Australian businesses have taken up just $26bn of $150bn in cheap credit offered by the Reserve Bank, in a sign lending could and should play a bigger role in stimulating the economy.on behalf of business borrowers because of access to even cheaper private credit, and predicted take-up will improve before the 30 September deadline.to its separate loan guarantee after just $1.5bn of loans were issued in the program, which has capacity to guarantee up to $40bn in loans.
Australian business has taken only $26bn of $150bn in cheap credit from Reserve Bank
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Bank’s assistant governor says reason for low take-up is borrowers have had access to ample sources of credit