A Look at the Inner Workings of Bloomberg’s China Credit Tracker

China’s credit market stands out even in a world increasingly awash in debt. It’s grown exponentially in recent decades, fueling one of the fastest economic expansions in history. The risks have multiplied too, as more borrowers stumble with ever more global lenders exposed.

Bloomberg’s China Credit Tracker uses proprietary and public sources to shed new light on stress in the riskiest corners of the country’s credit markets. It synthesizes monthly data to show how strains rise and fall over time.