[Economy 365]
Hyundai Research Institute raised the forecast of Korea's gross domestic product and GDP growth this year from 3.0% to 3.5%.
The researcher predicts that the Korean economy will grow 3.3% in the first half of this year and 3.6% in the second half compared to the same period last year.
The researcher said, "Although Corona 19 re-proliferation is a factor that determines the economic flow this year, domestic consumption, investment, and foreign trade are expected to improve this year."
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KB Kookmin Bank's Live Real Estate announced that the price of housing sales in Seoul rose 0.74% in April, down from 0.96% last month.
The rate of increase in housing prices in Seoul fell to 1.27% in January this year, down to 1.14% in February, 0.96% in March, and 0.74% this month for three consecutive months.
The rent for housing in Seoul rose 0.56%, which was slower than last month's 0.68%.
The metropolitan area also rose 0.78% this month, decreasing for five consecutive months since last November.
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financial authorities have decided to expand the supply of mid-interest rate loans around 10%.
The Financial Services Commission decided to provide incentives by statistics on all mid-interest loans supplied to low- and mid-credit people with a credit rating of 4 or lower in order to expand private mid-interest loans.
In particular, in order to expand the supply of banking sectors, we plan to recognize some of the supply of mid-interest rate loans as an exception when calculating the increase in household debt, and reflect the results in the evaluation of business conditions.
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Four out of ten newlyweds were found to have been homeless for about five years after marriage.
The National Statistical Office said that among the 21,287 couples in their fifth year of marriage as of 2019, 40.7% of couples did not own a home for five years, and 28.7% of couples owned a house from the first year of marriage.