Wall Street Journal (August 7)
2015/ 08/ 08 by jd in Global News
In China, the Government is estimated to have spent more than 10% of GDP ($1.3 trillion) “since the market panic started in late June,” producing only questionable results. “The failed bailout reinforces the expectation that Beijing will attempt to manage the financial markets in the future. This moral hazard means the volatility will continue, along with the costs of future bailouts. The first lesson of investing, buyer beware, has yet to be learned in China.”
Tags: Bailouts, Beijing, China, Financial markets, GDP, Government, Moral hazard, Panic, Volatility
