BOC's Wilkins: The main vulnerability in Canada is household debt

Wilkins on an IMF panel on "systemic risk and macroprudential stress testing"

  • The heart of what we look at (regarding debt) is microdata
  • Much of the debt is concentrated in youth and low-incomes
  • There is a set of individuals who are vulnerable to income or house-price shocks
  • Stress tests show that banks can 'clearly' withstand shocks

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