Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol in Colombo on April 13. The country’s financial crisis has become so severe it cannot import food or gasoline. Photo: AP
Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol in Colombo on April 13. The country’s financial crisis has become so severe it cannot import food or gasoline. Photo: AP
Neal Kimberley
Opinion

Opinion

Macroscope by Neal Kimberley

Fed policy could create belt and road debt default headache for China

  • The US central bank will do whatever it takes to curb inflation, including cutting the supply of US dollars and raising borrowing costs, leaving emerging economies struggling to buy dollar-denominated goods
  • Even China, seemingly protected by its huge reserves of US dollars, is at risk as a major lender to smaller economies

Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol in Colombo on April 13. The country’s financial crisis has become so severe it cannot import food or gasoline. Photo: AP
Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol in Colombo on April 13. The country’s financial crisis has become so severe it cannot import food or gasoline. Photo: AP
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