China’s Economy: Has THE Crisis Started? | CSIS Events (2024)

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Is China suffering from economic crisis? ›

China is in the midst of a profound economic crisis. Growth rates are flagging as an unsustainable mountain of debt piles up; China's debt-to-GDP ratio reached a record 288% in 2023.

Many of the risks facing China's economy stem from its ailing real estate sector. For decades, China's economy was dependent on a booming property market driven by speculative investment returns. However, this growth was largely driven by debt.

China's real estate crisis, with the collapse of giants like Evergrande, threatens domestic and global markets, necessitating strategic reforms and international cooperation. China's real estate sector, once a pillar of economic stability and growth, is now facing a crisis of unprecedented scale.

After the crisis, the monetary policy emphasized loans to private sectors. For instance, in the first half in 2009, loans to households increased steadily and loans to non-financial companies grew rapidly. By the end of June 2009, household loans had increased 23.8 percent over the same period of the previous year.

China's economy is showing multiple signs of weakness. Actual growth seems below the official figures; there is substantial deflation; the housing market has yet to stabilize; and the domestic stock markets have fallen significantly.

China's economy is at a turning point. An old economic model underpinned by heavy investment in infrastructure and real estate is crumbling. Growth is slowing and prices are falling, raising the specter of a Japan-style slide into stagnation.

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It remains in negative territory now, having been so since last October. Meanwhile, China's GDP growth rate has been on a consistent decline, falling from 12.2 % in the first quarter of 2010 to 6% in the fourth quarter of 2019. From 2020 to 2022, China's average annual growth rate was about 4.6%.

The U.S. debt to China is approximately $1.059 trillion. That's 27.8 percent of the $3.8 trillion in treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries. The rest of the $19.9 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself.

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Are Chinese banks in trouble? ›

China's property crisis has impacted the country's biggest banks, increasing non-performing loans. Beijing is urging banks to boost financing for "white list" property developers to help the sector.

Why did China get into a debt problem? Figures show that China's over-borrowing of the public and corporate sector can basically be traced back to the huge stimulus package and lax monetary policy that Chinese economic authorities introduced during the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.

Following moderate post-pandemic growth of 5.2 percent in 2023, growth is projected at 4.5 percent in 2024. Domestic demand in China has remained sluggish and contributed to low inflation, while the policy space for stimulus is constrained.

With China's growth slow down, the Chinese RMB will depreciate. A depreciation of RMB means appreciation of other currencies, for example, the U.S. dollar. If U.S. dollars become more expensive relative to RMB, this means that U.S. goods are becoming less competitive.

Domestic demand in China has remained sluggish and contributed to low inflation, while the policy space for stimulus is constrained. Weak business confidence, in part driven by the property market downturn, continues to weigh on growth. Over the medium term, China's economy is expected to undergo a structural slowdown.

China grew 5.2% last year, more than most major economies. But for the unemployed graduates, the property owners who feel poorer as their flats are losing value, and the workers earning less than the year before, the world's second-largest economy feels like it's shrinking.