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An Attempt to Profile the Finances of China’s Enterprise Sector

By Cem Karacadag, Paul J. Heytens

November 1, 2001

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Cem Karacadag, and Paul J. Heytens An Attempt to Profile the Finances of China’s Enterprise Sector, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines the leverage, efficiency, and debt-repayment capacity of the Chinese enterprise sector using aggregate and firm level data. The cash coverage of interest expense, in particular, is used as a bridge between enterprise finances and banks' asset quality in order to develop insights on banking soundness. The interest coverage analysis corroborates the high level of nonperforming loans in the financial system. This underscores the urgency of hardening budget constraints on state-owned enterprises and stemming the flow of new bad loans by accelerating ongoing structural reforms.

Subject: Bank credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector, Money, Nonperforming loans, State equity participation, Stocks, Taxes

Keywords: Bank credit, Chinese corporate sector, Chinese economy, Chinese financial sector, Coverage ratio, Enterprise interest coverage, Financial sector, Fixed asset, Interest, Negative equity, Nonperforming loans, Nonviable SOEs, NPL ratio, Public enterprise, Ratio, State equity participation, Stocks, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    24

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2001/182

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1822001

  • ISBN:

    9781451859263

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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