Loans for people in their 20s and 30s soared to 260 trillion won
A 34-year-old office worker who didn't even know the 'owner' of stocks. At the end of last year, a commercial bank raised 120 million won with a credit loan and started investing in stocks, fearing that he might become a 'crash beggar' (a person who becomes relatively poor due to rising stock or real estate prices). Mr. A gets fuller the more he looks at the stock chart these days. The rate of return is -30%, but interest is deducted from the bank account by 300,000 won every month. I am worried that the interest burden will increase on the news that interest rates will rise further in the near future. First, we decided to further reduce the cost of living.
Mr. B has recently become a two-job. When he got married last year, he bought a house worth 600 million won, which he received 300 million won from insurance company-secured loans and 100 million won from personal credit loans. Because he is an outsider, he has no way to pay off the interest other than two jobs. Instead of a sweet honeymoon, he lives as a delivery man with his wife after work. He's a 'house poor' and he's just a little dazed when he says that he's barely living with two jobs and that interest rates will rise sooner or later.
Mr. C in his 30s, who lives in Seoul, participated in the debt struggle procession. He bought an apartment worth 900 million won last year on a charter basis. But these days, with the move ahead of early next year, I am worried about the increase in interest rates. To pay 540 million won in Jeonse money to tenants, he tried to repay the monthly interest of 1 million won by changing the current 300 million won jeonse loan to 400 million won, but the plan was twisted because he said that the interest burden would increase. When do you want to save?
As the Bank of Korea announces a rate hike in August as early as August, it is expected that the burden on those who have invested in stocks or real estate (meaning to attract souls) and debt (investing with debt) is expected to increase. If interest rates are raised immediately, 8 out of 10 household borrowers will have to bear the interest burden. According to the Bank of Korea statistics, 81.5% of new household loans by deposit banks in June were variable rate loans. This is the highest since 85.5% in January 2014. Compared to last year's 63.8%, it increased by 17.7 percentage points. If the loan interest rate rises by 1 percentage point, the amount of interest burden will increase by 11.8 trillion won. Moreover, as of the end of last year, the number of multiple debtors, a high-risk group with a very high probability of insolvency, reached 4,236,000.
In particular, considering that debt investment was mainly led by people in their 20s and 30s, who are still incompletely forming wealth, there are concerns that the delinquency rate will rise sharply if their interest burden increases, which will cause an aftermath in the financial market.
According to the financial industry on the 8th, the possibility of a base rate hike in August is raised. At the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea held last month, five out of seven members raised the need to raise the base rate from the current 0.50% to stabilize the financial and real estate markets. JP Morgan predicted that the BOK would raise the key interest rate three times, starting in August, in the fourth quarter and in the third quarter of next year.
Considering that the “atmosphere” of a base rate hike is reflected in the financial market in advance, it can be seen that the effect of raising the base rate is already showing. As of the 5th, the yield of the 3-year government bond, a barometer of the market interest rate, stood at 1.414%, up 0.29 percentage points (p) from May 27, when Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol first announced the possibility of an interest rate hike within the year.
The people in their 20s and 30s who have a fire in their feet right now. This is because they were at the forefront of the debt scandal that came after the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) crisis. As of the end of the first quarter of this year, the balance of household loans at domestic banks showed 43.6 trillion won in their 20s and 216 trillion won in their 30s, respectively, 22.47% from the end of the second quarter of last year (35.6 trillion won in their 20s and 190.4 trillion won in their 30s) when debt investment began in earnest. , increased by 13.44%.
The problem is that as the recent asset growth has slowed, the interest burden they feel is bound to increase. In the case of the stock market, where the debt frenzy of people in their 20s and 30s has erupted, the profitability of ants is relatively low. News1 commissioned NH Investment & Securities to analyze the investment returns of individuals, institutions, and foreigners in the first half of this year (January to June). appeared to have ceased.
In addition, the cryptocurrency market, which is considered a major investment destination for people in their twenties, also showed a sharp decline recently. In addition, a large-scale withdrawal of cryptocurrency exchanges is inevitable ahead of September 24, the deadline for reporting virtual asset operators in accordance with the 'Act on the Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Transaction Information (Special Act)'. According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin peaked at 71.46 million won per piece at 9 am on April 13, and then fell to 43.8 million won as of 5 pm on the 4th. Ripple, a representative altcoin, fell from 2063 won on April 14 to 798 won on the 4th. They fell 63.1% and 61.3%, respectively. It is said that 90% of Koreans invest in altcoins.
Even those in their 30s, who seem to have invested heavily in real estate, are not at ease. The house price has risen, but the interest that will be withdrawn from the account immediately increases.
There is a possibility that the delinquency rate of borrowers with increased interest burden, mainly in their 20s and 30s, will rise.
Seong Tae-yoon, a professor of economics at Yonsei University, said, “There is a risk of delinquency rates among the 20th and 30th generation.” He said, "People who invest with debt are particularly at risk, so you need to be careful."
According to data received from the Financial Supervisory Service by Kim Han-jung, a member of the Democratic Party's office, the delinquency rate for household loans in their 20s fell from 0.41 percent at the end of the first quarter of last year to 0.31 percent at the end of the first quarter of this year. During this period, the delinquency rate for those in their 30s decreased from 0.23% to 0.15%. As the market interest rate fell, the delinquency rate also fell. Conversely, it is interpreted to mean that the delinquency rate may also rise when the market interest rate rises.
However, the debt boom of the 2030 generation shows no sign of abating. The impact of interest rate hikes could be greater. Although the financial authorities are tightening loans, household loans are still on the rise. As of the end of the first quarter of this year, the balance of household loans in their 20s and 30s stood at 259.6 trillion won, an increase of 20.8% from the first quarter of last year, which was the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the balance of household loans at the five major banks, including KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and NH Nonghyup, increased by 12.1 percent to 695308.2 billion won.
Mr. D, who is currently investing in stocks with a loan of 100 million won, said, "The interest cost is about 300,000 won, and I expect the interest rate to rise due to an interest rate hike, but I do not intend to stop investing because the expectations for profits are even greater."