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BoQ takes $175m provision for souring loans – The Australian Financial Review

Bank of Queensland modelled the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employment, falling house prices and the “increased duration” of the economic downturn.

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It expects property prices to have fallen 6 per cent over the same period, and a 5 per cent fall this financial year, before a rise of 5 per cent in 2022.
Commercial property prices are expected to have fallen 10 per cent , and a further 5 per cent over the coming year.
The lender has given a 20 per cent chance to a steeper 7.5 per cent fall in unemployment, a 10 per cent fall in property prices in 2020 that will extend to a further 7.5 per cent decline over the coming year, and a 15 per cent …

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