Jun
19

Moody’s Downgrade Brings Australia’s Home Loan Risks Into Focus

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The decision by Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade the ratings of Australia’s largest banks has focused attention on the risks lurking in the country’s A$1.51 trillion ($1.15 trillion) of mortgage loans.

“The resilience of household balance sheets and, consequently, bank portfolios to a serious economic downturn has not been tested at these levels of private sector indebtedness,” Moody’s said in the statement accompanying the downgrade of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank Ltd. and Westpac Banking Corp…

Moody’s Downgrade Brings Australia’s Home Loan Risks Into Focus

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