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RBA Glossary definition for borrower

borrower – A person or entity that incurs a debt to a lender on agreed terms.

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How Risky is Australian Household Debt?

25 Aug 2020 RDP 2020-05
Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman
Similarly, DTI ratios can be sustainably higher in countries that have structural features that either reduce the volatility of economic activity or the costs to the economy of borrower defaults, or ... For example, banks are more vulnerable to losses if
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Stress Testing Household Debt

25 Aug 2020 RDP 2020-05
Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman
For example, banks are more vulnerable to losses if debt is held by borrowers who are financially constrained, more prone to shocks or have fewer assets. ... We consider these buffers in an extension. We also assume that borrowers with a current LVR less
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-05/stress-testing-household-debt.html

Conclusion

25 Aug 2020 RDP 2020-05
Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman
We show that aggregate bank losses are higher when risks are concentrated among a small group of borrowers (for example, if households in a particular region simultaneously experience larger falls in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-05/conclusion.html

References

25 Aug 2020 RDP 2020-05
Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman
Gross M and J Población (2017), ‘Assessing the Efficacy of Borrower-Based Macroprudential Policy Using an Integrated Micro-Macro Model for European Households’, Economic Modelling, 61, pp 510–528.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-05/references.html

Why is Australian Household Debt High Relative to History and Other Countries?

25 Aug 2020 RDP 2020-05
Jonathan Kearns, Mike Major and David Norman
Similarly, DTI ratios can be sustainably higher in countries that have structural features that either reduce the volatility of economic activity or the costs to the economy of borrower defaults, or ... Inflation is included under this category (rather
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-05/why-is-australian-household-debt-high-relative-to-history-and-other-countries.html