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Australian credit growth is slowing with Investor housing credit growth slowest ever, Broad Money Supply growth slowest since the last recession 26 years ago
Australian credit growth is slowing but outstanding debt remains at historically high levels. Housing credit growth, personal credit growth, investor housing credit growth and business credit growth are all slowing. But the rather surprising thing is broad money (M3) supply growing at a 12-month rate of just 1.9%, the slowest since 1992 when Australia faced eight consecutive quarters of declining economic growth.
Canadian household credit growth is slowest since 2001 but individual debt is already 175 percent of disposable income
Canadian household credit growth is slowest since 2001 with Household credit (Annualized 3-month growth rate) growing at 2.98% and Household Mortgage credit (Annualized 3-month growth rate) growing at 2.85%.
Corporate debt is soaring in the U.S. even as corporate bond yields are rising
Corporations (non-financial) in the United States have $6.2 trillion in debt and debt has doubled in the past decade,
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US and emerging market bond yields soar; UK retail; US Student debt; German GDP
US and emerging market bond yields
The US 10-year bond yield soared to 3.09% today (up 75 bps over the past year and 25 bps over the past month), the highest since 2011. The 2-year yield hit 2.59%, the highest since August 2008 (read more here on the financial impact of rising yields for the US Government).
The bigger story is of emerging markets though. Brazilian and Indian 10-year yields have soared 33 bps in just a week. The Brazilian 10-year bond yield topped 10.12% while the Indian 10-year bond yield topped 7.91%. The US dollar has gained 7% against the Brazilian Real and 4% against the Indian Rupee over the past month.
Canadian bond yields are soaring the most amongst developed nations with the 10-year yield hitting 2.51%, up 94 bps over the past year and 24 bps over the past month. Continue reading “US and emerging market bond yields soar; UK retail; US Student debt; German GDP”
Here’s how much the total residential mortgage debt outstanding has grown since 2008 for Australia, Canada, the UK and the US
Where is the biggest property bubble?
Here’s how much the total residential mortgage debt outstanding has grown since 2008 for Australia, Canada, the UK and the US,
US consumer and commercial debt hit record highs but charge-off and delinquency rates remain at low levels
Here is the debt outstanding for all commercial banks in the US (all data as of March 31, 2018),
Total consumer credit including student loans $3.9 trillion (up from $2.6 trillion in 2008)
Total commercial and industrial loans $2.15 trillion (up from $1.5 trillion in 2008)
Commercial real estate loans $2.1 trillion (up from $1.6 trillion in 2008)
Mortgage Backed Securities $1.76 trillion (up from $800 billion in 2009)
Student loans $1.5 trillion (up from $500 billion in 2008)
Consumer credit cards and other revolving credit $775 billion (up from $400 billion in 2008)
Mortgage debt $1.32 trillion (down from $1.42 trillion in 2008)
Total Consumer Credit Outstanding:
UK households’ saving ratio falls to the lowest ever on record as mortgage and consumer credit outstanding hits the highest ever
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Bank of England (BoE) both released UK data on March 29 and the data doesn’t look good. Key highlights include:
- The households’ saving ratio fell to an annual record low of 4.9% in 2017 (since comparable records began in 1963) as growth in households’ spending exceeded the growth of households’ income.
- Consumer Lending Outstanding (seasonally adjusted) excluding student loans hit a new record high £209.45 billion, higher than even before the financial crisis.
- Total Mortgage Outstanding (seasonally adjusted) hit a new record high of £1.38 trillion.
- Households accumulated slightly more debt in the form of loans in 2017 than they did financial assets for the first time since records began in 1987.
Can Governments really afford higher interest rates?
Governments around the world have close to $80 trillion in debt. As interest rates begin to rise globally we explore if governments around the world can really afford higher interest rates. We will write about the impact of rising interest rates on individuals/households and corporates/businesses later. Continue reading “Can Governments really afford higher interest rates?”