Mounting Household Debt Poses Major Threat to S. Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Mounting household debt in South Korea is a major risk factor that could undermine financial stability and economic growth of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, but the country’s fundamental soundness and pre-emptive measures could help resolve such problems, a former Moody’s analyst said Tuesday. “(A U.S. rate hike) will have effects [...]