Evergrande’s troubles loom over global markets

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/dd3aef66-5189-4b85-873a-e82c80be3c2dGlobal financial markets are jittery about the possible default of indebted Chinese property developer Evergrande but the FT’s markets editor Katie Martin explains why it is unlikely to be another Lehman Brothers; foreign investors, especially from China and Japan, have become major buyers of US Treasuries and could prop up the market if the Fed withdraws; and Coinbase backed down from launching a new lending product after US regulators threatened to sue. Wall Street stocks sell off as Evergrande crisis intensifieshttps://www.ft.com/content/952923b7-f421-407e-b14a-ad2ff190a134Foreign investors help prop up Treasury market as Fed considers retreat https://www.ft.com/content/47551bfb-8ca3-4e73-b34b-0ad19905ae15Shell agrees $9.5bn sale of Permian Basin oil business to ConocoPhillipshttps://www.ft.com/content/33e48318-91ab-47e4-88f3-72986b0a85f6Coinbase abandons lending product after SEC pushbackhttps://www.ft.com/content/bd09f8bf-e65b-4870-affe-55b5346af3e1Rusal strikes deal to supply Budweiser with ultra low-carbon canshttps://www.ft.com/content/ff76ebe5-ca61-417c-b191-1a2c152a935eThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.