BEIJING - When Mr Li Keqiang assumed China’s premiership in March 2013, he inherited a plethora of problems, including a mountain of non-performing loans spawned by a four trillion yuan (S$780 billion) stimulus package that his immediate predecessor Wen Jiabao pushed out in 2008 to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis.
Economists at British brokerage firm and investment adviser Barclays Capital coined the word “Likonomics” – a portmanteau of the Premier’s surname and economics – in late 2013 to refer to his signature three-pronged approach to China’s predicament: debt reduction, no more stimulus and structural reforms.
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