009. that occurred because there was lots of liquid products sold in wall street, and when the property market went down, those products very quickly had to be revalued. went down, those products very china, most of its debt is held in these shadow banks and in some of the bricks and mortar banks so the rate of decline can be slowed a little bit. however, the bigger issue is debt. overall, the debt in the property sector is huge. as much as 30% of bank assets, and that will take a long time to unwind, and the central of government is very reluctant to step in and probably can t have enough cash. under the circumstances, what needs to
hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children, as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is avigail idan the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people w
and when the property market went down, those products very quickly had to be revalued. china, most of its debt is held in these shadow banks and in some of the bricks and mortar banks so the rate of decline can be slowed a little bit. however, the bigger issue is debt. overall, the debt in the property sector is huge. as much as 30% of bank assets, and that will take a long time to unwind, and the central of government is very reluctant to step in and probably can t have enough cash. under the circumstances, what needs to be done? the government has to make decisions on allocating defaults. will mortgage holders get hurt? that is what happened in the united states, lots of people lost lots of money in their housing. will the banks be squeezed? they can be but then you can t put the banks out of business because then you lose your financial system. so there will be a lot of investors, people in zhongzhi, who they thought could make a killing, and they are losing theirshirt, p