Australian household debt ratios hit record

Advertisement

By Leith van Onselen

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today updated its quarterly financial statistics, which revealed that Australian household debt rose to an all-time high in the December quarter of 2014.

The ratio of mortgage debt-to-disposable income hit a record 140.3% in December, up from June 2010 peak of 134.7% (see next chart).

ScreenHunter_6817 Mar. 31 13.17

The full text of this article is available to MacroBusiness subscribers

$1 for your first month, then:
Cancel at any time through our billing provider, Stripe
About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.