Two pressing challenges confront the nation’s biggest banks, and both are intrinsically linked to slower credit growth and tempering economic activity that will persist into next year.
The first is the risk that slower home loan growth, exacerbated by the federal budget’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes, triggers an aggressive pricing war in the mortgage market. And anecdotal evidence suggests this may have already begun.
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