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Boards wary about splashing dividend cash as growth slows

Boards are taking a cautious stance on lifting dividends as businesses face rising costs and an economy that is slowing because of steep interest rate rises.

  • Clancy Yeates

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Judo Bank CEO Joseph Healy said weakness was concentrated in smaller businesses.

‘Two-speed economy’: Bank bosses flag consumer weakness

Bank bosses, including the CEO of Australia’s biggest business lender, are seeing cracks which could widen in consumer-facing businesses.

  • Millie Muroi and Sarah Danckert
Judo Bank chief executive Joseph Healy.

Bankers see pubs, gyms and retailers as vulnerable to rate woes

Leading business bankers are bracing for bad debts to rise, and they are closely watching consumer-facing businesses.

  • Clancy Yeates
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Big banks confident Australian economy can pull off a soft landing

Consumer confidence in Australia might be wallowing near recession-like levels, but CBA and NAB say businesses are ringing in the profits and hungry for growth.

  • Clancy Yeates

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