SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s household debts stood at nearly 1.7 times their disposable income, data showed Sunday, with the pressure for loan repayment driving down consumer spending, potentially triggering an economic recession. The debt-to-income ratio for South Korean households and nonprofit organizations came to 174.7 percent as of end-2024, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ratio of private debt to gross domestic product (GDP) grew at the second-fastest click among major economies in the third quarter of 2019, data showed Monday. Household debt in Asia’s fourth-largest economy accounted for 95.1 percent of the country’s GDP as of end-September last year, up 3.9 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — New data shows that wealthy South Koreans are more indebted than ever, meaning that so called “the rich getting richer” phenomenon in household debts is becoming ever more serious. It is estimated that the top income bracket borrowed additional money to purchase real estate, but higher housing prices led [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of middle-aged South Koreans are in debt, government data showed Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing household debt in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 55.2 percent of people, aged between 40 and 64, borrowed money from banks or other [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly four out of 10 South Koreans have an average household debt of 80 million won (US$70,690), an increase of 3.3 percent from a year ago, according to figures from a credit information provider. The data, provided by National Information & Credit Evaluation Inc. (NICE) to ruling party lawmaker [...]
“Even if the United States marks up its key interest rate, such a move will not automatically lead to South Korea taking similar measures. The Bank of Korea is expected to make its decision on rates based on various developments.” “The government is keeping a close watch on the situation as a rise in the [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – An analysis that Korea’s household debts have not only exceeded the OECD average but also reached the critical point which could trigger an economic crisis has come out. On May 27, at a seminar on “Korea’s Macro Leverage: the Analysis and Prospect” held by Korea Institute of Finance, a [...]