SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s top financial regulator has said he will make continued efforts to bring household debt growth down to pre-pandemic levels, as fast increasing debt has emerged as a major risk that could threaten the country’s economy. Koh Seung-beom, chief of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the highest ratio of household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) among major economies in the world, a report showed Monday, indicating it could crimp consumption and weigh on the economy down the road. The country’s household debt stood at 104.2 percent of its GDP as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial authorities have called on local banks to tighten their screening for unsecured loans as part of efforts to cope with rising household debt, sources said Thursday. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) recently required all commercial lenders to submit their plans to adjust caps on credit loans [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debt has been rising faster than that in most major economies to reach nearly 100 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), a report showed Monday. The country’s household debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 98.6 percent as of the end of June last year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean households’ debt is one of the world’s highest when compared to the country’s economic size while its debt grew at one of the highest rates in the first three months of the year, a report showed Monday. As of end-March, South Korea’s household debt came to 97.9 [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debt grew at an increased speed in June, while the rise in corporate loans slowed sharply from a month earlier following the government’s stimulus measures aimed at supporting the pandemic-hit economy, central bank data showed Thursday. Fresh bank loans extended to local households came to 8.1 [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debt to the gross domestic product grew at the fastest pace among 43 countries in the world last year, leading the country’s overall private-sector debt to also expand at one of the biggest rates, data showed Sunday. The ratio of the country’s household debt to GDP [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s household debt grew at the slowest pace in one year in the first quarter, central bank data showed Wednesday, amid a sharp decline in spending apparently caused by the new coronavirus outbreak that is expected to hurt the whole economy. Outstanding household credit came to 1,611.3 trillion [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Household debt growth in South Korea slowed, but corporate loans spiked by the largest amount in history amid the growing fallout from the new coronavirus outbreak, central bank data showed Tuesday. Fresh bank loans extended to local households came to 4.9 trillion won (US$4 billion) in April, according to [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debt increased by the largest in history last month, with its corporate debt also growing at a new record rate, central bank data showed Wednesday, amid the growing fallout from the spread of the new coronavirus. Fresh bank loans extended to local households came to 9.6 [...]