{"id":3464,"date":"2012-02-09T22:56:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T03:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2012-02-09T22:56:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T03:56:32","slug":"australia-credit-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/09\/australia-credit-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Credit growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest stats from the RBA show that the sharp contraction in business credit has slowed, but growth of personal credit (mainly mortgage finance) is at its lowest rate since the early 1990s and is trending downwards. Credit growth does not have to fall below zero for it to have a negative impact on the economy. 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