The Bank of Canada is more worried than usual about debt loads
The Bank of Canada is more worried than it was last year about household debt loads, and is concerned about the abilities for households to stay on top of them in the coming years once mortgages renew at higher rates.
That’s one of the main takeaways of the bank’s Financial System Review, an annual assessment of various risks the bank desires to be of concern to the stability of Canada’s financial system.
While the bank highlighted the risks of cybersecurity attacks, the ongoing global banking crisis and climate change, the risk presented by growing mortgage debt was a recurring theme…
