New Zealand / Business

Household borrowing slightly higher

06:56 am on 30 July 2010

Household borrowing nudged higher in June as demand for housing loans offset a fall in consumer financing.

Reserve Bank figures show total household borrowing rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% to $180 billion from the previous month.

The annual rate of increase was 2.5%, the lowest annual growth rate since September last year.

Housing-related borrowing rose 2.8% from a year earlier, while consumer borrowing fell 1.9%.