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Average Household Has 75 Mln Won in Debt

Written: 2018-12-20 14:32:38Updated: 2018-12-20 15:05:11

Average Household Has 75 Mln Won in Debt

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New data indicates South Korean household debt continues to grow faster than household income. 

Statistics Korea, the Bank of Korea and the Financial Supervisory Service released a report Thursday saying the average household carried debt of 75-point-three million won as of the end of March. That’s up six-point-one percent from last year. 

The report said an average household earned 57 million won annually last year, up only four-point-one percent from a year ago. 

The report found that debts held by people in their 40s and part-time workers surged and households on average used a quarter of their income to pay off debts.

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