private investment

The private credit market has grown fivefold since the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Federal Reserve, and now sits somewhere near the $2 trillion-mark globally. In the last couple weeks, though, the market has gone a bit sideways.

Generally speaking, “private” means “less regulation.”

Questions about promised reforms also hang over the country's economic future, one expert says.

The company is weathering growing pains and may retreat from the stock market spotlight.

The government estimates an 11 percent drop in the economy next year.