China's Debt Story
According to estimates by Standard Chartered Plc., China’s share in global debt tripled last year from its 2009 levels.
During the global recession of 2009, China’s debt -- corporate, household and government – was 6.1 percent of the global total. In 2017, it was 18 percent, Standard Chartered analysis shows. China now ranks as the third most ‘indebted’ nation in terms of its share in global debt, following the U.S. and the euro area.
Standard Chartered projects China’s debt-to-GDP ratio rising to about 290 percent by the end of 2020, compared to 270 percent as of March 31.
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The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the FTSE Chinese Broad Bond 0-10 Years Diversified Select Index.
The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index is calculated by FTSE Russell Ltd. and is entirely comprised of fixed-rate, Renminbi-denominated bonds issued in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”) by Chinese credit, governmental and quasi-governmental (e.g.,policy banks) issuers (“RMB Bonds”) with a maturity of 0-10 years. The fund is non-diversified.