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National Australia Bank’s (NAB) ratio of troubled loans climbed to its highest level in seven years in January, largely due to mortgage borrowers falling behind on repayments after exiting Covid-19 moratoria.
Impaired assets – made up of defaulted exposures and loans in arrears by 90 days or more – equalled 1.18% of gross loans and advances in January, up 17 basis points on end-December and well above the prior end-June peak of 1.06%. It was the highest ratio for NAB’s continuing operations
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Credit risk of EU state-backed loans deteriorated in Q3 Print this page
State-guaranteed loans in the European Economic Area (EEA) originated in the wake of the Covid pandemic are getting creakier.
Data from the European Banking Authority (EBA) shows that of the near €300 billion ($365 billion) loans covered by public guarantee schemes (PGS) held by lenders as of end-September, 4.9% were designated ‘stage two’ under IFRS 9 accounting rules, meaning they’d deteriorated in creditworthiness since initial recognition. This is an increase from 3.1% at end-June.
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