Businesses that loaded up on debt when interest rates were lower now face a growing risk of failure. Source link
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Updated Aug. 15, 2023 12:53 am ETListen to article(1 minute)SINGAPORE—Chinese officials said they would stop reporting the country’s youth unemployment…