Bad loans on the up at largest Chinese banks

What are the holdings of non-performing loans at China’s largest banks?

by Matthew Karwacki

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At the end of 2015, Agricultural Bank of China was sitting on more non-performing loans (NPLs) than any of its large peers (see chart), 2.39%. Moreover, it has also seen the largest increase in NPLs over the course of 2015, 0.85 percentage points.

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