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In its annual information paper on the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB), APRA today confirmed that it maintained the CCyB at zero per cent of risk-weighted assets (RWA) in 2019.
This paper summarises the rationale for and impact of APRA’s substantially increased intensity of its prudential oversight of residential mortgage lending by ADIs, and how APRA has balanced financial soundness and stability objectives with the other elements of its mandate.
In this paper APRA detailed its objectives for its interventions in the residential mortgage lending market in recent years, which were aimed at reinforcing sound mortgage lending standards and increasing the resilience of the banking sector in the face of heightened risks.