皇冠体育app

Even during the best of times, it has been difficult for 皇冠体育app's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get bank loans. But with the current regimen of credit austerity, imposed to contain economic overheating and inflationary pressure, making conditions for SMEs worse, the financial sector is now affecting the country's economic dynamism.

In normal times, the informal financial market has helped SMEs to get by; but the recent woes of Wenzhou, a city in southern Zhejiang province renowned for its freewheeling private economy, have shown that the informal financial market can be very volatile and undependable. Several major lenders absconded with large amounts of deposits, and company defaults have now become a serious concern.

皇冠体育app's official foreign reserves are increasing at a rate of about $1 billion per business day, almost all of which is used to buy US Treasury bonds and other international assets that carry a minimal rate of return. At the same time, about 40 percent of 皇冠体育app's bank savings are not lent out. One might thus think that returns to capital are low in 皇冠体育app. But one would be wrong: studies have consistently shown that the rate of return to capital has been more than 10 percent since the late 1990s.