BEIJING: Chinese regulators have loosened restrictions on bond sales by local governments, in a move to help localities manage their rising debt loads by refinancing at lower interest rates.
The National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors would allow local government financing vehicles to sell paper even if their debt ratio exceeded 100%, so long as their liability ratio did not exceed 60%, two sources who have seen the regulation said. — Reuters
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