An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Excellent job PAP!
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A StanChart finding released this week shows Singaporean households are among the most indebted in Asia - relative to their earnings.
Households borrowed worth 151 per cent of their annual income last year, second only to Malaysia which had a debt of 182 per cent to income - the highest in the region.
In other words, for a household with an annual total household income of $100,000, there were $251,000 worth of borrowings.
However, thanks to attractive low interest rates, debt servicing remains robust despite of the levels of debt.
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