Australia's central bank expects another tough year for households and businesses, signaling little rate relief in months ahead, but judged the banking sector was well capitalized to absorb any losses from rising arrears.
Australia 's central bank expects another tough year for households and businesses, signaling little rate relief in months ahead, but judged the banking sector was well capitalized to absorb any losses from rising arrears. In its semi-annual Financial Stability Review , the Reserve Bank of Australia , or RBA, highlighted the resilience of households, businesses and banks in the face of decade-high interest rates and painful inflation.
"Conditions will remain challenging for many households and businesses in Australia this year," the RBA said, with "challenging" freely sprinkled through the 39-page review. The pressure facing household budgets is one reason the RBA on Tuesday left the interest rates unchanged for the third straight meeting and dropped its tightening bias, although the bank has yet to rule anything in or out on policy. Around 5% of borrowers with variable rate mortgages have had expenses exceeding their incomes, the RBA noted. It estimated an expected half percentage point increase in the jobless rate would push most affected borrowers into cash flow shortfall, but it wouldn't translate directly into mortgage defaults. Fortunately, data out this week showed the unemployment rate unexpectedly dived back to 3.7% in February, from a two-year high of 4.1% the month befor
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