Shadow Banking

Commentary I have been detailing the problems in the world economy in several of my previous posts. Now, it’s time to explain where it all began and why the situation ...

Commentary “As long as the government can print money, we’ll never be broke.” That’s the idea behind modern ...

Bank lending in China hit an all-time-high in January, signaling that recent mandates to boost lending to businesses ...

BEIJING—Small banks in Chinese provinces affected by Beijing's efforts to slash excess industrial capacity and reduce pollution are ...

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the official banking system has reduced leverage and has stayed away from ...

News Analysis The final GDP growth number issued by the Chinese Communist Party after its recent National Congress ...

Chinese regulators introduced major rules on Nov. 17—the scale of which has been compared to the U.S. Dodd-Frank ...

China’s new emphasis to rein in its financial sector has been underway for more than three months. Its ...

Banks may still be evading increased regulation by shifting activities to shadow banking. This system is well established ...

In the end, it’s just going to be a few hundred million in write-offs. But the second imminent ...

Regulators in China gave more detail Tuesday on how they want to liberalize the banking system. The private ...