Developers accuse RBA of apartment “fearmongering”

Advertisement

By Leith van Onselen

Amid the biggest apartment construction boom in the nation’s history, developers have accused the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) of “fearmongering” after it warned of an impending apartment oversupply and increasing settlement risks in Friday’s Financial Stability Review (FSR). From The AFR:

Some [developers] dismissed as “fearmongering” the Reserve Bank of Australia’s fresh warnings of an apartment glut and settlement risks…

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.