Half of small business loans in Australia involve putting the family home on the line. But in the US, UK and Germany, governments do more to help.
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What happens in the government bond market might seem far removed from everyday life, but it’s important to understand how it can affect us all.
The way banks calculate interest means that Australian borrowers who sign up to pay 5.95% per annum pay something closer to 6.11%.
Former Reserve Bank and Treasury chiefs have gone on to run Westpac, the National Australia Bank, the ANZ, and Macquarie Bank. It makes regulating those banks hard.
The Reserve Bank’s Term Funding Facility was meant to support lending during COVID. Instead the funds might be ending up in the accounts of bank shareholders.
Financial literacy is more than numeracy, it requires a healthy scepticism of financial institutions and confidence in making financial decisions.
Research shows the majority of consumers have low financial knowledge and experience, but they are also prone to behavioural biases that don’t help.
Our financial regulators ASIC and APRA need a board of oversight, similar to what the UK has, to keep them in check.
The government needs to learn from the mistakes in the US in sharing our credit history information to third parties.
ATM fees were already under pressure from new technologies. The question is, what will banks do to replace that revenue?
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