China Evergrande’s Debt-Crisis Fallout: Losses, Layoffs and More Defaults

Listen to article (2 minutes) When China Evergrande Group began struggling under a mountain of debt last year, it quietly set off a chain reaction across the country.  Chinese authorities prevented a ...

Electric-Vehicle Makers and Suppliers Drive Into a Stormy IPO Market

Updated Oct. 8, 2022 5:33 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-vehicle makers in Asia and the companies that supply them are rushing to capital markets to raise money, as they try to take adva...

Chinese Banks Lose a Mortgage Safety Net as Developers Slide Into Distress

Listen to article (2 minutes) China is increasingly counting on its banks to step up mortgage lending and help boost a sinking housing market. But there is a problem: Lenders are stuck with many mortg...

China’s Property Market Has Slid Into Severe Depression, Real-Estate Giant Says

Listen to article (1 minute) One of China’s largest developers said the country’s property market has tumbled into a severe depression, using some of the strongest language yet to describe the yearlon...

Five Chinese Companies Say They Plan to Delist From the New York Stock Exchange

Five Chinese state-owned companies said they intend to delist their American depositary shares from the New York Stock Exchange, as financial regulators in Beijing and Washington remain at loggerheads...

S&P 500 Poised for Bear Market as Stock Futures Drop

The S&P 500 was on track to open in bear market territory, while global stocks tumbled and bond yields jumped as fears over inflation rattled investors around the world. Futures for the S&P 50...

A $100 Billion Comedown: Soaring Defaults Shrink Asia’s Junk-Bond Market

Once the place to be for yield-seeking global investors, Asia’s junk-bond market has shrunk drastically and new debt issuance has slowed to a trickle. Less than 18 months ago, the dollar-bond market f...

Stock Futures Fall as Bond Yields Edge Higher

U.S. stock futures fell to start the week, indicating that major equity indexes could decline again following last week’s big swings.  Futures for the S&P 500 declined 1%. Contracts tied to the te...