Markets Live: ASX lacks direction
… provisions at the banks are sufficient to cover 300 per cent of estimated NPLs. China's huge five banks are the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of Communications …
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Banks Edge Back Into Investment Property Lending
“For example, if you remove the impact of construction loans, the more than $ 50 billion change is really up 3.6%, vs. 9.6%, 1.6%, and -3.1% for the other three categories, respectively.” Here is how CRE lending for the six largest banks fared in 2012.
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