But only 10% were made to manufacturers, says Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute.

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Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institute reportedly claims that three of these four banks are technically insolvent by international standards.

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"The private sector is where the jobs are being created and the growth is coming from, " says China specialist Nicholas Lardy of Washington, D.

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Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution notes another reason for the outflows: a huge increase in trade credit extended to foreign (mainly South-East Asian) buyers of Chinese goods.

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The Washington Post cites Nicholas Lardy, a respected China-watcher at the Peterson Institute, as saying that urban housing stock accounts for 41% of household wealth in China, compared to 26% in the U.S., though mortgage lending is much more restrictive in China.

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