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Borrowers more exposed than ever to rising rates

The low starting point for interest rates, the high share of mortgages at variable rates of interest

and the record level of mortgage debt relative to earnings mean that borrowers are more exposed

than ever before to a sustained round of monetary policy tightening.

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