Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'China credit'

China To Take A Big Stick To Financial Crisis

By John Richardson CHINA is facing a financial crisis that could put US sub-prime into the shade. "Between 2007 and 2012, the ratio of credit to GDP climbed to more than 190%, an increase of 60 percentage points," said US...

China's New Credit Clampdown

By John Richardson BEIJING is clearly getting worried that its politically motivated 2012 economic stimulus programme has damaged the economy. "Just when the world had bought into a Chinese economic recovery, along comes the government throwing proverbial spanners in the...

Pricing To Struggle For The Rest of 2012

By John Richardson Further confirmation of the themes we raised yesterday emerged from an interview with a senior polyolefin industry source, with some important new analysis. Profitability in Asia is the worst of any of the three regions, he told...

The Murkiest Of Outlooks

By John Richardson LACK OF visibility over what the New Year will bring for the global chemicals industry is a key feature of just about every conversation held with industry executives at the moment. Perfect forecasting is, of course, always impossible, but...

Asian Aromatics Crawl Towards Post-Chinese New Year

A roar or a whimper? Source of picture: http://break4fun.zarke.net   By John Richardson THE ASIAN aromatics market has had "both its legs chopped off below the knees, and has also had its proverbial hands broken," said an Asian-based petrochemicals consultant...