BEIJING: Chinese regulators have called for stress tests on loans to a wide range of industries, including cement and steel, whose fortunes are closely tied to the property market, the official Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday.
It did not provide any details about the tests but said they were part of a broader investigation into the economy’s ability to withstand falls in property prices and did not indicate that the government was about to tighten policy further.
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