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China’s municipal debt crisis: Tracking local governments’ unseen defaults

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Local government finances in China have unquestionably deteriorated over the past couple of years, but despite some near misses, no local government financing vehicle (LGFV) has defaulted on its bonds.
This situation has made tracking the true financial stress of localit...



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