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发表于 16-1-2014 21:36:54|来自:新加坡
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新加坡反驳《福布斯》的文章:新加坡没有面临债务泡沫
新加坡讯,新加坡金融管理局星期二说,新加坡并没有面临会导致新加坡银行系统处于危机的债务泡沫。
金管局是针对媒体针对《福布斯》的一篇文章的询问。文章称新加坡因为超低利率而面临危险的信贷泡沫。
这篇文章原因一些风险,如新加坡家庭债务与GDP的比率,房地产价格上升,以及由于不良贷款增加加之银行利率开始正常化岁带来的银行系统的潜在危机。
这篇题为《为什么新加坡经济正在走向冰岛式危机?》否认长篇文章,刊登于1月13日,由一位经济分析师撰写。
金管局说,严肃的观察家和投资者都不怀疑新加坡的金融健康。
对于反常的全球低利率,金管局说,很明显已经刺激的信贷增长,以及近年来的房地产价格的上扬。但是,当局已经采取了冷却房地产需求的果断步骤,并预防了过度的信贷杠杆。
金管局说,房地产市场现在趋于稳定,房屋贷款也一直在下降。
此外,家庭平衡表整体强劲,房产自查价值明显高于产生的债务。
最后,新加坡的金融系统是健康的。
A statement issued late on Tuesday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the property market is stabilising, household balance sheets are strong and the financial system is robust.
"Singapore is not facing a credit bubble that puts the country or its banking system at any risk of crisis," the MAS said in response to an online article in Forbes magazine published this week.
"Serious observers and investors are not in doubt about the country's financial health."
In the article, Forbes contributor Jesse Colombo warned Singapore was headed for an "Iceland-style meltdown", referring to the European nation that was brought close to bankruptcy when the financial crisis broke in 2008 and exposed the vast over-expansion of its banking system.
Colombo warned low interest rates have led Singaporean households and companies to borrow more, fuelling a surge in property prices that may not be sustained.
He said the risk is that the US could end its zero interest rate policy in the next few years, lifting borrowing costs around the world and bursting bubbles such as in Singapore, leaving investors with huge debts they cannot repay.
"Singapore's bubble will most likely pop when bubbles in China and emerging markets pop and as global and interest rates continue to rise," Colombo wrote.
"The growth of Singapore's credit bubble is inextricably linked to the country's soaring property bubble because Singaporeans are going into debt to invest in property or buy more expensive houses than they can afford, similar to Americans during the US housing bubble of 2003 to 2007."
But the MAS said the government has "taken decisive steps to cool property demand and prevent excessive leverage".
New housing loans continue to decline, with the number falling 35 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of last year, it said, adding that property prices are also falling.
It also said that average loan-to-value ratio of outstanding housing loans stands at a healthy 47 per cent as of the December quarter.
"Third, the financial system is robust," MAS said.
It pointed to an assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that found Singapore's financial system "would remain sound" even if there was a sharp hike in interest rates and slump in property prices.
The IMF also said Singapore's banks are "resilient, with strong financial and capital positions". |
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