However, domino continued its fall, and by the first half of this year, it hit a major domino hub where chain reaction could spread much wider and faster. Domino spread beyond financial sector and move into real economy. Credit is being destroyed, banks stop lending.
All struggling business now starts to go under. Soon some healthy ones would be in danger.
You have to also consider that people in the know have tried ans are still trying to hide the true magnitude of the problem as long as possible, hoping to avert the one catastrophic crash, which can do great damage to their interest and the general economy, and secure some escape route for them, however unlikely it would be. For a long time, the market has not been transparent. It has gotten much worse in recent months. I am sure there are still so much going on behind the scene in strict secrecy.
as long as your next neighbor does not starts start to fall.