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Mar 2023
25m 45s

The SVB collapse

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The Mortgage Business Uncut podcast is your weekly analysis of the biggest themes shaping the Australian mortgage market. Join Alex Whitlock and Annie Kane as they discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and its implications for the financial system, RBA’s changing language around rate hikes, and why Mark Bouris believes the central bank’s inflation target should change.

This week, they discuss: 

  • What led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank 
  • Three years on from COVID-19; how has the property market changed? 
  • Why the RBA may pause sooner rather than later 

And much more!

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