House prices not the problem: RBA

04 May 2017

 

The RBA governor is not worried by house prices. He’s worried about households who may cut back on spending in an attempt to get their debt levels under control. Much recent discussion in financial circles has focussed on how mortgage defaults would damage banks’ balance sheets and place the Australian financial system at risk in the same manner as the U.S. banking sector was jeopardised in 2007/2008. House owners defaulted,...

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