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KOSPI index is close to the 3,000 mark, breaking the record high every day.

Bitcoin is also looking at 40 million won, the cryptocurrency market is also hot, and even when looking at real estate, the rate of increase in house prices last year was overheated enough to record the highest in nine years. One after another, the chiefs expressed warnings and concerns.



Reporter Jang Hoon-kyung.



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KOSPI increased 46.12 points and ended at 2990.57.



Institutional and foreign investors sold more than 700 billion won, but individual investors raised that much.



The 3,000 breakthrough in 13 years has entered the countdown.



It's not just the stock market that is booming.



Bitcoin price has risen sharply since the end of last year and reached 40 million won, exceeding the price at the time of the cryptocurrency craze three years ago.



Despite various regulations, the rate of increase in house prices increased again, and the rate of increase in house prices last year was the highest in nine years.



Liquidity enriched by low interest rates is driven only into the asset market.



[Gongdongrak/Daeshin Securities Researcher: Until the corona shock subsides to some extent and there are no signs of recovering or reducing liquidity at the policy level, this trend will continue for a long time. (I think)]



Finally, the heads of the economy warned. .



Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki expressed concern over the real-financial gap, and said that increased liquidity should be cautious of the possibility that increased liquidity could lead to a shift in the asset market and a surge in debt.



Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol also ordered a high level of caution, saying, "The high level of debt can greatly shake the market even in a small shock."



In fact, as of the end of September last year, household debt was 1,682 trillion won, exceeding GDP for the first time ever.



[Kim So-young/Professor of Economics at Seoul National University: If asset prices go down, there is a possibility that debt will become insolvent, and credit will increase and then become insolvent.]



To stabilize asset prices, especially the real estate market, the government said it would expand housing supply in downtown Seoul "I will come up with a concrete plan before the New Year holidays," he emphasized.



(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Choi Eun-jin)