Fitch on China - overcapacity, indebtedness, over-leverage

30 June 2016, 06:50
Sherif Hasan
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Fitch with a dour assessment on China

  • Overcapacity weighs on china bank operating environment
  • Over-capacity and over-leverage remain significant challenges for Chinese steel industry
  • Expects steel sector to continue relying on commercial paper refinancing
  • High levels of indebtedness in industrial sectors facing overcapacity will weighs negatively on operating environment for Chinese banks
Reuters with the headlines from the ratings agency
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Also, commentary crossing the wires from China's Vice Commerce Minister:
  • Global investment growth not sustainable
  • G20 to discuss trade, investment in Shanghai; G20 to discuss boosting services trade, e-commerce
These via Bloomberg 
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While on China .... Nomura has cut its China 2016 GDP forecast to 6% (from 6.2%) - citing (go on, have a guess ..... ) Brexit