Financial Post – One of the world’s leading debt rating agencies on Monday downgraded five of Canada’s big banks because of exposure to over-leveraged consumers, but stock markets seemed not to notice as bank shares continued on a winning streak that’s been going on more than six months. The action “reflects our ongoing concerns that the Canadian banks’ exposure to the increasingly indebted Canadian consumer and elevated housing prices leaves them more vulnerable to unpredictable downside risks facing the Canadian economy than in the past,” said David Beattie, a senior credit analyst at Moody’s and lead author of the report. Read Article
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