XFA Weekly Review 2015 Issue 36_Xinhua Finance Agency

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Issue		36
2015


	2015/08/30 - 2015/09/05

IMF chief: global economy to weaker than expected

The IMF chief Christine Lagarde indicated the global economic growth might be weaker than expected.

China's economic performance improves: official

Chinese economy has improved in August with better indicators including power consumption, rail freight transportation and home market.

	U.S. stocks plunge to start September

	U.S. stocks suffered big losses Tuesday, with all three major indices tumbling over 2.8 percent.


	China lowers minimum capital requirement for fixed-asset investment

		China's State Council lower the minimum capital requirement for fixed-asset projects in a bid to boost investment in public goods and services

China Focus: China manufacturing PMI falls, inspiring pro-growth

China's factory activity continued to lose steam in August, suggesting the world's second-largest economy faces prolonged downward pressure.

USD5 trln of global stock market value evaporated in Aug.

Global stock markets saw sluggish performance in Aug. with over 5 trillion U.S. dollars market value being evaporated.

Supervisory red line on loan-to-deposit ratio to be cancelled

China will cancel the 75 percent loan-to-deposit ratio that has existed for 20 years as the supervisory indicator.

China issues circular to accelerate rural e-commerce development

China's Ministry of Commerce and other 18 departments have jointly issued a circular to promote rural e-commerce development.

Listed banks'bad loans increase RMB180 bln in H1

Statistics show that the increases of the balance and ratio of bad loans of listed banks have become a new normal.

What does RMB16 trln quota of local government debt mean

The quota of local government debt, which is widely concerned, is set at 16 trillion yuan with an expected debt rate of 86 percent.

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