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...“Decoupling from China will be difficult immediately, but we can gradually replace Chinese companies to a meaningful extent.”...
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...Most of these NPLs have been securitised and given state-backed guarantees on the senior tranches of the debt as a way of attracting investors....
...Rivian is pausing construction of a new factory in Georgia and instead plans to build its new, less expensive sport utility vehicle at its plant in Illinois....
...Rivian is pausing construction on building a new factory in Georgia and instead plans to build its new, less expensive sport utility vehicle at its plant in Illinois....
...Matthew Pointon, senior property economist at the research company Capital Economics, said commercial construction had “been contracting since September last year as developers wait for the outlook to stabilise...
...Tim Moore of S&P Global Market Intelligence said construction companies were “increasingly optimistic that the worst could be behind them soon as recession risks fade and interest rate cuts appear close...
...Pål Kildemo, chief financial officer of the Norwegian company, said this construction crash because of high rates and rising building costs had hit the aluminium sector hard, undermining earnings of Hydro...
...But he said “expectations of falling interest rates during the months ahead” appeared to have supported confidence at construction companies....
...And Meloni said last month: “There’s nothing in the works on NPLs at the moment.”...
...The company expects to build 7,500 homes in the 12 months to July, down from almost 11,000 in the same period a year ago. Shares were broadly flat in morning trading on Tuesday....
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...Half of Italian securitised NPL portfolios rated by Morningstar were doing worse than expected last year. Higher rates may be starting to hurt Europe’s borrowers....
...The recent downturn in European property markets has led to an increase in NPLs in both loans to commercial real estate companies and on residential mortgages, albeit from low levels, the ECB said....
...A survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) in November found that just over half of the country’s construction companies were struggling to fill vacancies....
...Economists expect the weakness in the construction sector to continue as interest rates remain elevated....
...The exclusivity had been a “relevant factor” in the company’s decision to spend $1.3bn on the construction of its first phase, it said....
...“I don’t see any bomb ticking on NPLs, it’s just a non-issue,” he said. “The market is healthy so there’s no reason for the government to intervene.”...
...During the initial review of the private-sector proposals, the Chinese consortium consisting of China Railway Construction, China Communications Construction and the Export-Import Bank of China, was seen...
...The construction sector is also facing a reckoning as a result of its environmental impact....
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