IMF warns China over 'dangerous' growth in debt
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from on (#2ZBEH)
Washington-based fund says pursuit of growth at any cost risks sharp slowdown or financial crisis
China's credit-fuelled economic strategy has been branded as dangerous by the International Monetary Fund in a strongly-worded statement warning that its approach risks financial turmoil.
The IMF used its annual health check on the world's second biggest economy to stress that faster expansion in 2017 was coming at the cost of a jump in private sector debt and an increasing use of complex financial instruments.
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