WBC News: Australian banks say low unemployment is buffering home loans - 13th Jul 2023, 4:43pm

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By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The CEOs of Australia's two biggest banks said on Thursday a tight labour market was keeping late home loan repayments below historic levels even after a year of rising interest rates, but warned that living costs would squeeze the economy through 2023.

The updates from Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac gave a sense that the A$2 trillion ($1.4 trillion) mortgage market, a bedrock of the world's thirteenth largest economy, may avoid a downturn that econ...

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