Chinese bank lending surged by over US$1.35 trillion in 2009, according to Shaun Rein at Forbes. Much of that money went into stocks. And a lot of it went into Shanghai and Beijing real estate. Whether China bought itself a bubble is a very good question. One important point is that Chinese lending is based on savings…and isn’t borrowed (in U.S. fashion).
January 12th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "People’s Bank of China"
Gold is Money
Gold’s recent breach of the symbolic US$1,000 level has elicited a predictable amount of commentary from mainstream analysts. The problem is, much of it is ill-informed.
September 15th, 2009 | Greg Canavan | 0 comments | Continued
Special Drawing Rights Used as the World’s Reserve Currency?
As usual, I get no feedback from the Chinese, perhaps thanking me for saving their economic butts by pointing out where they have been so stupid as regards this “gold money” thing by, you know, sending me a couple of tons of it, or even a fruit basket would be nice, ya know?
April 7th, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 3 comments | Continued
