China’s alarming debt pile
China’s public and private debt pile has mushroomed to 255% of GDP in the past few years, warns the Bank for International Settlements.
China's debt pile has mushroomed in the past few years, warns the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Its total public and private debt load is now 255% of GDP. It's the speed of the increase that is alarming: the pile has grown from 147% of GDP in just seven years.
Investing so much capital efficiently is a tall order, so it's no wonder that $1.4trn has been lent to companies without enough cash flow to meet interest payments, while it now takes three units of credit to produce one more unit of GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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