People’s Bank of China (PBOC)

SINGAPORE (Jan 24): Tail risks, no matter how unlikely, are not entirely implausible, exceptionally rare, or unknown. Despite falling short of base case expectations, the improbability does not undermine their potential impact to financial markets.

SINGAPORE (Dec 30): Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has found itself in the crosshairs as China takes aim at casinos in the region in its battle to keep billions of yuan from flowing out of the mainland.

BEIJING (May 20): China plans to nominate Zhang Tao, a central bank veteran with years of experience at multilateral development banks, to replace International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Zhu Min, Caixin magazine reported.

SHANGHAI (May 19): Global banks are redoing the math on the apparent slowdown in Chinese borrowing in April to include 1 trillion yuan ($211 billion) of regional government notes. The conclusion: the debt binge is far from over.