China Evergrande’s financial stress raises challenges for China’s property market and economy

Gary Lau of the Corporate Finance team and Michael Taylor of the Credit Strategy and Research team discuss China Evergrande’s financial troubles and the credit implications for China’s property market, banks, government and potential spillovers to the global economy.

Inside this episode:

• Gary Lau on the impact of the Evergrande situation on the broader property market in China (begins at 3:42)
• Michael Taylor discusses whether there could be a risk of deterioration of sovereign credit quality (begins at 7:17)

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