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Beware! Here Be UDICs: Demystifying China's Local Government Debts

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Local government investment helped prop up Chinese growth in 2009, which contributed to a rebound in commodity-exporting and Asian economies. But will the stimulative cure prove more malignant than the slower-growth disease? A significant portion of this investment was financed through the borrowings of urban development and investment companies (UDICs), which local governments have been using to circumvent a ban preventing them from issuing debt. Running a risky shell game, the UDICs swap assets and liabilities with local governments and fund infrastructure projects[...]

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