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Local governments use land as collateral to take out
loans
to fund infrastructure investment, then finance repayment by relying on revenues from subsequent land sales.
Usually, bailouts calm markets; but this one recalled early post-Soviet experiments, when the CBR issued direct
loans
to enterprises – invariably fueling higher inflation.
Then, unnamed investors (allegedly the largest Russian state banks) benefited from the CBR’s decision on December 12 to allow these bonds to be used as collateral for three-year CBR ruble
loans
at the policy rate.
Moreover, the CBR scheduled a special auction for such
loans
on December 15 – with the total amount of the
loans
similar to that of Rosneft’s bond issue.
For starters, the risk of Rosneft defaulting – as well as the cost of providing subsidized
loans
– rests with the bondholders.
Unlike International Monetary Fund and World Bank lending, Chinese
loans
are collateralized by strategically important natural assets with high long-term value (even if they lack short-term commercial viability).
Rather than offering grants or concessionary loans, China provides huge project-related
loans
at market-based rates, without transparency, much less environmental- or social-impact assessments.
Like the opium the British exported to China, the easy
loans
China offers are addictive.
For more than a year, Trump has been adamant that he has no business interests in Russia and has received no
loans
from the country.
Since exports and investment account, respectively, for 30% and 40% of China’s GDP growth, its economy is particularly vulnerable to weakening external demand and accumulation of non-performing
loans
caused by excessive and wasteful spending on fixed assets.
As President Calvin Coolidge supposedly said of the American
loans
to the World War I allies, “They hired the money, didn’t they?”
But, while the Bank has more than doubled its lending relative to the four years prior to 2008, this was achieved mostly by front-loading existing
loans.
Rather than cage the golden goose of technological progress, policymakers should focus on measures that help those who are displaced, such as education and training programs, and income support and social safety nets, including wage insurance, lifetime retraining loans, and portable health and pension benefits.
Second, the state-run hydropower industry’s growing clout within China has led the government to campaign aggressively for overseas dam projects by offering low-interest
loans
to other governments.
SOEs will lose their low-interest loans, subsidized land, monopoly protection, and privileged housing.
According to Ye Feng, a SPP Director-General, “[a]lmost every type of financial institution has seen the emergence of criminal cases involving the solicitation of bribes in return for loans.”
The member states’ common arsenal of interventionist tools – deposit guarantees, re-capitalization of banks, guarantees for inter-bank loans, and purchases of toxic assets – seemed to give credence to the notion of European unity.
In 2009, only five cents of every dollar of funding for many major banks came from equity; the rest was debt (deposits, overnight loans, and long-term loans).
The financial sector is seven times smaller than the OECD average, and almost all companies rely on short-term
loans.
Compared to banks that are not undergoing examination, the volume of
loans
by banks in the six quarters surrounding a CRA examination is 5% higher, and these
loans
are 15% more likely to be delinquent one year after origination.
In other words, banks undergoing examination lend more and make riskier
loans
– and these findings are even more pronounced in CRA-eligible tracts.
The authors speculate that easier loan securitization may have made risky CRA-compliant
loans
seem less costly.
For example, officials, seeking to secure promotions by achieving short-term economic targets, misallocated resources; basic industries like steel and cement built up vast excess capacity; and bad
loans
accumulated on the balance sheets of banks and local governments.
But the Fed’s low-interest, non-recourse
loans
to buy up toxic assets have not yet caused a stampede of participants.
This was compounded by a crisis of conduct, as scandals broke out over the misselling of financial products, global currency manipulation, and the rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor, the benchmark interest rate that some banks charge one another for short-term loans).
Mubarak’s Odious DebtsNEW YORK – A glance at Egypt’s public finances reveals a disturbing fact: the interest that the country pays on its foreign
loans
is larger than its budget for education, healthcare, and housing combined.
A prudent lender should have considered these facts before making the
loans.
Looking ahead, the Bank should take the same approach to LGBT rights and make legal protections for sexual orientation and gender identity a condition for countries receiving
loans.
As new
loans
are considered, steps should be taken to ensure that the benefits are as inclusive as possible.
Excessive risk taking and predatory behavior are still real problems, as we are frequently reminded (for example, by reports about the growing volume of subprime auto loans).
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