PETALING JAYA: Rating agency Moody’s Investors Service sees a silver lining for Malaysian banks struggling to cope with slower consumer loan growth, at least from a credit risk perspective.
Tighter lending rules on hire purchase and mortgages saw household debt in 2014 expanding at a moderate pace of 10%, compared with an average of between 12% and 13% annually in the previous four years.
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