“Weakest results since GFC”; private credit falls again

31 August 2020

 

Summary: Private sector credit contracts for third consecutive month in July; result primarily driven by investor and business lending; owner-occupier loans grow steadily; weak demand rather than cost of credit; business loan growth “to remain weak”; weakest results for private sector credit “since GFC”.   The pace of lending to the non-bank private sector by financial institutions in Australia has been trending down since October 2015. Private sector credit growth...

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