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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162923403321

Titolo

People's Republic of China-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region : : Selected Issues

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2017

ISBN

1-4755-6638-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Disciplina

332.095125

Soggetti

Finance - China - Hong Kong

Finance - Asia

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Labor

Macroeconomics

Industries: Financial Services

Accounting

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Empirical Studies of Trade

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Retail and Wholesale Trade

e-Commerce

International economics

Labour

income economics

Banking

Finance

Monetary economics

Financial reporting, financial statements

Trade balance

Current account surpluses

Wages

Current account

International trade



Balance of payments

Loans

Financial institutions

Balance of trade

Banks and banking

Labor economics

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) banks’ exposure to nonbanking businesses in Mainland China. Hong Kong SAR banks are generally less exposed to riskier Mainland businesses. Despite that, a sharp deterioration in the balance sheet of Mainland businesses, as well as a sharper-than-expected downturn in the Mainland economy could negatively affect Hong Kong SAR banks, raising debt at risk well above suggested estimates. As Hong Kong SAR banks generally have sizable buffers against downside risks, the best approach to such a scenario is vigilance, including maintaining high origination and underwriting standards.