PETALING JAYA: While household debt to gross domestic product in Malaysia has fallen slightly to 83% in 2018, Bank Negara warns that there is a growing number of defaults in personal financing.
In its Financial Stability and Payment Systems Report 2018, the central bank said that half of total outstanding personal financing is held by borrowers with monthly earnings below RM5,000, and they mainly used it to support “lifestyle choices”.
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