Mortgage delinquencies rise again

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From Moody’s:

Looking ahead, Moody’s expects delinquency rates for Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) will continue to rise moderately in 2017.

“Weaker economic conditions in states reliant on the mining industry, rising underemployment, weak wage growth and less favorable housing market conditions will drive delinquencies higher,” says Alena Chen, a Moody’s Senior Analyst.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.