Banks’ bond buys could leave firms in the lurch

Banks’ bond buys could leave firms in the lurch

Concerns are growing over commercial banks’ enormous purchase of government bonds. Ho Chi Minh City’s National Assembly deputy Tran Du Lich said looking at the government’s 2011-2015 government bond issuance programme, many deputies were worried that enterprises would continue finding it hard to borrow from banks, as they did in 2010.