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China’s real estate is biggest threat to global economy

The Chinese property sector has emerged as the biggest threat to the stability of the global economy.

A report by Bank of America said the crisis was fuelling a “dramatic shift” out of emerging market stocks and into the US.

A third of fund managers surveyed named Chinese commercial real estate as the most likely source of a “systemic credit event” in the September instalment of the bank’s monthly poll, with the proportion more than doubling since last month to eclipse concerns over US commercial property.

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