Category: debt crisis

China Evergrande’s Snowballing Debt Crisis

HONG KONG—China’s most indebted property developer Evergrande Group is struggling to solve its debt crisis, while there are increasing signs that policymakers are stepping in to avoid a hard landing for a company deemed too big to fail. Here is a timeline of events leading to its debt problems and what the firm has done…


World’s Poorest Nations Face ‘COVID-19 Debt Trap’

WASHINGTON—The world averted a systemic debt crisis amid the pandemic. However, the poorest developing countries continue to face significant debt problems, raising global worries over multiplying debt traps by creditors like China. Addressing the rising risk of a systemic debt crisis in developing countries is one of the key themes at this week’s virtual spring meeting of…