Less than creditable
6 January 2017

The BoE’s chief economist says a merely moderate rise in housing finance means consumer borrowing risks are contained. But unemployment is up in Scotland and northern England, where faster-growing personal loans matter more. Banks’ pricing competition could worsen the reckoning.
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