Chinese Debt Called "Fatal" By Chinese Think Tank

Mark Melin

Published onJune 16, 2016

Updated on May 13, 2021

China’s attempts to keep its economic engine revving at high speed, with the country’s total private and public debt now ballooning to a 249% debt to GDP ratio, could be “fatal,” a Chinese economist told reporters. Not only is debt growing, but the addiction to cheap money is hard to break.

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

Chinese Debt Called "Fatal" By Chinese Think Tank

Leading Chinese economist calls debt addiction “fatal”

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