Sustainable Household Sector Debt Levels

Economics
Financial Markets
Author

Stephen Kirchner

Published

September 25, 2007

RBA Deputy Governor Ric Battellino’s observations on recent financial trends:

I don’t think anybody knows what the sustainable level of gearing is for the household sector in aggregate, but given that there are still large sections of the household sector with no debt, it is likely to be higher than current levels.