Firms better placed than consumers to withstand rate rises

Debt servicing costs in the corporate sector are even closer to their early 1990s highs than those in the household sector. But there are a number of reasons why higher interest rates and therefore interest payments might have rather less of an impact on firms than on consumers.

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