The weighted average rate for new bank loans to households stood at an annualized 4.05 percent in April, up 0.07 percentage points from the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea.
It was the highest in more than eight years since March 2014. The central bank has begun to hike its benchmark interest rate since August last year to counter surging inflation.
Rate for mortgage loans to households rose 0.06 percentage points over the month to 3.90 percent in April, posting the highest in over nine years since March 2013.
Rate for credit loans jumped 0.16 percentage points to 5.62 percent, logging the highest in almost eight years since June 2014.
The weighted average rate for bank corporate loans came to an annualized 3.45 percent in April, up 0.06 percentage points from a month earlier.
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