Since mid-2021, companies accounting for 40% of Chinese home sales have defaulted, including Evergrande in late 2021, stoking fears about the resilience of the worldโs second-largest economy.
This analyst said China may need to absorb some $1 trillion in soured real-estate assets from the private sector, in a move similar to the Federal Reserveโs takeover of toxic mortgage and related derivatives off banksโ balance sheets in the wake of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.