TD Says Banks Tightening Lending Amid Housing Concern
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Toronto-Dominion Bank Chief Executive Officer Edmund Clark said Canada’s banks are tightening lending standards in response to a “genuine concern” about the country’s housing boom and rising consumer debt levels.
“Household debt numbers are coming up to U.S. levels, so that is causing us a concern,” Clark, 64, said yesterday in an interview on Bloomberg Television.