China’s Continuing Credit Boom

Jeffrey Dawson, Alex Etra and Aaron Rosenblum

No 20170227, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: Debt in China has increased dramatically in recent years, accounting for roughly one-half of all new credit created globally since 2005. The country’s share of total global credit is nearly 25 percent, up from 5 percent ten years ago. By some measures (as documented below), China’s credit boom has reached the point where countries typically encounter financial stress, which could spill over to international markets given the size of the Chinese economy. To better understand the associated risks, it is important to examine the drivers of China’s expansion in credit, the increasing complexity of its financial system, and evidence that its supply of credit may be growing more rapidly than reported. Note, however, that there are several features of China’s financial system that reduce the threat of a financial disruption.

Keywords: China; Macroeconomics; Credit; International Economics; Banking; Financial Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-27
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