Via Bloomberg:

  • China’s government is authorizing developer debt sales for the first time in five years in a bid to avoid bankruptcies as the property market cools

Xu Hanfei, a bond analyst in Shanghai at Guotai Junan Securities Co.:

  • “The issuances are obviously an easing signal”
  • “The CSRC will probably approve more note sales as long as developers have fund-raising demand. It would be helpful because bond costs are lower than trusts”

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