이번 주에는
현재 한국 경제의 뇌관으로 떠오르고 있는
프로젝트 파이낸싱(PF) 대출 부실에 대한 내용을 가지고
영어훈련하겠습니다.
부동산 호황일 때 건설사들에게 큰 이익을 가져다 주었던 PF가
부동산 불황인 지금은 건설사들의 목줄을 죄고 있고
그로 인해 금융기관들의 재무건전성에도 빨간불이 켜졌습니다.
특성상 많은 고용을 유지하는 건설업계의 부실은
한국 경제에 큰 악영향을 미칠 수밖에 없습니다.
그 해법에 관한 글쓴이의 해법을 알아보겠습니다.
그리고, 한국인 글쓴이의 아쉬운 영작과 잘된 영작도
저와 함께 감상하시죠.
Korea’s construction industry slump deepens
South Korea’s economy is widely expected to post a pick-up in growth this year thanks to a recovery in exports after months of extremely poor performance. However, a recent series of data points to the slump in domestic demand worsening, and the construction sector’s troubles are particularly worrying as project-financing loans remain a key risk to the economy.
Some of the project-financing loans, which surged in line with the booming property market, especially during the previous government’s final years, have begun souring since late 2022 as the housing market entered a correction period in the aftermath of aggressive monetary policy tightening to contain inflation.
Intervention by financial authorities has managed to prevent problems with project-financing loans from triggering a full-blown crisis, but markets and industry experts warn that the issue will continue to pose a threat to the financial markets and the economy as a whole unless the construction industry itself finds a way out of the prolonged slump.
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