Risks in China’s Financial System

Zheng Michael Song and Wei Xiong

No 24230, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Motivated by growing concerns about the risks and instability of China’s financial system, this article reviews several commonly perceived financial risks and discusses their roots in China’s politico-economic institutions. We emphasize the need to evaluate these risks within China’s unique economic and financial systems, in which the state and non-state sectors coexist and the financial system serves as a key tool of the government to fund its economic policies. Overall, we argue that: (1) financial crisis is unlikely to happen in the near future, and (2) the ultimate risk lies with China’s economic growth, as a vicious circle of distortions in the financial system lowers the efficiency of capital allocation and economic growth and will eventually exacerbate financial risks in the long run.

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Date: 2018-01
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Published as Zheng (Michael) Song & Wei Xiong, 2018. "Risks in China's Financial System," Annual Review of Financial Economics, vol 10(1), pages 261-286.

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