Economics
Why China’s Real Estate Slowdown Isn’t Like Japan’s
- China’s Evergrande crisis prompted Japan bubble comparisons
- But economic fundamentals, size of housing market differ
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As China struggles with its most severe real-estate slowdown in years, some have been asking whether the end of Japan’s real-estate bubble in the early 1990s offers a guide. But such comparisons are less helpful than they might appear, according to new research from Bloomberg Economics.