Credit crunch spreads to personal lending

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By Leith van Onselen

While all the focus has been on the housing credit crunch and the sharp slowdown in mortgage lending, it’s easy to miss the fact that personal lending has also taken a hammering, falling for more than three consecutive years:

Now there are fears that in the fallout from the banking royal commission, banks may also make it more difficult to secure personal loans. From The SMH:

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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.