Gearing up for a household borrowing slowdown

Household debt continues to rise at worryingly rapid rates, having already reached record highs relative to households’ income. Admittedly, debt servicing costs are historically low, with interest payments on household debt equalling just 7.2% of household income. Yet looking just at interest payments is a misleading way of assessing how much households are paying to service their debt

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