Regulators have asked banks to halt fixed-assets loans since Dec 17, 21st Century Business Harold reported Monday.
6 j5 g) V1 P& e "Circulating capital loans and personal loans cannot be halted randomly, so they can only make an example of fixed-assets loans", a general manager in the credit management department of a joint-stock bank told the reporter.5 U; M7 A W1 Q3 x' d0 S5 ?5 \
The move aims to prevent large-scale credit in the year's end since new loans in the first 11 months has reached 7.47 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion), which is dangerously close to the alarm line of 7.5 trillion yuan this year, the newspaper reported." s ~9 @+ g# e2 D
A person close to regulators said the regulators are brewing new policies so the due fixed-asset loans would be recovered strictly on time, according to the report. |