We would be concerned if there were to be a deterioration in these standards, but there are few signs of this at the moment. Graph 11  The second specific issue I want to highlight is the outlook for investment. Prior to the pandemic, there were concerns about the protracted period of low levels of nonmining business investment (Graph 12).
When we looked at past performance evaluations, we found that community development financing varies widely across different assessment areas, likely reflecting different levels of community development capacity and the unique needs and challenges of different communities.