Big bank's profit drops, warns of uncertainty ahead
FROM THE WIRE · BUSINESSNEWS.COM.AU
Australia's biggest business lender has boosted its defences against bad debts as customers adjust to a fifth interest rate rise in nine months, after posting a fall in annual earnings.
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- 01Australia's biggest business lender posted a fall in annual earnings.
- 02It has boosted its defences against bad debts.
- 03Customers are adjusting to a fifth interest rate rise in nine months.