RBA’s FSR: Australian financial system resilient, risks contained

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In its semi-annual Financial Stability Review (FSR) published on Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said that “the  Australian financial system resilient, risks contained.”


Additional takeaways


  • Risks include stress in china's financial sector, lack of significant response from Beijing.

  • Low global risk premia, high leverage increase danger of disorderly downturn in global asset prices.

  • Financial system vulnerable to digitalisatiion, concentration of ai/cloud providers.

  • Growth of superannuation to one quarter of financial system could amplify shocks.

  • Risk of widespread financial stress in australia remains limited.

  • Small but rising share of australia home borrowers falling behind on payments.

  • Only around 2% of all owner-occupier borrowers in real danger of defaulting.

  • Less than 1% of owner-occupier loans more than 90 days in arrears.

  • Around 0.5% of home loans in arrears estimated to be in negative equity.

  • Vast majority of borrowers expected to be able to continue servicing debt.

  • Sees risk households could take on excessive debt once interest rates fall.

  • Australian banks well capitalised, profitable and have low exposure to bad debt.

  • Strengthening operation resilience of banks a priority for regulators.


Market reaction


AUD/USD was last seen trading 0.18% higher at 0.6835, underpinned by the encouraging FSR report.

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