teodesian.net http://teodesian.net//posts/5854a77a-13f3-11ec-bdd7-e44bb75db8e8?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/5854a77a-13f3-11ec-bdd7-e44bb75db8e8 en 2026-05-13T22:10:23 2026-05-13T22:10:23 teodesian.net /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon China becomes the USA http://teodesian.net/posts/5854a77a-13f3-11ec-bdd7-e44bb75db8e8 Their banks become secret hedge funds.
China's trust firms, with total assets of $2.2 trillion, and who together with Banker Acceptances comprise the bulk of China's shadow banking pipeline, and no longer able (or willing) to lend to China's small companies and individuals due to a spike in regulation, are shifting more cash into frothy capital markets and over-the-counter (OTC) instruments instead of loans.

In other words, instead of using their vast cash hoard of over $2 trillion to re-lend and stimulate China's economy, China's unregulated, shadow banking conduits are now directly buying stocks!
Yet another sign of their economy's increasing sclerosis.]]> nobody http://teodesian.net/posts/5854a77a-13f3-11ec-bdd7-e44bb75db8e8 2015-03-17T07:32:33 China becomes the USA http://teodesian.net/posts/1426577553 Their banks become secret hedge funds.
China's trust firms, with total assets of $2.2 trillion, and who together with Banker Acceptances comprise the bulk of China's shadow banking pipeline, and no longer able (or willing) to lend to China's small companies and individuals due to a spike in regulation, are shifting more cash into frothy capital markets and over-the-counter (OTC) instruments instead of loans.

In other words, instead of using their vast cash hoard of over $2 trillion to re-lend and stimulate China's economy, China's unregulated, shadow banking conduits are now directly buying stocks!
Yet another sign of their economy's increasing sclerosis.]]> nobody http://teodesian.net/posts/1426577553 2015-03-17T07:32:33