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Australia - Coronavirus to lift corporate defaults

Australian firms were in good shape on the eve of the coronavirus outbreak, but the impending collapse in foreign tourism and weaker retail spending will lift loan write-offs in those sectors. The banks aren’t as well prepared to weather those loan losses as many believe.

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