China Property Stress Spurs Fed Warning as Bond Losses Widen

  • Concern is growing over size of hidden real estate debts
  • Goldman Asset bucks trend by buying Chinese developer bonds
Apartment buildings at China Evergrande Group's Life in Venice real estate and tourism development in Qidong, Jiangsu province, China, on Sept. 21, 2021.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Just weeks ago, Wall Street analysts and central bankers were quick to assure investors that a collapse by China Evergrande Group wouldn’t be a Lehman moment. Regulators in Beijing said that the crisis would be “contained.Bloomberg Terminal

Now that a bond selloff has spread to China’s entire real estate sector and beyond, concern is growing about the potential risk to the global financial system.