China developers’ debt strains ease on strong earnings growth


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 29 May 2019

BENGALURU: China’s developers, the country’s most leveraged sector, have finally got their rising debt piles under control and some even boast record amounts of cash, powered by strong earnings growth and restrained expansion, a Reuters analysis showed.

That should be a relief to investors worried about potential corporate defaults as China Inc faces a record US$1.5 trillion of corporate bonds maturing in the next two years.

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