Will flagging retail drag down the banks?

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By Leith van Onselen

The ABC’s business reporter, Stephen Letts, yesterday posed the question: will Australia’s shaky retail sector pose a problem for Australia’s banks?

…conditions in retailing haven’t been great for a while, failures are mounting up, yet retail property development — much of it funded by banks — is growing above its historical average…

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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.