{"id":123534,"date":"2011-08-25T18:23:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T01:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123534"},"modified":"2011-08-25T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T01:23:32","slug":"china-banks-post-record-profits-as-rivals-stumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/08\/china-banks-post-record-profits-as-rivals-stumble\/","title":{"rendered":"China Banks Post Record Profits as Rivals Stumble"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bloomberg reports that China’s largest banks posted impressive profits while their European and American counterparts posted losses<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (601398)<\/a> Ltd. posted a 29 percent increase in net income yesterday to a record $17 billion, pushing combined profits of the nation\u2019s biggest banks to $57 billion.Bank of America Corp. (BAC)<\/a> and Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc posted losses as the U.S. economic recovery weakened and\u00a0Europe<\/a>\u2019s debt crisis deepened.<\/p>\n China\u2019s banks have increased profits as the world\u2019s second- largest economy sustained growth of more than 9 percent, helped by a record credit boom that powered its rebound from the global recession. The earnings reports and a drop in bad debts may boost investor confidence after bank shares fell this year on concern that $1.7 trillion of local government liabilities may lead to a wave of defaults.<\/p>\n \u201cShares of Chinese lenders are in a better position to rebound than U.S. banks,\u201d Ronald Wan, a Hong Kong-based managing director at China Merchants Securities (Hong Kong) Co., said by phone. \u201cIn the second half, the market will still be concerned about asset quality and fund-raising issues\u201d for banks globally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bloomberg reports that China’s largest banks posted impressive profits while their European and American counterparts posted losses: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (601398) Ltd. posted a 29 percent increase in net income yesterday to a record $17 billion, pushing combined profits of the nation\u2019s biggest banks to $57 billion.Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":987,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,2],"tags":[14759,3528,6060],"class_list":["post-123534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-economy","tag-chinese-banks","tag-credit-rating","tag-us-banks","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n